Great Art is a mix of two basic components. The first is the accumulation of the past. The second is
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Κατηγορία: art
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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Sancta Susanna: opera in one act by Paul Hindemith
Originally published on 22/4/2012. In October 2024 Staatsoper Stuttgart staged “Sancta”, an Opera performance by Florentina Holzinger with Paul Hindemith’s
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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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The Painter Chaïm Soutine
Chaïm Soutine (1893-1943) is considered one of the leading expressionists of the so-called School of Paris – a central figure
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Captain John Saris: the Man who brought Shunga to England
Originally published on the 22nd October 2013. Introduction In 1613 Captain John Saris brought back to England some “pictures” from
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La Graine et le Mulet (Couscous with Mullet): Food and Family Politics
Originally published on the 27th September 2011. Couscous with Mullet, or “The Secret of the Grain” is a movie of
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Daido Moriyama: Colors
Originally published on the 17th April 2016. I have written a post about Japanese photographer Daido Moriyama, in which all
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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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