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Andrea Pozzo and perspective

January 16, 2009 chalcographica

One of my favorite painters of this period is Andrea Pozzo. I recognize that does not enjoy the fame of Caravaggio, or Lodovico, Agostino and Annibale Carracci, or Rubens, or many others, and probably does not deserve. Despite this, Pozzo has always interested me for two reasons: for his thoughts on the [...]

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Lucifer Renascens or Renaissance representations of the devil

December 2, 2008 chalcographica

. T here are a huge number of prints and drawings that represent the devil, the devil, Lucifer, as you please, "during the Renaissance. Collecting them as I have time, I thought it a good time to leave you here some of them. As always, to see the images to a larger size or to travel in high resolution without the text help you, all you have to do is click on them. The comments and descriptions of them are in the header and not the end.

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Victoria and Albert Museum's Medieval and Renaissance collection

November 16, 2008 news

The Victoria and Albert Museum plans to open to the public his collection of art from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (300-1600) next year. The project, which cost 31 million pounds, supposed to be accessible art 1800 free, and the process has to be accessible [...]

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Women in the paint during the past 500 years

November 6, 2008 off-topic

I find at Books Inq. this video that includes an extensive collection of female portraits of the last five hundred years. I could not help echoing the beauty here for video and images, to which is added one of my favorite pieces by Bach. Hope you like it.

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The Renaissance Image of Man and the World

September 3, 2008 digitalia

I just find on the Internet with one of those gems that may interest some readers. This is the volume edited by Bernard O'Kelly The Renaissance Image of Man and the World (Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University Press, 1966). Items that can be found in it are: "Introduction," Bernard O'Kelly. "Philosophy and [...]

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Michael Baxandall (10 August 1933-12 August 2008)

August 28, 2008 cuts

I leave the obligatory stop in August to echo some news that has saddened me especially and I've learned two weeks after it took place. On August 12 this year Michael Baxandall died in London at the age of 74. It is a loss [...]

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Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan

August 11, 2008 grants

I find that the Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan is a superb collection of art that can be freely accessed and downloaded. Here I put a couple of examples: Bernardino Luini (c. 1480-1532), Tobias and the Angel * Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Giant field crossbow mounted on wagon wheels. Codex Atlanticus 1478-1518. Folio 149rb. [...]

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Peter Brueghel

April 23, 2008 cuts

I've been in one of my favorite sites this documentary about Peter Brueghel, and I felt very complete for the 26 minutes of nothing that lasts. So I leave here so that you both enjoy it, to see for myself from time to time. The video is in English, but is [...]

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