Back in 2010, I wrote on painting the human body. One of the artists whose works I included in the post
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La Graine et le Mulet (Couscous with Mullet): Food and Family Politics
Couscous with Mullet, or “The Secret of the Grain” is a movie of Tunisian born director Abdellatif Kechiche. I love
Continue readingAurora – Dawn – Χαραμα
The landscape is barren. There are a few burned trees. But the symphony of colors enveloping the tortured landscape is beautiful, almost
Continue readingBacchus 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
Continue readingMichelangelo's Bacchus (1497) in the Bargello Museum, Florence, Italy
I recently visited again the Bargello Museum in Florence, and was mesmerized by the Michelangelo sculptures on display. I therefore
Continue readingReal Greece – Part IV: Aegean Sculpture – A Church in the village of Marpissa, Paros, Greece
I was for a few days on the island of Paros, Greece, where one night I saw under the weak
Continue readingAlain Resnais' and Marguerite Duras' "Hiroshima Mon Amour"
‘I remember Hiroshima’ ‘You remember nothing’ “You saw nothing in Hiroshima. Nothing.” ” I saw everything. Everything.” It has been
Continue reading1001 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
Continue readingIntoxicating 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
Continue reading1001 Ways to Die – (6) Peter Falk, American Actor
Peter Falk, one of my favorite actors, died at the age of 83 on 23rd June 2011. He died peacefully
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