I want to preface today’s discussion by noting that I’ve included El Greco in this series on Spanish Baroque because, in Spain, he is the link between “mannerism” and the “true Baroque” style. He combined mannerist forms with Baroque drama. …
The Collector of Lives: Giorgio Vasari and the Invention of Art Noah Charney and Ingrid Rowland
W. W. Norton & Company (2017)
Wise Words
"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