Between Heaven and Earth, Part II:
The Medieval Mind & the Reemergence of Art & Architecture after the Fall of the Roman Empire in Western Europe
A Sculpture’s Journey to Hell and Back – Auguste Rodin’s The Kiss & The Process of Indirect Carving
Images and text correlate best when viewed on a wide screen. ◊ When first exhibited in Europe, the U.S., and Japan in the early 1900s, the life-sized sculpture of Auguste Rodin’s The Kiss was perceived as so shamelessly erotic that it was screened off, covered with blankets, or put in a private room where it was […]
Between Heaven and Earth, Part I:
The Medieval Mind & the Reemergence of Art & Architecture after the Fall of the Roman Empire in Western Europe
Chiseled Bodies – “Carving is easy, you just go down to the skin and stop.” – Michelangelo (Sculpture, Direct Carving)
Images and text are best viewed on a wide screen. ◊ Over five-hundred years ago, carrying pages of
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, and Confucianism on Japanese art. Images and text are best viewed on a wide screen. ◊ Japanese artist Nikyoko Ikuta uses only two materials in her work: glass and light. “I am captivated by the […]
Marcel Duchamp Stripped Bare: A Journey through the Existential Process
(Marcel Duchamp with The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even. Photograph: Mark Kauffman/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image) “The spectator
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 less than twenty years apart, one in America, the other in Japan. Lush and abundant, if you could pull the clustered blooms closer, it would require both hands. The scent, having been […]
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
Images and text are best viewed on a wide screen. ◊ His contemporaries called him “the sun amidst small stars”, the
