Archive for February, 2009

Like the exhibition, of transient quality by its very nature, the catalogue which accompanies this retrospective on 16th to 18th century French bronzes is to be generously commended. It is the result of years of research allowing the …

Having studied Medieval art a bit, it never ceases to amaze me how much could be done with (seemingly) so little! @qorvus I don’t know, something about armor gets me. Of course, what riles me more is when people write with armor and yet …

By eliminating art and sculpture from church worship, it drove it into the world, placing the aesthetic in the context of general revelation, as the witness to God in the world rather than as a the focus of the worship of God in the …

Medici Dynasty

Posted by admin On February - 5 - 2009ADD COMMENTS

Among them, Cosimo the old is considered to be the Father of the Nation, his grandson Lorenzo the Magnificent is by excellence the absolute and supreme patron of renaissance art, philosophy and literature. Cosimo I changed the status of …

With such a large community of artists online who are determined to figure out how to make things work for themselves, I don’t see the traditional art establishment catching up anytime soon. BS: Finally, do you have plans to expand …