Προοιμιον Το παρον πονημα ειναι εθνικου και ηθικοπλασματικου χαρακτηρα, οσονουπω δε και απελευθερωτικον καθοσον καταγραφει μεθοδικα επιστημονικα και παντελως ουδετερα
Continue readingTwo Masters of Light: Claude Lorrain and J.M.W. Turner
An enormous deep-red sunset over a stormy sea, an indication of an approaching typhoon.A detail from JMW Turner’s “Slave-Ship”. Painting
Continue readingRenato Guttuso: pictor diabolicus, “devilish painter”?
I was introduced to the work of Renato Guttuso back in 1996, when Whitechapel Gallery in London exhibited some of
Continue readingWilks Restaurant, Bristol upon Avon, United Kingdom
“Britain was a major player in the transatlantic slave trade. British ships carried 2,600,000 enslaved Africans in the 18th century
Continue readingThe Sum of all Evil (2012-13), an installation by the Chapman Brothers
In London’s idyllic Sackler Gallery one can see on display the Chapman Brothers’ masterpiece “The Sum of all Evil” (December
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Lord Byron’s “Giaour – A Fragment of a Turkish Tale”
Introduction “Greece was the mostly sought Eastern country by travelers during the 19th century.” (1) Lord Byron visited Greece for
Continue readingAphrodite (Venus), Pan and Eros: A sculpture in the National Archaelogical Museum of Athens
A sculpture of Aphrodite, Pan and Eros, exhibited in the National Archaelogical Museum of Athens, in Greece, is the subject
Continue readingCrispy Stuffed Zucchini Flowers
With considerable delay, I publish today one of the absolute delicacies: crispy stuffed zucchini flowers. It is November, Christmas is
Continue readingJohn Stuart Mill’s Tendency Laws: are they contradictory to his determinism?
Introduction By reconstructing Mill’s argument, I will show that there is no contradiction between Mill’s determinism and his views on
Continue readingThe diasappearance of the body from the work of Sarah Lucas
I recently visited a gallery in London, where works by Sarah Lucas are exhibited. I have written about Sarah Lucas
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