Tag Archives: Robert Browning

malraux: art of pictorial fiction

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Dave

Andre Malraux’s The Metamorphosis of the Gods…The dawning Renaissance bids farewell to Eternity, dragons, and sacred art-Venus descends from Olympus to become a naked woman… Later ages, particularly the Renaissance, praised Giotto for his illusionism, his still relatively primitive, so … Continue reading →

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matters of taste and waste

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Dave

Artistic dependency on money? Art as a cash crop, growing money and not the fertility of artistic endeavor. The effects of urban , cosmopolitan culture on the arts probably stretched back to the Renaissance, but it may have been Watteau … Continue reading →

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KISS OF INDULGENCE

Posted on May 12, 2010 by Dave

”Italy and expatriates go together like peanut butter and jelly. So it’s not surprising that Rome has attracted more than its fair share of writers–English, German, American, and otherwise–who have found both artistic inspiration and a temporary home in the … Continue reading →

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