The National Gallery of Art (NGA) in Washington DC is one of the best art galleries in the world. When
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A journey in Romanesque and Gothic Art
I have started reading the “History of European Culture”, by Panayiotis Kanellopoulos (1902 – 1986), a Greek author and politician.
Continue readingThe fallen guardian and the zero-one society (in Greek) – Ο εκπεσών φύλακας και η κοινωνία “μηδέν – ένα”
«Πως εξέπεσεν εκ του ουρανού ο εωσφόρος, ο πρωι ανατέλλων; Συνετρίβη εις την γην ο αποστέλλων προς πάντα τα έθνη.
Continue readingThe Barberini Faun: unashamedly sensual, sexual, provocative, tantalizing and inviting
I shall begin by trying to answer the question “Who is the Barberini Faun”? And I will do so by
Continue readingBill Woodrow’s “English Heritage – Humpty Fucking Dumpty”
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king’s horses and all the king’s
Continue readingEduardo Chillida: Comb of the Winds, La Concha Bay, San Sebastian, Basque Country
I wrote about the Basque Sculptor Eduardo Chillida some time ago. The first time was on freedom, quoting what my friend
Continue readingAphrodite (Venus), Pan and Eros: A sculpture in the National Archaelogical Museum of Athens
A sculpture of Aphrodite, Pan and Eros, exhibited in the National Archaelogical Museum of Athens, in Greece, is the subject
Continue readingAphrodite (Venus), Pan and Eros: A sculpture in the National Archaelogical Museum of Athens
A sculpture of Aphrodite, Pan and Eros, exhibited in the National Archaelogical Museum of Athens, in Greece, is the subject
Continue readingWoman in a tub: a journey from Manet to … to Koons
I saw Edgar Degas’ “The Tub” and Jeff Koons’ “Woman in a Tub”at the Art Institute of Chicago back in
Continue readingThe Crouching Venus at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London
Some time ago I wrote about “A crouching Aphrodite in London“, a sculpure I saw at the British Museum. It
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