Nadine Waldmann

Giotto's weeping angels started my love affair with art history. Seattle, WA based.

Stories By Nadine Waldmann

Cats

Maneki Neko – Those Lucky Cats (NSFW)
By Nadine WaldmannAugust 7, 2020
We’ve all seen those jovial, happy cat figurines in Asian restaurants and shops. Sitting upright with their raised paw, smiling face, and trademark bell and bib, Maneki Neko (in Japanese 招き猫, “beckoning cat”) have symbolized all...
dailyart

Monument Women: Die Prinzessinnengruppe by Schadow
By Nadine WaldmannJuly 27, 2020
An unassuming and charming statue group, the Prinzessinnengruppe (Princess Group) 1795-1797, depicting Prussian Princesses Louise and Frederike, by Johann Gottfried Schadow is filled with a fascinating history. Marveled during its day, it was hidden away and...
Ancient

A Great Mystery: Sanxingdui Masks
By Nadine WaldmannApril 1, 2020
Who doesn’t love a mystery? Especially an art history mystery. Made by a previously unknown Chinese kingdom, the 3,000 year old bronze Sanxingdui masks are shrouded in many unanswered questions and continue to intrigue and puzzle...
21st century

Counting Memories, Chiharu Shiota Installation in Katowice
By Nadine WaldmannFebruary 6, 2020
Counting Memories (Sept 7, 2019 – Oct 4, 2020) is a current, site-specific, large scale installation by Chiharu Shiota at the Muzeum Śląskie (Silesian Museum) in Katowice, Poland. A striking and powerful work, we were able...
Contemporary Art

Billie Bond’s Kintsugi: The Crack Is Where the Light Gets in
By Nadine WaldmannOctober 30, 2019
Kintsugi (金継ぎ translates as “gold joinery”) is a Japanese art form and philosophy of repairing broken or cracked pottery with gold or silver colored lacquer. Unlike normal methods of repair, the “damage” is not camouflaged or...
20th century

100 Years of Bauhaus. It’s Dance Time: The Triadic Ballet
By Nadine WaldmannOctober 5, 2019
2019 celebrates 100 years of Bauhaus. Widely known for their iconic design and contributions to the art world, Bauhaus concepts also extended into dance. Not as well known as their crafts, the dances nevertheless, encompassed the...
Cinema

Through Scissors and Shadows: The Art and Films of Lotte Reiniger
By Nadine WaldmannAugust 31, 2019
Late one night while struggling with a bit of insomnia, I was channel surfing. I came across a stunning and hypnotic, silent, animated film that was so enthralling, I easily stayed awake to finish it. The...
dailyart

Turquoise: Art, Culture and Myth of a Gemstone
By Nadine WaldmannJuly 27, 2019
The bright blue-green Turquoise has been valued and revered for centuries by all the cultures around the world that had access to it. Several original sources of the stone are now long gone, having been mined...
Baroque

Wishes & Streams: Trevi Fountain in Rome
By Nadine WaldmannJuly 4, 2019
With another heat wave hitting Europe this summer, I was reminded of my visit to Rome during the last heat wave with crowds clamoring around fountains and spouts around the city. The most crowded and famous...
19th Century

The Beginning of a New World at Kröller-Müller Museum
By Nadine WaldmannJune 20, 2019
The Beginning of a new World: The Development of Modern Sculpture is the newest exhibition at the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo, Netherlands. It pays tribute to the unique vision and incredible sculptural acquisitions of Bram Hammacher,...