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  • c. 1750-1752, Oil on canvas, 120 x 94.5 cm, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid
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    Fragonard: Child’s play / it’s not all fun and games

    July 10, 2015 / 0 Comments

    “Ready or not, here I come!” Children and adults alike are known to utter this phrase when messing around and playing playground games.  From personal experience it was mostly in “hide and seek” but we also used it in “blind man’s bluff”. Blind man’s bluff (originally called Blindman’s Buff) has been around for thousands of years and has been traced as far back as Ancient Greece. Although it varies from playground to playground, the simple nature of the game means that is played all across the word. The game also lends its name to an 18th century painting by French artist Fragonard. This typical Rococo painting consists of two young…

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    Sleeping Beauty, 1862-1865, William Morris, Authur Clutton-Brock

    William Morris (English version)

    March 23, 2021

    [Part 3/3] Cubism:The Perfect Triangle

    October 25, 2017
  • Art

    "Art must be an expression of love or it is nothing" – Marc Chagall

    October 21, 2014 / 0 Comments

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    Sibi jataka, première moitié du VIIe siècle après J.-C.

    L’unité dans la diversité rend la culture indiennes unique

    January 6, 2023
    Lacquered panel and gold leaf, 1930

    1000 Masterpieces of Decorative Art: Where Beauty Meets Craftsmanship

    July 25, 2023

    ラスキン – モディリアーニ:陰毛のスキャンダル

    December 7, 2017
  • Art,  Art Exhibition,  English

    Keep It Simple, Stupid

    July 8, 2013 / 0 Comments

    Although Valentine’s Day is not in the near future, it appears that love is in the air. Last Saturday, 6 July, the UK celebrated its National Kissing Day. As an American, can you imagine my surprise to learn that Brits dedicate an entire day to snogging (that’s British for kissing)? For my fellow non-Brits who don’t know how to celebrate this holiday, I browsed the Internet for helpful tips, and I compiled a list of what apparently are the worst kisses: The Chicken Peck: attack of the little pecks, no further action The Washing Machine: tongue rolls around uncontrollably like a spin cycle The Biter: when the other person bites…

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    Corrado Giaquinto, La Naissance de la Vierge, 1753

    La Vierge Marie: Des chefs-d’œuvre de beauté spirituelle, de dévotion et de grâce

    June 2, 2023

    Exhibition: Works of Louise Nevelson

    November 13, 2017
    persischen Kunst

    Echos der ewigen persischen Kunst

    November 6, 2025
  • Art Exhibition,  Español

    Un amor de película

    June 7, 2013 / 0 Comments

    La historia del arte está llena de anécdotas que hoy entrarían sin problema en la crónica rosa de los programas de televisión más vistos de la hora de la siesta. Hay historias de amistad, odio, pasión, envidia, codicia y, cómo no, también amor. En esta última categoría, el arte moderno tiene pocas historias más de película que la que vivieron la pintora Georgia O’Keeffe y el fotógrafo Alfred Stieglitz. Se enamoraron perdidamente después de conocerse en la galería de arte de vanguardia que Stieglitz regentaba en Nueva York, la mítica 291. Ella, que llegaría a ser la primera mujer en tener una retrospetiva en el MoMA, era entonces una desconocida.

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    LES COCOTTES DE LA BELLE ÉPOQUE

    April 4, 2014

    The Pleasures of Shunga

    December 9, 2013
    Industrie von Detroit (Südwand) – Die weiße und die gelbe Rasse und geologische Schichten, 1932-1933

    Von Wandmalereien zu Meisterwerken: Das Vermächtnis von Diego Rivera

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  • Art Exhibition,  Deutsch

    Liebe ist…

    May 31, 2013 / 0 Comments

    Einerseits ein tief verankertes, menschliches Grundbedürfnis, das uns alle vereint,und andererseits eines der wohl rätselhaftesten und unerklärlichsten Phänomene im Universum. Die Auffassungen darüber, was wir unter Liebe verstehen dürfen, könnten kaum weiter auseinander gehen. Dies mag nicht zuletzt an den vielfältigen Ausprägungen liegen, in denen uns diese auf geistiger, körperlicherund seelischer Anziehung beruhende Emotion begegnet. Denn die Annahme, dass sich Liebe allein auf zwischenmenschliche Gefühlsbeziehungen beschränkt, ist weit gefehlt. Das Spektrum an potentiellen Adressaten für den Überschuss an persönlicher Zuneigung ist schier unbegrenzt. Wussten Sie beispielsweise, dass Agalmatophilie als wissenschaftlicher Fachbegriff die starke Affinität und sexuelle Anziehung zu (überwiegend nackten) Statuen bezeichnet? Oder dass auch die Liebe zu Teddybären, die…

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    Mucha: The Red Roses from Prague

    January 16, 2018
    Kazimir Malevich, Black Suprematic Square, 1915. Oil on linen, 79 x 79 cm. The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.

    Die Zukunft ist Schwarz!

    February 23, 2014
    Battersea Reach, ca. 1863

    James McNeill Whistler – Né sous une étoile errante

    February 18, 2022
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    Amor es más

    May 29, 2013 / 0 Comments

    Pensamos en amor y lo primero que nos viene a la mente es una pareja, amantes, novios, matrimonio,… Y no nos damos cuenta de lo estrecho de nuestro pensamiento. Porque en realidad ¿qué es el amor? Parece que en la sociedad de hoy este concepto se ha reducido a su vertiente romántica, dejando a un lado el amor a los amigos, a la familia, a una divinidad (o varias, a gusto del lector), a otras personas por el mero hecho de ser humanas, a los animales, amor a las artes, al buen tiempo (un día de primavera en el parque), a la naturaleza, incluso a las cosas.

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    Kandinsky ̶ abstrakt und knallbunt

    January 13, 2014

    Les Préraphaélites: La Fraternité Révolutionnaire: Retour au Moyen Age

    February 28, 2018

    Baguette, Paris, Vin rouge, Fromage

    January 22, 2014
  • Art Exhibition,  English

    What is Love?

    May 21, 2013 / 0 Comments

    Love. Love is, waking up late on the weekend. Love is, frosty, autumn mornings, breath fogging the air. Love is, smelling the cut grass on a hot summer’s day. Love is, feeling the steam rise off the ground after a tropical rain storm. Love is, laughter.

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    June 6, 2013

    LA VIOLENCIA EN CONTEXTO

    November 14, 2013

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  • Art Exhibition,  English

    “Who knows how to make love stay?”*

    April 18, 2013 / 1 Comment

    You’re tired. You want to go home and sleep off this week of relentless deadlines, but your friends insist that dancing will be much more effective. You go, you dance, you laugh, you still think about your pillows. There, across the room, their eyes catch yours and smiles slowly spread across your faces. You’ve never met before, but surely something so familiar couldn’t be imagined. You talk, you feel shy, you feel emboldened; you exchange phone numbers. You fall asleep before your head hits the pillow, but they left a smile on your lips. You date. You have the important things in common

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    A Dream Deferred

    November 18, 2013
    Der Ozean, 1865

    James McNeill Whistler – Geboren unter einem wandernden Stern

    February 17, 2022

    Tout ce qui peut être imaginé est réel

    April 3, 2018
  • Art Exhibition,  Deutsch

    Verkopfte Romanze

    April 10, 2013 / 0 Comments

    Es ist, was es ist, sagt die Liebe. Allein der Versuch, sie in Worte zu fassen, scheint zwangsläufig zum Scheitern verurteilt. Lastwagenladungen voller Romane, Filme, Kunstwerke und wissenschaftlicher Arbeiten haben es nicht geschafft, zu ergründen, was passiert, wenn jemand in unserem Umfeld eine absolut irrationale Entscheidung trifft, dabei lediglich lächelnd mit den Schultern zuckt und meint: „Es ist eben Liebe.“ „Aber ist es tatsächlich so einfach?“ wird sich der Realist fragen, und der Zyniker kann dazu nur müde den Kopf schütteln. Spätestens nach zwei, drei in die Brüche gegangenen Romanzen beginnen wir enttäuscht zu überlegen, ob das Herz nicht in Wirklichkeit doch nur ein Muskel ist und das Gehirn endlich…

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    November 13, 2013

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    July 23, 2013

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  • Art Exhibition,  English

    Oh, If I Were a Symbolist

    March 19, 2013 / 0 Comments

    Symbolism: What is it when it’s at home? What was the point that the artists were trying to achieve? And how should it be interpreted? Let’s start with the what. This was a technique brought into vogue by the young painters of the late 19th Century, stemming from French literature (and later, Russian and Belgian); this is where many of the Symbolists gathered inspiration from. The aim was to portray the idea of a subject, to give the suggestion of the true meaning only; poetry in art. They accomplished this by using line, colour, and composition (other elements include tone, texture, space, and shape) in their work, and adapted the…

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