Looking Within Shadows and Spaces – The Nature of Japanese Art, Part Two
Please see The Nature of Japanese Art, Part One (September 2019) for background information about the influence of Shintoism, Buddhism,
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Each Dewdrop on the Grass Reflects the Vastness of Moonlight – The Nature of Japanese Art, Part One
Images and text are best viewed on a wide screen. ◊ The art of seeing: two paintings of wisteria were made
Is Man, by Nature, a Violent Being? (A Philosophical Look at Cy Twombly’s 50 Days of Iliam)
Is man, by nature, a violent being? Is he genetically coded towards violence and aggression? Is his drive towards aggression
Unveiling the Work of a Master – Titian’s Portrait of Archbishop Archinto
His contemporaries called him “the sun amidst small stars”, the princes’ painter, the people’s painter, the prince of painters. In
I tell my heart to go ahead – Artist Horace Pippin
Horace Pippin painted the memories that lingered. Some were terrifyingly painful. Others recalled the ease of a lazy Sunday morning
To Have and To Hold – Italian Renaissance Cassoni
Here I am baby Oh, you’ve got the future in your hand Signed, sealed, delivered, I’m yours – Stevie
Alone, Quiet, and Gloriously Free – Matisse’s Portrait of Mlle. Yvonne Landsberg
Henri Matisse’s painting of Mlle. Yvonne Landsberg is considered to be one of his most mysterious portraits. Strange curving lines
