I am “happy at work” obsessed and enthralled with my research for my historical novel Mona Lisa’s Secret… a work of art-related fiction set in Renaissance Florence. I would so… more →
Powerful Creativitywrote 2 days ago: Vertiginous symmetries – Florentine palazzi “Beauty is truth, truth beauty, … more →
wrote 5 days ago: The Trinity, Masaccio (c.1425) Perspective, in art, is the system for representing three-dime … more →
wrote 1 week ago: Day 9 and 10: So I hope you guys aren’t expecting me to come back to the U.S. anytime soon, be … more →
wrote 1 week ago: Hello, my friends! Want to go on a Renaissance adventure? We did on Saturday, when we went to the Ar … more →
wrote 1 week ago: aka “Dazzled Under the Influence of the Detroit Institute of Art” Aaron cut h … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: Judie and I are back from spending eleven days in Italy. I suppose I could write a travelogue about … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: ART & ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY NEWS EXHIBITION NEWS & REVIEWS Caravaggio, and Some of His Admir … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: Renaissance symbols of feminine purity share a number of similarities. Namely, many symbols share th … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: Federico Barocci (c.1533-1612)The Visitation, 1583-86Oil on canvasChiesa Nuova, Rome None other than … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: April 27, 2013 11:00a – 1:00p Celebrate Slow Art Day, a world-wide event designed to spread th … more →
wrote 1 month ago: I just found a very funny blog about renaissance paintings: Ugly Renaissance Babies. It definitely s … more →
wrote 1 month ago: VATICAN CITY: A city built for God, given over to corruption and power, declared sacred and holy, an … more →
wrote 1 month ago: This February I was lucky enough to go on a two day trip to Paris with my dissertation group. It was … more →
wrote 1 month ago: French Symbolist artist, Gustave Moreau, was born on 6th of April, 1826. Symbolism, was a 19th centu … more →
wrote 1 month ago: april 2 (tuesday). no class. went shopping for class supplies instead.stopping to look at a really c … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Welcome to the just-crafted blog for A Wondrous Mechanism.A Wondrous Mechanism is my steam … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Artist unknown, public domain. This is too funny: Sent to me via Aussie musician The Jimmy C – … more →
wrote 1 month ago: …has launched : “The most populated city in Tuscany, Florence can be described in a sing … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Paddle Tennis Electivephoto credit: Mary Gaudet/Etobicoke Guardian I can remember the day I found my … more →