Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin: Food and Kitchen Paintings

Today I want to share with you my enthusiasm about Chardin’s paintings. Marcel Proust wrote about Chardin: “We have learned

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Sarah Lucas – Transfiguration of Food Objects into body parts

This post is about one of my favourite artists, the British sculptor Sarah Lucas (born in 1962). I present some

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Paula Rego – Painter

This is a short introduction to the work of Paula Rego, my most favourite female contemporary painter. She was born

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Ανασταση (Resurrection)

Σημερα γιορταζουμε την Ανασταση στην Ορθοδοξη Εκκλησια και θελω να μοιραστω μαζι σας την καλυτερη απεικονιση της Αναστασης ολων των

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Emil Nolde – Part II:Flowers

Today is Palm Sunday, the day that the crowds greeted Jesus with Palm leaves in Jerusalem (and they crucified him

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Crucifixion II

I continue today with the second part of the Crucifixion paintings, from the 19th  to the 20th century. Paul Gauguin

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Crucifixion I

As Easter approaches, I want to share with you some of my favourite depictions of the drama of Christ. I

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Emil Nolde – Part I: Seascapes

Further to my last post about Husum, Germany, I start today the publication of posts on the work of Emil

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Beseech you Gongyla – Κελομαι σε Γογγυλα

 Σαπφω: Κελομαι σε Γογγυλα Κέλομαί σε Γογγύλα Πέφανθι λάβοϊσά μα Γλακτίν αν σε δηύτε πόθος αμφιπόταταϊ. ταν καλάν α γαρ

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Panathinaeos Paintings II: By the sea / Updated June 2013 – Ζωγραφιες ΙΙ: Παραθαλασσια

Συνεχιζω σημερα με την ζωγραφικη μου παρουσιαζοντας πεντε παραθαλασσια θεματα. Today I continue with the presentation of some of my

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