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Tag Archives: Ambroglio Lorenzetti
how republics die: flaws in the communes
How republics die. What kills representative governments? It is not always the mob. … …Outwardly at least, the Italian communes of medieval times were utterly new organisms and their inhabitants utterly new men. Between the surrounding feudal order and the … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged Ambroglio Lorenzetti, Berlinghiero painter, Bernadette Paton, Ernst Gombrich, Italian City States, Italian communes medieval, John E. Law, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Marvin B. Becker, Philip Jones author, Pietro Lorenzetti, William M. Bowsky
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castles of the imagination: architecture of the mind
Some great buildings are never built. It’s imaginary architecture. Painters over the centuries have conjured up fantastic towers, and refined and elegant mansions of the imagination. This is often a dream architecture that is occasionally gaudy, often improbable and almost … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft
Tagged Aisling Campbell, Ambroglio Lorenzetti, Carpaccio, Charles Darwin, International Style, Jia ZhangKe, John Ruskin, Kay Sage, Leonardo DiCaprio, M.C. Escher, Michael Balfe, Pietro Lorenzetti, Rainer Maria Rilke, Sigmund Freud, Thomas Carlyle, Van Bassen, Vittoro Carpaccio, Wilhelm Pinder, Zhang Ke Jia The World
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SIENESE ART & THE MOTHER FIXATION
Siena is Italy’s other eternal city. The Sienese avoided progress, faddishness and adventurousness. Here it was that art and wealth were married and lived happily ever after. Siena, in a sense missed the Renaissance bus. However, Siena, the city that … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Miscellaneous, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc.
Tagged Ambroglio Lorenzetti, Dante Alighieri, Domenico Beccafumi, Duccio di Buoninsegna, Giovanni di Paolo, Pietro di Giovanni d'Ambrogio, Pietro Lorenzetti, Renaissance Art, Siena, Sienese Art, Simone Martini, Sodoma Beccafumi
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