Art Now and Then

"Art Now and Then" does not mean art occasionally. It means art NOW as opposed to art THEN. It means art in 2020 as compared to art many years ago...sometimes many, many, MANY years ago. It is an attempt to make that art relevant now, letting artists back then speak to us now in the hope that we may better understand them, and in so doing, better understand ourselves and the art produced today.

Monday, October 22, 2012

Martyrdoms

›
No cutting necessary, the chase ruled. We are all familiar with the phrase, "cut to the chase." Its origin, of course, deriv...
Sunday, October 21, 2012

The Mannerist Dilemma

›
What the Mannerists were up against, The Libyan Sibyl, 1506, Sistine Chapel ,  Michelangelo How would you like to have been a painter...
Saturday, October 20, 2012

The Cafe Michelangelo

›
  The Macchiaioli crowd at the Cafe Michelangelo --looks like a fun bunch. With the passing of the Renaissance, Rome didn't...
Friday, October 19, 2012

Mad King Ludwig

›
King Ludwig II of Bavaria, 1865, Ferdinand von Piloty I suppose quite a few of us, having been nurtured in childhood on fairy tales a...
Thursday, October 18, 2012

The Birth of Christ

›
Sarcophagus of Stilicho, forth century AD, Basilica of St. Ambrogio, Milan, is probably the earliest surviving depiction of the nativity...
Wednesday, October 17, 2012

The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art

›
At first glance, the Louisiana MoMA strikes one as an upscale suburban home. You should all go visit the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art...
4 comments:
Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Last Suppers

›
The Last Supper, 1495-98, Leonardo da Vinci--restored as best as can be expected. As I was growing up, what I knew about art, especial...
‹
›
Home
View web version

About Me

Jim Lane
View my complete profile
Powered by Blogger.