The painter Francis Bacon on Crucifixion

Introduction Crucifixion is the subject that attests to the fragility, the futility, the horror and at the utter impossibility of life. Live is

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Stations of the Cross: Giandomenico Tiepolo, San Polo Church, Venice Italy and Art Institute, Chicago USA

Giandomenico Tiepolo (1727-1804) was the son of Giambattista Tiepolo, a master of painting. He never achieved the status and fame

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Un Mundo Efimero – An Ephemeral World

Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita mi ritrovai per una selva oscura, che la diritta via era smarrita Half-way

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Frida Kahlo: Cartas Apasionadas (The Letters of …)

Today I travel to Mexico, to join the Great Mexican Painter Frida Kahlo. My aircraft is Martha Zamora’s compilation of

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Emilio Vedova – Italian Artist

During my recent visit to Venice, I was lucky to discover the Italian artist – painter, Emilio Vedova, who impressed

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Titian's Pieta: The master of light … plunges into darkness

I borrowed half of the title of today’s post from an article by Jonathan Jones in the Guardian. As Jones

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Byzantium in Venice: Stelios Faitakis' Imposition Symphony (2011)

The Greek painter Stelios Faitakis has painted a mural for the Danish Pavilion in the 54th Venice Biennale. It is

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1001 Ways to Die – (7) Cy Twombly, American, Painter and Sculptor

Cy Twombly, one of my favourite modern artists, has died on Tuesday, 5th July 2011 in Rome, Italy, losing a long battle

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Intoxicating pleasures, deformities and disproportions: The Female in decorative arts and music

Introduction “An artist is an artist only because of his exquisite sense of beauty, a sense which shows him intoxicating

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Entierro con Lagrimas de Cera – Burial with Tears of Wax – Ενταφιασμος με Κερινα Δακρυα

This is the result of a juxtraposition of the creations of two people who have not met in their lifetime.

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