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  • Presentation of the Virgin at the Temple, Nicolas Dipre, c.1500, Virgin Portraits, Klaus Carl
    English

    Virgin Portraits

    April 27, 2021 / 0 Comments

    During the Renaissance, Italian painters would traditionally depict the wives of their patrons as Madonnas, often rendering them more beautiful than they actually were. Over centuries in religious paintings, the Madonna has been presented as the clement and protective mother of God. However, with the passing of time, Mary gradually lost some of her spiritual characteristics and became more mortal and accessible to human sentiments.

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    Arthur Hughes, Ophelia, 1852

    Brotherhood of Inspiration: Unraveling the Pre-Raphaelite Aesthetics

    August 29, 2023

    Book: Gustav Klimt

    August 11, 2017
    Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Vertumnus (Emperor Rudolf II), 1590. Oil on wood, 70.5 x 57.5 cm. Skoklosters Slott, Bålsta (Stockholm)

    Arcimboldo’s Artistic Harvest

    January 23, 2015
  • La Vierge dans l’art 3
    Français

    La Vierge dans l’art

    January 9, 2020 / 0 Comments

    The text below is the excerpt of the book La Vierge dans l’art , written by Kyra Belán , published by Parkstone International. L’image de la Madone s’est fixée dans les arts occidentaux depuis bientôt deux mille ans. Dans toutes ces cultures euro-centrées, elle incarne la forme la plus pure de l’amour inconditionnel, la mère bienveillante et pleine de compassion de tout le peuple chrétien. La Madone est aussi l’image de la mère aimante, protectrice de l’humanité tout entière. Ses fidèles croient qu’elle seule peut comprendre la douleur des hommes, leurs passions et leur bonheur ; elle pardonne, intercède et console, car c’est elle qui fait le lien entre les êtres humains…

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    Mère et enfant (divisé), 1993, Le mensonge de Cupidon, Damien Hirst

    Shelley’s Art Musings – Le mensonge de Cupidon – Damien Hirst

    August 27, 2021

    Grande Exposition: Rodin at the Met: Le Pouvoir des Mains

    November 3, 2017

    LES COCOTTES DE LA BELLE ÉPOQUE

    April 4, 2014
  • madonna
    English

    The Virgin in Art

    January 6, 2020 / 0 Comments

    “To Our Lady of Guadalupe Madonna of the Old and the New World with gratitude.”

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    Why the Soul of Surrealism is in India

    July 23, 2013
    Shamanism

    The art of Shaman: Nature, Magic, and Sacred healing

    November 1, 2025

    Kama in Sanskrit can mean “love”, “desire”, or “pleasure”

    August 23, 2022
  • Brian Duffy, planche contact pour la couverture de l’album “Aladdin Sane”, 1973. Photo Duffy © Duffy Archive & The David Bowie Archive.
    Français

    David Bowie, pape de la pop

    December 14, 2015 / 0 Comments

    Vous avez raté l’exposition David Bowie is à la Philharmonie de Paris au printemps 2015 ? J’ai une bonne nouvelle pour vous : l’exposition itinérante conçue par le Victoria and Albert Museum de Londres continue sa tournée et s’est arrêtée pour quelques mois au Groninger Museum aux Pays-Bas (du 11 décembre 2015 au 13 mars 2016). Pourquoi y aller : Vous connaissez Groningue? Moi non plus. Raison n° 1. Vous avez fait le tour d’Amsterdam. Le Van Gogh Museum n’a plus de secret pour vous. La queue devant le Rijksmuseum vous donne des boutons. Raison n° 2. Vous êtes branchés culture et architecture. Raison n° 3. Vous aimez faire du vélo ? Les habitants…

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    Edward-Hopper-Nighthawks

    EDWARD HOPPER

    May 6, 2020
    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
    Edward Hopper, New York Movie, 1939. Huile sur toile, 81,9 x 101,9 cm. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

    In God We Trust No More : les peintres américains des années 1930

    October 20, 2016
  • Art,  Art Exhibition,  English

    Etch a Sketch

    December 18, 2013 / 0 Comments

    Raphael undoubtedly played a role in Renaissance art. One cannot think of that era without thinking of the beautiful Madonnas and little, fat cherubs done by Raphael. His talent, however, goes beyond that of painter, as he played a significant role in the development of reproductive print.  Although Raphael never produced any prints himself, he created many drawings for the sole purpose of being engraved by Marcantonio Raimondi. Together, Raphael and Raimondi created some of the most famous Italian prints of the century and gave rise to print publishing in Rome. Just as the Gutenberg Press made printed word available to the general audience, through easily and affordable reproduction, the…

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    El arte a tu alcance

    April 7, 2014
    Central Asian Art

    Echoes of the Past: Discovering the treasures of Central Asia

    August 26, 2025
    Troika (Apprentices Fetch Water), 1866

    Ilya Repin – The gifted artist of the group known as “The Itinerants”

    December 14, 2021
  • Art,  Art Exhibition,  English

    Judith the Man Slayer

    November 5, 2013 / 0 Comments

    Men create; women inspire. While men stand behind the easel painting masterpieces rich in beauty, women have simply stood in front to model. One woman, though, Artemisia Gentileschi traversed the barrier. Rather than paint innocent and cheery little pictures, hers is a masterpiece of violence and revenge.  Judith Slaying Holofernes depicts the Biblical scene in which Judith and her maidservant murder the General Holofernes in his sleep to save the Jewish people. Artemisia’s painting stands alone in the extreme portrayal of violence, seen in the anguished face of the general and in the vividness of the blood streaming down the white sheets.

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    David Hockney, Die Pop Art Tradition

    Entdecken Sie die farbenfrohe Welt von David Hockney

    July 2, 2026
    Christus in der Kunst

    Meisterwerke des Glaubens: Die ewige Gegenwart von Christus in der Kunst

    April 11, 2024

    Un matin dans le métro parisien

    April 11, 2014
  • 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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    J.M.W. Turner, Le Dernier Voyage du Téméraire, 1838. Huile sur toile. National Gallery, Londres.

    Turner, encore et encore

    September 15, 2014
    Pieter_Brueghel_the_Elder_-_The_Dutch_Proverbs

    Shelley’s Art Musing: Bruegel the Elder – 450 years on.

    October 11, 2018

    Au revoir, Monsieur Delacroix

    September 19, 2018
  • Art Exhibition,  Español

    Libertadamente Gaultier

    July 31, 2012 / 0 Comments

    Todos hemos oído alguna vez ese apelativo un tanto raído de «L’enfant terrible de la moda» que se utiliza con frecuencia para calificar a un sinnúmero de modelos y diseñadores —mujeres ellas, hombres ellos, salvo la honrosa excepción de Vivienne Westwood—, especialmente a los segundos. La frasecilla no atiende al decoro y habla sin acatamiento del réprobo John Galliano, del atribulado Alexander McQueen, del guipuzcoano Ion Fiz, del talentoso Esteban Cortázar, de mi paisano David Delfín, de Christian «L’enfant-Roi» Deslauriers, del renovador Marc Jacobs o, cómo no, del francés Jean Paul Gaultier. Precisamente a este último le ha dedicado una exposición el de Young de San Francisco. «The Fashion World…

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    Amor es más

    May 29, 2013
    Peter Paul Rubens, Eine Wildschweinjagd, um 1615-1616. Öl auf Eichenholz, 137 x 168,5 cm. Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Dresden.

    Rubens: Der geistliche Vater von Botero

    February 2, 2018

    Goya: The Original Photojournalist?

    December 20, 2013
  • Art Exhibition,  Français

    Mode – Jean Paul Gaultier

    July 31, 2012 / 0 Comments

    La mode est-elle forcément synonyme d’extravagance ? En général pas dans la vie de tous les jours. Jean-Paul Gaultier est une exception dans le cercle des créateurs de mode, qui a le premier voulu intégrer à ses créations les caractéristiques du monde qui l’entoure. Ce qui le différencie ? La provocation.       Depuis le début de sa carrière dans les années 70, on le connaît pour ses créations hors-normes, souvent multi-ethniques (il a fait sensation avec une collection intitulée « Barbès ») et toujours transgenres. Ses silhouettes androgynes sont facilement reconnaissables, parées de matières brillantes et métalliques. Madonna en est le symbole parfait. L’exposition du musée De Young de San Francisco…

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    Exhibition: The 1st Anren Biennale

    October 4, 2017

    GRANDE EXPOSITION: GAUGUIN

    October 18, 2017

    马格利特、布达埃尔及当代艺术

    October 5, 2017
  • Art Exhibition,  Español

    La Madonna Sixtina y la amplitud tangencial

    June 28, 2012 / 0 Comments

    De forma muy simplificada, Internet funciona así: la información se divide en paquetes de datos que se transmiten a otro destino en el que vuelven a recomponerse. Una idea aparentemente sencilla que ha revolucionado por completo el funcionamiento del mundo, así como nuestra forma de procesar la información. La fragmentamos para no perdernos el siguiente trending topic, para compartirla, para masificarla, para simultanearla… En definitiva, dejamos el conocimiento profundo y la investigación para los doctorandos y nos conformamos con verdades mascadas, breves y siempre accesibles.   No obstante, la fragmentación no es un fenómeno exclusivo de la era de Internet. Por ejemplo, este año se cumplen cinco siglos de la…

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    Líneas españolas

    May 28, 2013

    Exhibition: Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams

    September 18, 2017

    李小龙:功夫、艺术和生活

    October 24, 2017
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