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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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    Daughters of Revolution, 1932

    The Pop Art Tradition – Responding to Mass-Culture

    September 14, 2021
    Fra Angelico, The Annunciation, c. 1449, Leonardo Da Vinci - Artist, Painter of the Renaissance, Eugène Müntz

    Leonardo Da Vinci – Artist, Painter of the Renaissance

    April 13, 2021

    Rad fads & turbulent times

    June 8, 2013
  • 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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    Stocking belt

    Lingerie : Bien plus que des sous-vêtements

    May 12, 2023

    C’est toujours un peu mégalo un autoportrait.

    October 30, 2013
    Artemisia Gentileschi - Susanna and the Elders (1610), femmes artistes, Shelley's Art Musings

    Shelley’s Art Musings – Journée internationale de la femme – Célébrer les femmes artistes

    March 10, 2022
  • 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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    Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Keith Ryan, $30, 1990. Dye coupler print, 39.6 x 58.9 cm. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles.

    The Many Faces of Sex in Contemporary Art

    March 23, 2016

    [Part 4/5] Vincent Van Gogh: The mystery of an ear

    June 9, 2017
    Félix Vallotton

    Félix Vallotton: The sharp eye of the Nabis

    December 23, 2025
  • 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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    Shelley’s Art Musings – Le grand mot en C…

    April 21, 2020
    Albert Marquet

    Le monde paisible d’Albert Marquet : peintre français de la lumière

    October 3, 2025
    Adria Gual-Queralt, La Rosée, 1897

    L’Art nouveau – Les merveilles de la joaillerie, de la bijouterie, de l’argenterie, du verre, de la mosaïque et de la céramique

    February 10, 2023
  • 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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    Alphonse Mucha, Art Nouveau

    The Golden Age of Art Nouveau with Alphonse Mucha

    August 18, 2026
    Frida Kahlo

    Frida Kahlo: Als die Unschuld starb und die Kunst geboren wurde

    May 7, 2026
    Guernica-1

    Alles, was du dir vorstellen kannst, ist real

    April 3, 2018
  • 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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    Die Kunst des Vergnügens

    Erotik und sinnliche Kunst in Die Kunst des Vergnügens

    June 18, 2026
    Diego Rivera, La Grande cité de Tenochtitlán, 1945, La Renaissance du Muralisme Mexicain

    La Renaissance du Muralisme Mexicain – L’histoire d’un Mexique toujours aussi agitée

    September 22, 2022
    The Gates of Hell

    Auguste Rodin – The genius founder of modern sculpture

    November 8, 2022
  • 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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    At the Piano, 1858-1859

    James McNeill Whistler – Born under a wandering star

    February 15, 2022
    Alfons Mucha

    Alfons Mucha und Die Blumenfrauen

    July 25, 2024

    The Man who Loved Women

    August 2, 2013
  • 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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    Alles, was du dir vorstellen kannst, ist real

    April 3, 2018
    Le-Massacre-des-Innocents

    Les Brueghel

    October 16, 2018

    Crossover in der Kunst – Wunderkammern der Moderne

    December 26, 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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    Monet – Clemenceau (part 2)

    October 29, 2018
    Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882), Anglais, Proserpine, 1874.

    Porträts: Porträtmalerei und Atelierzeichnungen im Met in New York

    October 2, 2018

    The Pleasures of Shunga

    December 9, 2013
  • 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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    Exhibition: Rachel Whiteread

    September 19, 2017

    Modernos y contemporáneos

    February 24, 2014
    Diana with Nymphs at Play, 1616-1617

    Baroque Art: A Dazzling Symphony of Drama and Emotion

    August 8, 2023
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