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gaming the arts: collision of entertainment and art?
Are computer games art? The millions of gamers and game designers out there will most likely tell you yes. Artistic principles comprise at least a part of some of the professions in video game design, a list of which can … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft
Tagged Bernini, Bosch Garden of Earthly Delights, Chris Crawford Computer Game Design, Christopher Billows, Ernest W. Adams, George Melies, Guillermo del Toro, Henry Jenkins, Hiyao Miyazaki, John Lanchester, Kelle Santiago, Roger Ebert, Shigeru Miyamoto, Stephen Poole, video game design, video game design schools
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bernini: rockin’ on with the counter reformation
Pope Urban VIII took a fatherly interest in his gifted protege. When Bernini fell ill, the pope visited him twice a day in his palazzo near the Piazza di Spagna and once came with sixteen cardinals, whose collective blessing was … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged Bernini, Bernini St. Peter's, Francesco Borromini, Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini, Janson History of Art, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Merritt Janson, Pope Innocent X, pope Urban VIII, Robert Hughes, Simon Schama
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Bernini and transverberation: a striking through
Bernini kept undisputed control over artistic life in Rome for more than half a century. Behold the roots of heaven. They may be made of stone… …He even managed to put sensuousness at the service of the church. Discerning tourists … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged Altieri Chapel, Bernini, Bernini Counter Reformation, Bernini Ecstasy of St. Theresa, Catholic Counter Reformation, Chales De Brosses, Dr. Beth Harris, Dr. Steven Zucker, Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini, Janson History of Art, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Merritt Janson, Saint Theresa Cornaro Chapel, Sigmund Freud
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Bernini and one side of the moat
Bernini. Are the roots of heaven made of stone? The vision of Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini… Bernini appeared just at the moment when the papacy was going through its most intensive phase of art patronage. To commission great works and support … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernini, Bernini sculpture Rome, Caravaggio, Catholic Counter Reformation, Council of Trent, Daniele da Volterra, Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Michelangelo, Michelangelo Sistine Chapel, Pedro de Foix Montoya, Pope Innocent X, Pope Innocent XI
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collection with the public purse
Charles I was Britain’s most discerning and energetic royal patron, buying much art and encouraging many continental artists. With his ascension to the throne in 1625, it was a turning point in English connoisseurship. Charles had grown up under the … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged Albrecht Durer, Anthony Van Dyck, Bernini, Charles I titian, Diego Velazquez, Earl of Arundel Charles I, Hans Holbein the Elder, Holbein Erasmus, Hugo van der Goes, Jan Van Dyck, King Charles I art collection, King Charles I England, Raphael Cartoons, Rembrandt Collection Charles I, Robert Campin, Rubens, Titian Girl in a fur wrap, Titian Venus of the Pardo
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