Hermes with the Infant Dionysius, by Praxiteles. “Art for me means all works of imagination, from poetry to television commercials to pornography, with questions of quality still operative,” Camille Paglia,…
This is a nice work from one of my favorite artists, Raphael (1483-1520). It is appropriate for a Sunday: calm, peaceful and full of beauty! What is nice about Raphael’s…
The great Italian Renaissance artist Raphael has always been one of my favorites. Today’s world demands vulgarity and profanity; the art of Raphael depicts love and beauty. I write often…
Although there is much ugliness in the world, and much pain and suffering, there is still much beauty. We ask ourselves where all these things come from, and if there…
Claude’s use of light and shade is always beautiful. I have written a post on this great French painter before; but good art can always be appreciated without end. Claude…
Venus and Mars, by Botticelli, ca. 1483. Now that a most brutal February has finally passed, we can welcome March into the year of 2015. Although March can be cruel–snow…
I find few things more pleasant than a well done nude painting or photograph. As in all visual arts, the use of shade and color is always important, and I…
The blind Milton reciting Paradise Lost to his daughters This is one of my favorite little poems from one of my favorite poets, the great John Milton (1608-1674). Second only…