Cleveland Art, January/February 2015
- Member Magazine
In this issue of the members magazine: Themes and Variations; Constructed Identities; Salvator Rosa; Art Games; Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Themes and Variations
The musical term “themes and variations” refers to a standard form of composition consisting of a simple melody presented first in its original, unadorned form, and then repeated several or many times with varying treatments, with some semblance of the original motif always preserved. The exhibition...
Constructed Identities
When Henri Cartier-Bresson photographed Robert F. Kennedy in 1961–62, he depicted a hardworking, thoughtful, and charismatic leader who was also a devoted, tender family man. The French photojournalist probably genuinely admired the young U.S. attorney general and his efforts to use the law to creat...
The Novel and the Bizarre
The day after our yearly celebration of romance and chocolate, the Cleveland Museum of Art will evoke the more gruesome memories of Saint Valentine with the opening of a new exhibition, The Novel and the Bizarre: Salvator Rosa’s Scenes of Witchcraft. The Italian artist Salvator Rosa (1615–1673) wa...
Self-Portrait, 1650s. Salvator Rosa. Oil on canvas; 75 x 62.5 cm. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, John and Rhoda Lord Family Fund, 66.191. Photo courtesy Bridgeman Images
Playtime
Seema Rao Department Director, Intergenerational Learning
On a late spring morning, light streams into the museum’s atrium as teens from area high schools gather, whispering to their friends and looking a bit nervous. These young people seem anxious for good reason—they are hoping to escape becoming...
