A Little Bit of April Beauty
Here is a little bit of April beauty. Spring is a time when true beauty reemerges. And it is time to celebrate once again such beauty.
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Porn or Art: Praxiteles, the Great Ancient Greek Sculptor of Nudes.
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,…
Beautiful Sunday Art: Raphael’s Madonna of the Meadow
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…
Spritual Beauty: Raphael’s Sistine Madonna
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…
Feminine Beauty as God’s Design
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…
The Poetic Beauty of Claude Lorrian’s Summer Landscapes
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…
Hello, March
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…
The Pleasure of a Good Artistic Nude
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…
Beautiful Poetry: John Milton’s “On His Deceased Wife”
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…