Man and Woman in a Large Room, 1957. Oil on canvas 71 1/8 x 62 1/2 in. (180.7 x 158.8 cm) Richard Diebenkorn. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.
Saint Benedict Orders Saint Maurus to the Rescue of Saint Placidus; c. 1445/1450; tempera on panel, 40 x 69.5 cm (15 3/4 x 27 3/8 in.) Fra Filippo Lippi, National Gallery of Art in Washington.
This is the kind of "academicism" that I like. I think Diebenkorn has either looked at Italian primitives and incorporated certain ideas that he assimilated from them into his imagery. Or he independently arrived at a similar feeling. Or he gets there via Matisse (who loved the Italian primitives). Or all three of the above.
These two works make for a wonderful comparison. But if you want to do it from life, you're going to have to do some serious walking. Wear comfortable shoes. (And don't expect the Hirshhorn to have Diebenkorn always on view, sadly.)
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