Tag Archives: Giuseppe Arcimboldo

trojan horse

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Dave

As a political metaphor, the Trojan Horse is usually perceived as some kind of malignant virus, socialism mixed with radical jihad, anti-poverty advocates and Bernie Saunders groupies and Emma Goldman legacy projects that through subterfuge and guile under the greater … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged Andre Breton, Emma Goldman, Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Mannerism painting, paul gross trojan horse, Salvador dali, Surrealism, Sylvio Leidi, Thomas Cole art, trojan horse | Leave a comment

trilogy of a divine comedy: purgatory, passion and produce

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Dave

Measured against the accelerating transformation of our own society, the Renaissance seems like a relatively minor cultural revolution in the history of humanity.Futurologists like Alvin Toffler suggest that the changing conditions of life we are now experiencing are so profound … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Literature/poetry/spoken word, Miscellaneous | Tagged Andre Breton, Arcimboldo, Dante, Dante Alighieri, Dante Divine Comedy, Edmund Dulac, George Grosz, Giotto, Giotto di Bordone, Giotto Frescoes, Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Hieronymous Bosch, Jack Rusher, Jape, Jape floating, Pablo Picasso, Rene Magritte, Robert Fulford, RObert Stevenhagen, Roberto Bolano, Saint Francis of Assisi, Salvador dali, Sam Fell, Sylvio Leidi, Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann, William Blake | Leave a comment

OVER THE LEGAL LIMIT

Posted on June 22, 2010 by Dave

Tales of giants abound in the popular cultures of most ages. The human imagination is often drawn to stories about humans who are larger than life. A random sample of such characters, good or evil, might include Goliath, the Cyclops, … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft, Music/Composition/Performance | Tagged Barry Chamish, Biblical Giants, Caravaggio, Charles Cotter O'Brien, Colossus of Rhodes, David and Goliath, Giant people, Giovanni Bona, Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Goering, Goliath, Gulliver's Travels, Henry Williams Watrous, Himmler, Jacob Rheuben Ehrlich, Jonathan Swift, Kaltenbrunner, L.A. Marzulli, Mariedl the Tyrolean Giantess, Monsieur E. Bihin, Neil Johnson Nephilim, Nephilim, P.T. Barnum, Paul Bunyan, Robert Hales | Leave a comment

BAD MANNERS

Posted on February 13, 2010 by Dave

Something very strange happened in the world of the visual arts during the sixteenth century. Its opening years were the golden age of the Italian High Renaissance and the arts seemed to have attained a perfection. Da Vinci, Raphael and … Continue reading →