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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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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Head of a Woman: Picasso’s interpretations of Fernande Olivier
Edited on the 4th September 2024. Originally published on 22nd April 2013. During a visit to Chicago in 2013, I
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Eduardo Chillida Installation: Comb of the Winds, San Sebastian
“Boundaries are actually the main factor in space, just as the present, another boundary, is the main factor in time.”
Continue readingCupid dancing: from Foggia to London
Today the focus of my attention is a dancing Cupid who managed to find his way from Italy’s Foggia to
Continue readingPutti Sculptures from three periods: Hellenistic, (late) Renaissance, and Neoclassicism
Introduction The Italian word “putto” is derived from the Latin word “putus”, meaning “boy” or “child”. In this post I
Continue readingKallipygos: The nude female behind in Classical Greek and Hellenistic sculpture
“ήν καλλιπύγων ζεύγος εν Συρακούσαις” Ήταν στις Συρακούσες ένα ζευγάρι κοπελιές μ’ ωραία πισινά” “There was in Syracuse a pair
Continue readingNutcracker: by Jennifer Rubell
nutcracker: a device for cracking nuts (Oxford Dictionaries). New York based artist Jennifer Rubell has created her own nutcrackers. In
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
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