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Thursday, August 9, 2007
Baroque Art
The Church of Sant'Andrea al Quirinale, designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, is a very good example of Baroque architechture with its domed roof and curved countours, and is also a fine example of Baroque painting with the shown altar, which portrays a very dramatized painting of Saint Andrew being crucified.
Saturday, August 4, 2007
HIdden Von Gogh Pinting
For years, art scholars pondered a mystery: Did Vincent van Gogh create a painting that matches a sketch in Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum?
Now a conservator at the Museum of Fine Arts has discovered the lost painting, but museumgoers will never be able to see it: The painting lies underneath another van Gogh long on display at the MFA, the museum announced yesterday. -Read more-
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Now a conservator at the Museum of Fine Arts has discovered the lost painting, but museumgoers will never be able to see it: The painting lies underneath another van Gogh long on display at the MFA, the museum announced yesterday. -Read more-
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Friday, August 3, 2007
Italy: Looted Art Values...
ROME -
Efforts to tackle art trafficking "make looting more attractive" as a tighter black market has raised the value of the booty, Italy's culture minister said Thursday, a day after reaching a historic agreement with the J. Paul Getty Museum to recover some lost treasures.
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Wednesday, July 25, 2007
News/Late Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh
Van Gogh was murdered in Amsterdam while bicycling to work. Shot and stabbed, he was found in the street with a knife plunged into his chest. The man who confessed to his murder said in court that he killed van Gogh because he had insulted Islam.
Van Gogh was 47 years old and died on Nov. 2, 2004.
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Van Gogh was 47 years old and died on Nov. 2, 2004.
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Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Van Gogh, Degas & Picasso Drawings At The Hyde
Renoir
Vincent Van Gogh
Anonymous gift to The Murray Collection 
George McNeil, American (1908-1995), The city weeps, 1993 Acrylic on panel.
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Sunday, July 1, 2007
Friday, June 29, 2007
Wonderful Art by Cirque du Soleil
Lucy swoops on a trapeze across a sky twinkling with diamonds, Mr. Kite presides over a psychedelic circus of stiltwalkers and acrobats, and the unmistakable voices of John, Paul, George and Ringo fill the surround sound-equipped arena.
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Almond Branches in Bloom
About the Artwork
Vincent van Gogh (1853 – 1890) was a masterful post-Impressionist artist whose work profoundly influenced modern Expressionism, Fauvism and early Abstraction. Born in Groot Zundert, Netherlands, and residing mainly in France, Van Gogh was a prolific artist who produced all of his work during a 10-year period-at one point, creating an astonishing 150 paintings and drawings within one year. Van Gogh epitomized the tormented artist who found hope and salvation through the healing powers of art.
"Almond Blossom," which he painted for his newborn nephew as a symbol of budding life, embraced his favorite subject: flowering branches against a blue sky. It also illustrated the uplifting effect nature had on Van Gogh's psyche: painting outside, in sunshine, filled him with unparalleled joy. The exquisite, delicate branches appear to float against the sky, conveying a sense of lightheartedness and optimism. They also fill the entire canvas, and are accentuated by dark outlining, suggesting the influence of Japanese prints that had captivated van Gogh during this period.
"Keep your love of nature, for that is the true way to understand art more and more."
- Vincent Van Gogh
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Dallas Museum
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Beatles Love in Mirage Hotel, L.V
Kayzee leaning on George Harrison & John Lennon plaques. Great photos.
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