Chroma Concepts

10/24/2024

The color of a meteor depends on its chemical composition.

04/02/2024

Artist: Gary Larson
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05/22/2023

Edvard Munch’s life and art have come to epitomize modern notions of anxiety. He painted "The Girl by the Window" in 1893, the same year as his most famous work, "The Scream."

In the dead of night, a young girl in her nightgown stands in a darkened room gazing out at the city. The steep angle of the floor and the deep shadows that obliterate everything in the room, save a suggestion of a piece of furniture at the lower right, create an unsettling and enigmatic scene.

Loosely applied, somber brown tones mingle with violets and blues, evoking a feeling of melancholy and anticipation. The window functions as a symbolic barrier, separating the interior from the outside world. The sense of mystery is deepened and complicated by the fact that we cannot see the expression on the girl’s face, nor do we know what she covertly observes. She in turn appears unaware that, as she gazes from behind the curtain at something unknown outside, the artist and implied viewer are watching her.

See "The Girl by the Window" by Edvard Munch in Gallery 245.

10/11/2022

Angela Lansbury gave one of the most riveting performances in cinema history as Laurence Harvey’s mother in “The Manchurian Candidate”.

BREAKING: Angela Lansbury, ‘Murder, She Wrote’ and ‘Beauty and the Beast’ star, has died at age 96. https://nbcnews.to/3Csc99i