Tag Archives: Baroque Art

KILLING TIME WITH THE PRINCE OF PAINTERS

Posted on August 1, 2010 by Dave

When my day’s work is done We can take in a jamboree, But I just wanna sit down by the fire With my love right here beside me. We’ve got time to kill, Catskill, Sweet by and by. We’ve got … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Miscellaneous, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc. | Tagged Baroque Art, Caravaggio, Flemish Art, Isabella Brandt, Justus Lipsius, Mannerist Art, Northern Renaissance Art, Northern Renaissance Painting, Peter Paul Rubens, Rembrandt, Robbie Robertson, Seneca, Sir Dudley Carlton, The Band, Titian | Leave a comment

THE MEN WITH A THORN IN THEIR SIDE

Posted on July 29, 2010 by Dave

”… about the boom in political satire in France. On that subject, you might remember how Stéphane Guillon, Sarko’s imitator on France-Inter radio, upset the president with his impertinence.As predicted here, Sarkozy has just made it known that he wants … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Miscellaneous, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc. | Tagged Albrecht Durer, Andrea Mantegna, Baroque Art, Caravaggio, Cardinal Richelieu, Carla Bruni, Charles Bremner, Claude Lorrain, David Ogg, Desmarets, Didier Porte, Eric Besson, Eric Cantaloup, French Art History, French Literature, French Political Satire, Georges de La Tour, Henry Samuel, Jacques Boulenger, Jacques Callot, Lemercier architect, Machiavelli, Mairet, Martine Aubry, Nicolas Poussin, Philippe de Champaigne, Pierre Corneille, Saint Vincent de Paul, Sarkozy, Simon Vouet, Stephane Guillon | Leave a comment

Painting The Goldberg Variations

Posted on August 6, 2009 by Dave

What Peter Paul Rubens was doing on canvas,J.S. Bach was realizing musically in the Baroque period. They were both devoted to ”contrapuntal” art forms where simultaneous ideas are cohabiting in equilibrium and somewhat equally. Or, at least equally present. Contrapuntal … Continue reading →