The Art of German Beer
On October 19, the Blanton will host a German beer tasting that explores the connection between German beer culture and the art in Imperial Augsburg: Renaissance Prints and Drawings, 1475-1540, the...
View ArticleCalling all knights & damsels! Don’t miss B scene: Black Forest Faire
Temperatures have finally dropped in Austin and here at the Blanton our thoughts have turned to revelry as we prepare for our next B scene art party. Black Forest Faire, taking place Friday, November...
View ArticleA Noble Art: Linking Armor and Etching
I met Freyda Spira, Assistant Curator of Drawings and Prints, at the top of the grand staircase at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Along with Gregory Jecmen at the National Gallery of Art...
View ArticleHans Holbein the Elder’s “Portrait of a Woman” and Silverpoint Technique
Alisa M. Carlson is a PhD student at the University of Texas at Austin, where she primarily studies the German Renaissance. Her dissertation examines the portrait drawings of Hans Holbein the Elder...
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