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Tag Archives: Duccio di Buoninsegna
death of republics: beware of feuding nobles
What kills representative government? It is not always the mob. It is one of the revealing curiosities of history that the founders of the American republic were none to sanguine about the viability of republican government. It began with the … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged Andrea Mantegna, Bernadette Paton, Duccio di Buoninsegna, Italian City States, John E. Law, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Marvin B. Becker, P.J. Jones Italian city-states, William M. Bowsky
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at the speed of a mouse: ease of epiphany
Battle of the prophets? Back a thousand years ago, the Jewish sage Maimonides had no illusions about an Islamic Golden Age. For a Jew it was a precarious existence and he thought and witnessed the particular animus of Muslim culture … Continue reading
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Tagged alastair campbell, Andrea Mantegna, B.F. Skinner, carrie bradshaw, doug saunders globe and mail, Duccio di Buoninsegna, Ed Milibrand, Giotto di Bordone, Islamic Conversions, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Maimonides in Egypt, Mark Steyn
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fallen angels: sweet black angels
Christianity was no stranger to the representation of fallen angels. The traditional image of Satan was established by Duccio di Buoninsegna’s Temptation of Christ. After this work, it passed into the realm of convention whereby devils were almost invariably given … Continue reading
Orientalism repackaged
The Shafia trial is by any extent, a far more complex process in which the social and larger contexts seemed to outweigh the actual criminal allegations which were never definitively proven, albeit the construction of circumstantial evidence, in sum, was … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged Charlie Rose, Christie Blatchford, craig thompson, craig thompson habibi, Duccio, Duccio di Buoninsegna, Harold Bloom, Hegel Philosopher, Jean Leon Gerome, meir kahane, Mel Gibson, mel gibson the passion, Middle East Politics, mohammad shafia, pierre subleyras, Rick Salutin, shafia trial
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drinking with the man
from Paul Hamilton of the Bisonics: DRINKING WITH JESUS I’ve been drinking with Jesus In a bar full of New Cross geezers He won the jackpot on the one-armed bandit Scooping the loot he smiled, ‘That’s the way Dad planned … Continue reading
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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LIVING MOMENTS IN TIME
The records on Giotto are much more complete than Duccio. He was a practical man who madea great deal of money and managed his affairs well. He owned land and lent money at interest like any good prosperous Florentine, but … Continue reading
GIOTTO & WANING CELESTIAL DREAMS
In the work of Giotto and Duccio, Western painting reached the climax of an ancient tradition and the radical beginnings of another that has continued to endure. Giotto became probably the most highest paid artist in Italy. He died rich … Continue reading
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