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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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 […]