Gandalf's Gallery (Free subscription) | yesterday
Dirck van Baburen (c.1595 – February 21, 1624) was a Dutch painter associated with the Utrecht caravaggisti. Dirck van Baburen's career was short, and only a few of his paintings are known today. He mostly painted religious subjects in Rome, including the San Pietro in Montorio Entombment that is indebted to Caravaggio's version of the same subject in the Vatican Museums. Baburen also painted...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
The Galleria Borghese of Rome, one of the world's leading museums, is hosting till Jan. 14 the unique painting exhibition "Caravaggio-Bacon." Caravaggio is one of most profound and revolutionary 16th century Italian painter, while English artist Francis Bacon is a 20th century Expressionist artist deeply influenced by Surrealism. The occasion for a joint exhibition of their works by the Galleria...
HeyDoYou (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
For all you ample and curvaceously blessed women I have something for you that'll make you happier than the day you discovered that really sexy bra that didn't kill your shoulders, or suffocate your breasts! They say it's almost impossible to find a chic dress that's comfortable and compliments a curvy womans' shape, but I say there's no such thing as impossible! That doesn't mean you should go squeezing...
FlickrFotos (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Recently, one of the most renowned worldwide chimneys Palazetti have collaborated with luxury furniture manufacturer, Savio Firmino to create an awesome and luxurious fireplace design. This elegant fireplace collection comprised of classical “Caravaggio” frame, and the Portugal pink marble chimney basement and edges. Surely, this fireplace furnitures should fit in any classical or contemporary...
49 Writers (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Dear 49W Friends, I've been back from Italy for well over a month, so this second postcard is pretty late in arriving. But I thought it might have a Thanksgiving feel. Hopefully these photos will add to your appetite over the next two days. One of my aims in conducting in-country research for my novel-in-progress, The Discus Thrower, was to guide myself away from cliches. I didn't want to write, out...
One Poet's Notes (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
“We are not here to be thankful for strange things we can do with our bodies!” “ On this very special occasion, my mind goes back over the years to the people who have influenced me . . . Tielhard de Chardin, George Sand, Caravaggio, oh, Emily Dickinson . . . ”
Tea at Trianon (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Here is another guest post by author Stephanie Mann , who reviews Nathan Mitchell's The Mystery of the Rosary . According to Mrs. Mann : Although I found some of the terms that Mitchell uses off-putting and too technical (reframing, re-imagining, reinventing, renegotiating etc) and his repetitious analysis of Caravaggio's paintings (especially "Madonna di Loreto") rather irritating, overall...
Personal Cyber Botanica (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
His characters are nameless, yet each of us… dancer… boxer… prisoner… trumpeter… dreamer… runner…. juggler… invisible painter… Vita Precarie by Danijel Zezelj taken from Globalproject He was influenced a lot by painters and photographers such as Velasquez, Caravaggio, Cezanne, Vermeer, Diane Arbus and Robert Frank. Wordz by Octavio Paz,...
Brit Lit Blogs (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
blinkbox.com "is a premium movie and TV site that allows you to stream or download the best programming on the web." They have "over 5,000 movies and TV shows to choose from" which you can purchase or rent, but, on top of that, they have lots of free movies. Normally, I wouldn't bother to mention such a website, but the free movies include Caravaggio , The Draughtsman's Contract...
DigsDigs (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Thanks to the successful collaboration between the producer of one of the most renowned and appreciated worldwide chimneys, Palazetti, and non less well-known company specializing in luxury furniture, Savio Firmino, you could decorate you house by the most beautiful and elegant fireplaces. Among them the Frame “Caravaggio” retains classical inspiration... Continue Reading...
Exiled Preacher (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
St. Matthew by Caravaggio Time and time again, the First Gospel bears witness to the fact that Jesus is the true Israel. He is the seed of Abraham and David, Matthew 1:1-17. The exodus is reenacted when he returns from Egypt to the Promised Land, Matthew 2:13-15. His temptation for forty days in the wilderness echoes Israel's temptations during the forty wilderness years, Matthew 4:1-11. Jesus is the...
Lloyd Austins (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Caravaggio and Francis Bacon at Galleria Borghese in Rome http://bit.ly/190RXo
Art Knowledge News (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
ROME (REUTERS).- Portraits by Italian master Caravaggio and Irish-born 20th-century painter Francis Bacon stand side-by-side in new exhibition connecting their tormented views of humanity despite contrasting approaches to realism. The show at Rome's Galleria Borghese Museum marks 400 years since Caravaggio's death and 100 years since Bacon's birth and at its heart lies their shared fascination with...
TYWKIWDBI (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
"There's a painting by Caravaggio, done late in his life. David with the Head of Goliath . In it, the young warrior holds at the end of his outstretched arm the head of Goliath, ravaged and old. But that is not the true sadness in the picture. It is assumed that the face of David is a portrait of the youthful Caravaggio and the head of Goliath is a portrait of him as an older man, how he looked...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Caravaggio experimented with lighting effects in his paintings and used models from the street - two centuries before the great photographic pioneers Caravaggio is one of my favourite artists. But, strangely enough, I've never given much thought to his relationship with photography – until now. Writing captions for the Guardian's series of supplements about 100 years of great photojournalism...
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