At one point during Simon Schama’s Story of Us (BBC Two), the historian listed some of the people who made programmes for the BBC’s groundbreaking Open Door series. “Vegans, anarchists, feminists, ...
The trigger for this post is the publication of a new book on Baroque sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini, “Bernini’s Beloved: A Portrait of Costanza Piccolomini.” The author, Emory University art historian ...
The meeting of Heaven and Earth is illustrated by what can only be described as orgasmic bliss. For centuries, many tried to ignore the obvious sensual overtones of Bernini’s masterpiece, The Ecstasy ...
Did you know that Mark Rothko relinquished $2.5 million so he could be true to the soul of his art? That Caravaggio was convicted of murder and incarcerated? Celebrated art historian and author Simon ...
Whatever you might say about Simon Schama, one of our most prominent and accomplished narrative historians, you can’t say he’s afraid to tackle broad and challenging subjects. “The Story of the Jews” ...
When telling a tale that includes centuries of endurance, moments of triumph, bursts of humor and sudden, unspeakable atrocities, what’s the right tone with which to articulate it all? That’s the ...
The trigger for this post is the publication of a new book on Baroque sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini, “Bernini’s Beloved: A Portrait of Costanza Piccolomini.” The author, Emory University art historian ...
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