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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. […]

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 […]

February 3, 2016February 3, 2016 toniart history, artist, Europe, painter, photo, portrait

Matisse Sketching a Nude

   

February 3, 2016February 3, 2016 toniart history, artist, Europe, portrait

Renior in His Studio

   

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 […]

September 29, 2014June 12, 2018 toniethnic or cultural, Europe, history, Middle East, music, religion spirituality, social, video

Medieval Sephardic Music | performance

Medieval Jewish music of  Spain.  Beautiful. Exotic to our ears, ethereal and rhythmic. Above is a long playlist of 26 pieces of Spanish Sephardic music.  The first performances are by […]

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