art history
Andrew Newell Wyeth: A Master of American Realism
One’s art goes as far and as deep as one’s love goes. Andrew Wyeth Andrew Newell Wyeth (1917–2009) was a celebrated American realist...
The Newly Discovered “Megalography” of Dionysus’ Procession in Pompeii
The past is never dead. It’s not even past. William Faulkner On Wednesday, the Archaeological Park of Pompeii and the Italian Ministry of...
Caravaggio And The 1900s. Roberto Longhi, Anna Banti
The public therefore tries to read ‘naturally’, a painter who tried to be ‘natural’, understandable, human, more than humanistic, in a word, popular!Roberto...
The Transformation of Beauty: From Classical Perfection to Romantic Melancholy
That which is creative must create itself. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe The classical notion of Beauty, as understood through adherence to formal perfection...
Sassetta And His Time. A Look At Early 15th-Century Sienese Art.
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures. Henry Ward Beecher Exhibition curated by...
Matisse And The Light Of The Mediterranean
What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter. Henri Matisse A...
