Woman Reclining, Sleeping (1901 – 1995)

Last update: 22nd May 2025 The topic of this post is the pictorial depiction of the female figure reclining, or

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Bacchus Sculptures – Three examples of Greek Art

Great Art is a mix of two basic components. The first is the accumulation of the past. The second is

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Michelangelo's Bacchus (1497) in the Bargello Museum, Florence, Italy

In 2011 I visited the Bargello Museum in Florence for the second time. Prominent among the Michelangelo sculptures on display

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Vincent Van Gogh in Saint Remy de Provence

Tired of Paris and its cold, northern climate, his mental and physical health deteriorating, the painter Vincent Van Gogh moved

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Aphrodite (Venus), Pan and Eros: A sculpture in the National Archaelogical Museum of Athens

Originally published on the 26th November 2013. The National Archaeological Museum of Athens, Greece, is a museum with many treasures.

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Daido Moriyama, Japanese Photographer: Poetry through the lens

Originally published on the 20th October 2012. In October 2012 I visited an exhibition of Daido Moriyama’s photographs in London’s

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Takashi Murakami: Mr Superflat in Palazzo Grassi, Venice

During a 2011 trip to Venice , I visited Palazzo Grassi’s exhibition “The World belongs to you” where I saw

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Harakiri School Girls: by Makoto Aida

“It is spirit, not painting” Makoto Aida Makoto Aida’s work “Harakiri School Girls” is a composition that recurs in the

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Art Institue of Chicago – Modern Art

Today my topic is works of modern art from the Art Institute of Chicago which I last visited in April

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Carmen Gaudin

Updated on the 14th August 2024 Carmen Gaudin was the favourite model of the French painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901).

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