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From the Collection–German Renaissance Mirror
Late last year, the Milwaukee Art Museum acquired a truly one-of-a-kind object: a Renaissance mirror that is on display in Gallery #2. Created around 1600 in the metalworking center of Augsburg, Germany, it demonstrates the technical skill and fantastic design … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Curatorial
Tagged German Renaissance, McElheny, mirror history, mirrors, mirrors in art
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Chipstone’s Resident Biophysicist: Professor Temple Burling, Part 2
The Chipstone Foundation’s previous post introduced you to Temple Burling, our resident biophysicist. This post continues his story as he recounts his experience with a blue and white teabowl in Chipstone’s collection. At the end of my last post, I … Continue reading
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Tagged art, biology, biophysics, Chipstone, history of porcelain, porcelain, science, science and art, tea bowl
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From the Collection– “Meissen in Winter” by Ernst Ferdinand Oehme
Speaking of the holidays, one of my favorite paintings in the Museum Collection is Meissen in Winter by German artist Ernst Ferdinand Oehme. Oehme (pronounced EHR-ma) shows us a snowy street in the German town, with the church tower silhouetted … Continue reading
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Tagged Caspar David Friedrich, Christmas, Ernst Ferdinand Oehme, European art, genre, German Art, Holidays, painting, Romanticism
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Chipstone’s Resident Biophysicist: Professor Temple Burling, Part 1
Temple Burling, professor of physics, astronomy, biology and great ideas at Carthage College, has been part of the Object Lab team since 2009. He first connected with Chipstone staff through a shared interest in cabinets of curiosities, an example of … Continue reading
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Tagged art, biology, Chipstone, Decorative Arts, science, science and art, tea bowl
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Lewandowski’s Mosaic Mural at the Milwaukee County War Memorial Center
Though the soaring wings of the dramatic Santiago Calatrava building sometimes steal the show, the Milwaukee Art Museum’s Quadracci Pavilion is just one of two internationally significant architectural gems here on the Museum campus. The other is the bold Saarinen … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, Edmund Lewandowski, Eero Saarinen, mosaic, mural, Precisionists, War Memorial Center
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