Tag Archives: raphael paintings

peacocks and goat: hair story

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Dave

The smart money is always going to be on skimpy clothing and long hair, each generation seeking to reinvent itself; to excite and infuriate for the same reason. And each generation of mothers and fathers, if they reviewed their history, … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Andrea del Verrocchio, Atalanta Baglioni, Bernardino di Betto, Book of Tobit, Leonardo Da Vinci, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Oddi and Baglioni, Pinturicchio, Pinturicchio paintings, Pope Paul V, raphael paintings, Raphael The Deposition, Rennaisance Perugia, Tiberio Alfani, Treaty of Tolentino | Leave a comment

platonic painter and patron

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Dave

Isabella Stewart Gardner. A dashing individualist, with the showmanship of Ziegfeld and the temper of Toscanini, she took Boston by storm. A passion for old master art, young men and music all seemed to come together in one of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Bernard Berenson, Charles Eliot Norton, Countess Eleanor Palffy, Fenway Court Gardner Museum, Gardner Museum Boston, Gardner Museum Gothic Room, Henry Adams, Henry E. Huntington, Henry James, isabella stewart gardner, James J. Rorimer, John Singer Sargent, Longfellow Paul Revere's Ride, Madame Gautreau madame X, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, raphael paintings | Leave a comment

dragon: fly the friendly skies

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Dave

Up in smoke. It’s the jeer of the dragon. That charming scaly fellow. In Western iconography, the dragon, generally speaking, is a writhing symbol of evil, even of the Devil himself. But to the Chinese it is a benevolent heavenly … Continue reading →