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November 4, 2017November 5, 2017 tonianniversary, art history, epic, Europe, painting

Nov 1 1512, Sistine Chapel Ceiling Floors the Public

He was the superstar of the High Renaissance as an artist. He was above all a sculptor. He painted but had little regard for painting. Accomplished in architecture. Wrote poetry. […]

April 13, 2017October 18, 2017 toniart history, Event, painting, religion spirituality

The Kiss of Judas by Giotto

On the evening before the crucifixion of Jesus, Good Friday, Jesus celebrated The Last Supper with his Apostles sealing a covenant with God and his fate.  As Jesus had predicted during the […]

February 19, 2016February 19, 2016 toniArt, art history, East Asia, Europe, history, painting

Free! Download 19th Century Japanese Master Woodprints

 Ukiyo-e, or ukiyo-ye (浮世絵, Japanese: [u.ki.jo.e], “pictures of the floating world”), is a genre of art that flourished in Japan from the 17th through 19th centuries. Its artists produced woodblock prints […]

November 20, 2014November 20, 2014 toniArt, art history, Europe, historical figure, painting, Place

Michelangelo’s disintegrating frescoes

“Without having seen the Sistine Chapel one can form no appreciable idea of what one man is capable of achieving.” —Johann Wolfgang Goethe, 23 August 1787, The article, and title […]

April 20, 2014October 1, 2014 tonipainting, poem

Landscape With The Fall of Icarus

I came across this poem and it struck a chord.  I did not know that it is a well-known piece.  Still, it struck me and I was amused.  Perhaps not […]

August 18, 2013September 27, 2014 toniArt, artist, film, painting, religion spirituality

Caravaggio, the film

I ran across this today.  British bio pic (1986) about Caravaggio through his work.  Staring Nigel Terry, classical stage actor of Excalibur fame. A retelling of the life of the […]

August 5, 2013 toniArt, history, painting, political, social, video, war

a 3D tour of Picasso’s Guernica

Guernica shows the tragedies of war and the suffering it inflicts upon individuals, particularly innocent civilians. This work has gained a monumental status, becoming a perpetual reminder of the tragedies of […]

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