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
Category: Paintings
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
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
The Hissing Paintbox – Painter Vasily Kandinsky
Music, in performance, is a type of sculpture. The air in performance is sculpted into something. – Frank Zappa Music
The Inevitably Acquiescent Volcano – Tiepolo’s Venus and Vulcan
Vulcan thought his ex-wife was out of the picture. Then one day while he was at work, she suddenly appeared
Of and Off the Grid – Artist Agnes Martin
In 1957, forty-five-year-old artist Agnes Martin rented a studio in Coenties Slip among the abandoned buildings along the dilapidated waterfront
