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The noble houses of eighteenth-century England. By 1750 the Western world had captured a vast commerce unequaled in human history. The riches derived from it, enabled men of property, the merchant class, to live in a sophisticated luxury previously enjoyed … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrea Palladio, David Chipperfield RA, English Tudor houses Hardwick Hall, English Tudor Houses Longleat, Filippo Brunelleschi, Jan Siberechts Dutch Artist, Lord Hervey, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Michelangelo, Palladio, Palladio architecture, William Hogarth
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AN ANGEL IN BROAD DAYLIGHT: Elegance Before Passion
Within a single generation early in the fifteenth century, three Flemish artists gave final, consummate expression to the Gothic spirit. … For anyone trying to tell the history of art as a continuous development , the fifteenth century always appears … Continue reading
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Tagged Battle of Agincourt, Donatello Sculpture, Dr. Beth Harris, Dr. Stephen Zucker, Dr. Steven Zucker, Filippo Brunelleschi, Flemish Art, Jan van Eyck, Masaccio, Master of Flémalle, Northern Renaissance Art, Northern Renaissance Painting, Philip the Good, Robert Campin, Rogier van der Weyden
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PERSPECTIVE ON A VANISHING POINT: THE MATHEMATICS OF OBSESSION
“It was said of Uccello that the discovery of perspective had so impressed him that he spent nights and days drawing objects in foreshortening, and setting himself ever new problems. His fellow artists used to tell that he was so … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Einstein, Andrea Mantegna, Botticelli, Brenda Harness, Della Carda, Donatello, Donatello Gattamelata, E.H. Gombrich, E.H. Gomrich, Filippo Brunelleschi, Gentile Bellini, Giacomo Trivulzio, Jan van Eyck, Jonathan Jones Guardian, Leon Battista Alberti, Leonardo Da Vinci, Paolo Uccello, Pieter van Eyck, Renaissance Art, Rick Steves, Riemann, Uccello, Van Eyck, Vasari
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THE ROUTING OF SAN ROMANO:PERSPECTIVE ON “RESTORING HONOR”
“Of course, there are significant differences between the two writers: Klein imagines that the problem with the world is too much focus on capitalism at the expense of progressive values and social welfare. Beck, on the other hand, loves capitalism, … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Sharpton, Alberti, Aristotle, Dante Alighieri, Filippo Brunelleschi, Glenn Beck, Glenn Beck Restoring Honor rally, Jonathan Kay national Post, Kathleen Battle, Leon Battista Alberti, Leonardo Bruni, Lorenzo the Magnificent, Machiavelli, Martin Luther King, Michael Ferguson, Michael Ferguson Polymathica, Naomi Klein, Paolo Uccello, Plato, Restoring Honor rally, Sarah Palin, The Rout of San Romano, Uccello, Vasari, William Lowther, Wynton Marsalis
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