Tag Archives: Ginevra de Benci

prodigies: pilgrimage to simplicity

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Dave

The prodigies. Children who know too much. The old sixteenth-century proverb says “you can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.” What makes a prodigy? It seems pretty evident that there is a genetic component to the form … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged akiane kramarik, Albert Einstein, Caravaggio, f.w. westaway, Ginevra de Benci, Giorgio Vasari, kieron williamson, Leonardo Da Vinci, Martin Buber, mi dori, National Gallery of Art Washington, Nicolas Poussin, rudiger gamm, tara lipinski | Leave a comment

IF ANYONE SEES A PAIR OF MISSING HANDS

Posted on February 11, 2010 by Dave

But, how do we know its real? Is the portrait of Ginevra by Leonardo DaVinci real, an authentic work of the master? The cost be square centimeter of paint of the portrait of Ginevra de Benci is the greatest in … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Miscellaneous, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc. | Tagged Alessandro Vezzosi, Antiques trade gazette, Art Fraud, Ganz Gallery, Ginevra de Benci, Jeff Israely, Leonardo Da Vinci, Mona Lisa, National Gallery Washington, Peter paul Biro, Peter Silverman, Richard lacayo, Vasari, Verrocchio | 3 Comments

SOULS WITH MALEDICTIONS

Posted on February 10, 2010 by Dave

”‘Moloch’ certainly, despite the horror it holds for Ginsberg, is after all only the comfortably unreal reality of bourgeois America. It is as much ‘invisible suburbs’ as it is ‘monstrous bombs’, and even the poet admits that it ‘entered my … Continue reading →