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April 5, 2014September 27, 2014 toniArt, art history, painter, religion spirituality

Vatican Paintings | a book

I saw this article and immediately, with much excitement, ordered the book.  We have seen the most famous pieces.  The Vatican collection is massive though.  Of the many books on […]

October 4, 2013September 25, 2017 toniArt, Philosophy, quote

first axiom of art

“…Art is not, like science, a logic of references but a release from reference and rendition of immediate experience; a presentation of forms, images, or ideas in such a way […]

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 8, 2013 toniArt, artist, drawing, painter

master drawings of da Vinci

Da Vinci’s drawings were extraordinary ‘doodles’, ideas, life studies and studies for paintings.  I much prefer his drawings to the paintings.  Blaspheme!   Foremost, aesthetically.  But more importantly, to appreciate […]

August 7, 2013 tonianniversary, Art, artist, birthday, drawing, film, photo, Photography, video, writer

15 minutes

Andy Warhol birth anniversary.  August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987. He was one of the most successful commercial artists of the 1950s.  He began the 1960s  on the edge, avante-gard and […]

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