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MANTEGNA: MASTER OF THE FANTASTIC & THE TERRIBLE
The gruesome, the tragic and the triumphant that could be depicted with paradoxical decorative elegance. His manner was prickly, his life was mundane and methodical, his painting was poised and static; why then should he have so much power to … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Miscellaneous, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc.
Tagged Albrecht Durer, Andrea Mantegna, Antonio Maineri, artemisia Gentileschi, Bernardino da Parenzo, Caravaggio, Correggio, Dawson W. Carr, E.H. Gombrich, Erica Tietze-Conrat, Ernst Gombrich, Ettore Camesasca, Gilbert de Bourbon, Giorgio Vasari, Gustave Dore, Isabelle d'Este, Jack M. Greenstein, Jacopo Bellini, Keith Christianson, Lodovico Gonzaga, Mantegna, Nick Milne, Paul Kristeller, Renaissance, Renaissance Art, Robert Hughes, Squarcione, Vasari
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BLINDFOLD TEST FOR BEWITCHING IDEAS:CLOSE ENCOUNTERS WITH FUZZY WARBLES
Marketing and advertising wars are often drawn out, protracted affairs giving credence to the expression “War is hell;but who knew it looked like crap? It is entertaining when no one follows the modern version of the Marquess of Queensbury rules … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Miscellaneous
Tagged Bothwell, Calvinism, Chastelard, Claude Nau, Clive Owen, D.O. Hunter Blair, David Rizzio, Douglas Wilson, EasyJet, Frenchman Chastelard, Glenda Jackson, Goodwood Festival of Speed, Henry Cowan, Henry Lord Darnley, Jamba Juice, james Hamilton, James Hepburn, John Erskine, John Knox, Jone Johnson Lewis, Lesley Smith, Lord Darnley, Martin Luther, Mary Queen of Scots, mary Stuart, Mary Tudor, Matt Perry, Protestant Reformation, Queen Elizabeth I, Reformation Scotland, Renaissance, Rizzio, Robert Mugabe, Ronsard French poet, Ronsard poet, Rosalind K. Marshal, Tom Hollander, Vanessa Redgrave, W.P. Frith
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PRIMAVERA AND THE HERMETIC OCTAVE
Interpreting the mythology of a work of art may fall under the domain of the art sleuth, and an intrepid one at that.Take for example Sandro Botticelli’s masterpiece, ”Primavera”. Those who are willing to settle for a poetical tableau and … Continue reading
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Tagged Botticelli, Chloris, E.H. Gombrich, Edgar Wind, Florence, Giorgio Vassari, Hamilton Reed Armstrong, Leonardo Da Vinci, Medici, Michael Hayes, Neo-Platonism, Pico, Pico della Mirandola, Pico Oration, Plato, Plotinus, Renaissance, Sandro Botticelli, Savonarola, The Hermetic Octave, Walter Ulmam, Zephyr
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