Month October 2020
There Were a Lot of Red Flags “A spectre is haunting Europe–the spectre of communism,” The Communist Manifesto The day was February 21, 1848, when one of the greatest political pamphlets was written – The Communist Manifesto. Dropping this epic… Continue Reading →
I was put into Survey 6, Dreams and Designers (1895-1905), which is an era of industry, science, invention and revolution. I was very interested in researching this time era because I had no previous thoughts on what this time was… Continue Reading →
Rococo has to be one of my favourite periods in art. It is so defined from all other periods as it was short lived (lasting only 30 odd years), fun and erotic – a strange contrast to the intensity of… Continue Reading →
The Spirit of Competition and the Birth of the Most Popular Sporting Events as Seen Through Greek Culture and Objects The year is 776 BCE and Coroebus, the local cook, is lined up at the starting line. Men from all… Continue Reading →
From “Little Dyer” to Great Renaissance Master Jacopo Robusti was a Venetian mannerist painter during the sixteenth century and possibly the last great painter of the Italian Renaissance. He took the name Tintoretto, meaning “little dyer” after his time working… Continue Reading →