Friday Fave

I'm currently on my way to New York City to visit with my best high school girlfriends.  We have a fun-filled weekend planned, but I think I'm most excited about my date with the Frick Collection tomorrow morning.

One of the current exhibits is In a New Light: Bellini's St. Francis in the Desert, which I'm elated to see.  I remember sitting in my Venetian art class in Rome and falling in love with Bellini's St. Francis in the Desert. I was shocked to discover that I wouldn't be able to visit the painting during my time abroad...because it was all the way back in New York! Naturally between college, graduation and moving straight to DC, I never did make it to the Frick to see the masterpiece.  So I'm thrilled to see the painting, especially with the new discoveries made during a thorough technical examination of the painting last year. 

Giovanni Bellini (Italian c. 1430/1435–1516), St. Francis in the Desert c. 1475-78, oil on poplar panel, 49 x 55 7⁄8 inches
The Frick  Collection, New York

The exhibit, In a New Light: Bellini's St. Francis in the Desert, runs through August 28th-check it out!

Have a great weekend!

{image via The Frick Collection}

Friday Fave

My love for Renaissance art has been renewed!  After studying in Rome for a semester, taking various trips to Florence and Venice and studying only art history, I needed a little break from Italian Renaissance art. Now, five and half years later (WOW), I'm reminded how inspiring and breathtaking the period was.


Here's one of my favorite works by the short-lived High Renaissance Venetian artist Giorgione (Italian 1477/8-1510).

 Giorgione, Portrait of a Young Woman (Laura), 1506
Oil on canvas mounted on panel, 41 x 34 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Happy weekend!

{image via Web Gallery of Art}