100 swallows does a fantastic blog which I read regularly, enjoying the stories of Artists and Sculptors he tells and occasionally being inspired by a comment or work he has posted. I recommend you visit him too. Now I am not on the whole an argumentative type, but I sometimes disagree and can’t resist the […]
Sculpture is the Be All And End All in Visual Art. Official.
Did you spot the Sculpture Diaries on TV this evening? Waldemar Januszczak Art critic of Channel Four, sets out to prove that sculpture is the single most important subject in Visual Art. He is right of course, I look forward to the next two episodes. As an aside though; he did bring up some stuff […]
Grave
Ummm…see comments on the last post but one to see why I added this.
British Painter : 1,700 sq ft Renaissance style fresco, the story of Ranierus, Pisa’s patron saint.
This is an important one! Ian Cox and the BBC have come up with an important story; see here —http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7558492.stm or visit Ian Cox’s news site for today.
Top of all sculpture?
I hope that one day someone will be able and willing to tell the world a little more about this work. Technically it is amazing what ever size it is; carved marble! Now think about that and send Michelangelo back to school. Aesthetically it would be difficult to better; certainly not a classical pose and […]
Terra Cotta
Early work by Who? Rodin! I am keen to find a good example of two images of a terra cotta bust of similar ilk as these two, in an effort to compare media. The first is ‘Flora’ by C-Belleuse , two different versions. Marble The second is Mlle Vuillier by Aime-Jules Dalou , same work […]
Please buy a flower, sculpture oriental?
ed The Flower Seller – Jeune Fille de Bou Saada by Louis–Ernst Barrias 1841-1904 The first one is in Ivory, bronze, wood and mother of pearl and is small at 33cm x 27cm. The second is in bronze size unknown and the last in I guessed terra cotta, but if it is plaster as Ian […]
Michelangelo’s awful painting
I was shocked when I first saw this. It is supposed to be a woman. No amount of spin will convince me. If it was a one off I might forgive him but it wasn’t.
Michelangelo
From The Royal Collection, Leda and the Swan (Leonardo) , Drawing by Raphael Lucretia by Raphael And these two by Raphael of his mistress Passable female forms? The almost ‘God Like’ adoration given to Michelangelo is in my view misplaced and many sculptors out stripped his skill. I acknowledge only that he was a great […]
Decadent Art and Sculpture
I am not ashamed of my love of Decadent Art. This picture fromhttp://www.leninimports.com/alphonse_mucha_gallery.html#amgall with thanks
