Tag Archives: Aaron Ross

LEGENDS ON THE WILD SIDE

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Dave

Of all creatures on earth, the rhinoceros appears at first glance the least likely to be associated with the art of love. The great horn that decorates his nose, and from which his name is derived, is not generally considered … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Literature/poetry/spoken word, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc. | Tagged Aaron Ross, Albrecht Durer, Dali Rhinoceros Horn, Ingres, Josh Sonnier, Leonardo Da Vinci, Marco Polo, Odell Shepard, Paul Cezanne, Raphael, Rhinoceros, Richard de Fournival, Salvador dali, Salvador Dali Vermeer, The Unicorn Tapestries, Theo Jansen, Velasquez, Vermeer the Lacemaker, Vermerr Dali Rhinoceros | 2 Comments

RHINOS, PICADORS & MINOTAURS

Posted on February 28, 2010 by Dave

”Picasso had never been a political artist, and as Jung noted, his images seemed increasingly to withdraw from objective reality and primarily reflected some inner psychic state that he was trying to work out on canvas. He made no war-related … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc. | Tagged Aaron Ross, Adorno, Andrew Wyeth, Carl Jung, Dali, Herschel B. Chipp, Jean Dubuffet, Leonard Baskin, Pablo Picasso, Picasso, Picasso Guernica, Salvador dali, Spanish Civil War, Spanish fascism, Theodor Adorno, Velasquez, Vermeer | 4 Comments

THE PAINTERS AND THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN

Posted on December 1, 2009 by Dave

Salvador Dali’s understanding of Freud was in the ambiguous transfer of desire to reality;where desire cannot be represented directly or consciously, it takes the form of a distortion of reality as an absurdity. A strange convergence of the elements of … Continue reading →