All posts tagged "sculpture"
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Bodies And Erotic Art
Celebrating the Male Body in Renaissance Florence
June 17, 2019The adoration of a male body was an inspiration for many artists and there’s no medium...
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dailyart
Perseus and the Head of Medusa – A Very Florentine Story
May 22, 2019Benvenuto Cellini’s Perseus and the Head of Medusa is a sculpture that is commonly overlooked. In...
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Architecture
Five Fun Facts About Gargoyles – Quirky Creatures of the Middle Ages and Beyond
March 2, 2019Everybody loves gargoyles! I used to think I was alone in this, but I’ve come to...
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Middle Ages
The Complicated Meaning and Mysterious Origin of The Cloisters Cross
January 19, 2019The Cloisters Cross is a beautiful English Romanesque walrus ivory cross, likely dating to the middle...
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Sculpture
Both/And: The Art of Glenys Barton
December 19, 2018There are many social, political, scientific and economic models that are embracing the idea of ‘both/and’...
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Art Travels
Florence’s Secret Spot: Colosso Dell’Appennino
October 20, 2018A 30-minute drive from central Florence lies a true Tuscan secret: the sixteenth-century sculpture Colosso Dell’Appennino...
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Sculpture
Laocoön: The Work of a Lifetime
August 27, 2018The subject The statue “Laocoon and his sons”, attributed to Greek sculptors Agesander, Athenodorus and Polydorus,...
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Fashion
Is It Fashion, or Is It Art? Roberto Capucci’s Sculpture Dresses
August 20, 2018Roberto Capucci (b. 1930) is an Italian fashion designer. Or maybe he’s a sculptor. It’s difficult...
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Museums And Exhibitions
Evoking The Genius Of Brancusi At The Museum Of Modern Art In New York
August 16, 2018The sculptures of Constantin Brancusi remind me of being in a sketch class with a model...
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Abstraction
A Story About How Louise Nevelson Constructed Her Sculptures And Her Past
August 3, 2018Nevelson (1899 – 1988) is recognized as one of America’s most innovative sculptors. Her most famous...
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