Tag Archives: Lorenzo Lotto

natural born killers

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Dave

Open the lamp. Unleash the genie. Sometimes simple narratives don’t provide answers. Or, simply the inertia devolves into populism, trite formulas, generic thinking, or a romantic nostalgia for an idyll by-gone era that never existed and we are back to … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged anders behring breivik, DDL demonstration, EDL demonstration denmark, Eugene Delacroix, Lorenzo Lotto, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, multiculturalism europe, Norwegian immigration policy, Oslo shootings, saif al-islam gaddafi | Leave a comment

CONTESTS BETWEEN LIGHT AND GLOOM

Posted on August 14, 2010 by Dave

The word ‘spectacular’ is not amiss because, although Caravaggio aimed at total realism, he wanted drama too. It was the secret of his instant, direct appeal to the Church, to collectors, to fellow artists, to the public, then and since. … Continue reading →