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Salome, the femme fatale

Salome, the femme fatale

March 19, 2013 · by Amy · in Art History, Explorations, Shorts

According to Mark’s Gospel, Salome’s mother Herodias wanted John the Baptist dead because he spoke out against her marriage to her brother-in-law, Herod. Herod would not put John to death, because he “feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and…

Dancing Seductress: Salome

Dancing Seductress: Salome

November 18, 2011 · by Amy · in Art History, Art Theory, Caravaggio, Explorations, Series

Salome is one of many “bad girls” in art history. The step-daughter of King Herod, she was partially responsible for killing John the Baptist. You can read the full story in Mark 6:14-30. Herod was hesitant to kill John, for…

Albrecht Durer and the Man of Sorrows

Albrecht Durer and the Man of Sorrows

August 31, 2011 · by Amy · in Art, Art History, Explorations, Jesus, Northern Art, Religious History, Sacred Art

Albrecht Dürer was born in 1471 to a successful family, the head of whom was a goldsmith. When he was 15, Dürer began studying with Michael Wolgemut, a German printmaker. It was under his tutelage that Dürer shaped into a…

In the Conservatory

In the Conservatory

August 30, 2011 · by Amy · in Shorts

I am transfixed by the man’s gaze and gently extended finger, ever so slightly reaching toward the woman as he holds his cigar – leading me to the woman’s hand, to her presence in the work. Their hands barely meet…

The Massacre at Chios

The Massacre at Chios

August 25, 2011 · by Amy · in Art, Art History, Essay, Explorations, School, UCLA

Note: I wrote the following essay excerpt for UCLA’s 19th Century European Art course. It was written against the backdrop of life change, excitement, death, and grief. The class was my first at UCLA, and the course’s professor was the…

The Magic of the Louvre

August 23, 2011 · by Amy · in Shorts

This is me in 2007 front of the Winged Victory of Samothrace. I love this photo because it sums up so much of my trip and the emotion behind it. I was 18. I went to Europe (Italy, France, Spain)…

What is Resemblance?

What is Resemblance?

August 4, 2011 · by Amy · in Art, Art History, Explorations

This brief exploration stems from a conversation I had with an art history professor earlier this year. “Well, what is resemblance?” he mused. Ever since he asked, I’ve had it nipping at the back of my brain, waiting to be…

Fun website!

May 25, 2011 · by Amy · in Art, Art History

I just discovered a great little website: ArtAndCritique.com, a blog that focuses on the analysis, exploration, and examination of art and artistic methods.  From what I can tell, it hasn’t been updated in a while, but the entries are still relevant,…

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The Collector of Lives: Giorgio Vasari and the Invention of Art
Noah Charney and Ingrid Rowland
W. W. Norton & Company (2017)

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"In every group of travelers, every bunch of tourists in a bus, there is at least one man who insists on pointing out to the others the beauty or interest of things they encounter, even though the others can see the things, too: we are that man, I am afraid, au fond."
— Michael Baxandall

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