Opening in April
Raphael died before he was 40, and yet he's still reckoned among the very greatest of Italian Renaissance artists. A new Raphael exhibition at London's National Gallery aims to show him as an all-round giant --…
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Glimmers from the Mists of Prehistory
There's stone, bone, bronze and, extraordinarily given that these objects are thousands of years old, a surprising amount of wood. But it's the gold that steals the show in The World of Stonehenge at the British…
Opening and Closing in May
It's a motif that recurs in art down the centuries, going back to ancient times: a woman at a window. A new show at Dulwich Picture Gallery in south-east London builds an exhibition on the…
Raphael: A Real Renaissance Man
Raphael was only 37 when he died in Rome in 1520; "Here no one is speaking of anything other than the death of this good man," a Mantuan envoy reported back home in a letter…
Achille Lucien Mauzan – part 5
Achille Lucien Mauzan (1883 Gap, Hautes-Alpes - 1952 Gap) was born on the French Riviera, but moved to Italy in 1905, known as a decorative illustrator designing during the Art Deco movement, though he also painted and sculpted.After…
Edward William Cooke – part 1
Edward William Cooke R.A. Royal Academy of Arts, LondonEdward William Cooke (1811–1880) was an English landscape and marine painter, and gardener. He was born in London, the son of well-known line engraver George Cooke; his uncle, William…
Not Every Picture Tells a Good Story
According to Severn's sibling, Keats had actually disappeared while investing the night with friends; the painter went to look for him and also discovered him lying under the trees, paying attention to the song of…
Breaking News: It’s a Winner
The intro to the lead story in Britain's oldest surviving newspaper, the Corante of September 24, 1621, was a little wordy: "There is advice from Naples, that certaine Ambassadours of Messina are arrived there and…
ARTISTS IN LOVE, part 20
This was the begin of a long as well as successful job. One of the things I suched as ideal concerning the new publication is the wealth of formerly unpublished job which shows just how…
THE WARMTH OF A MINOR SUN
"In the days of the frost seek a small sunlight. "-- Loren Eisley The 1950s and 60s were excellent decades for American image. Publication web pages were obtaining bigger, the high quality of complete shade…