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Caravaggio's Madonna of the Rosary

Caravaggio’s Madonna of the Rosary

August 19, 2013 · by Amy · in Art History, Caravaggio, Collaboration, Education, Essay, History, Religious History, Rosary Project, Sacred Art

James from Amor Sciendi and I collaborated on his latest video, “The Madonna of the Rosary and the Counter Reformation.” You can watch the video below and read the article for more information. Please visit the Amor Sciendi YouTube channel…

Gustave Caillebotte

Gustave Caillebotte

June 15, 2012 · by Amy · in Art, Art History, Essay, Shorts, UCLA

Gustave Caillebotte (1848-1894) Gustave Caillebotte was trained by celebrated French painter Leon Bonnat. He was three years out of Bonnat’s studio when he first exhibited with the Impressionists, and over the years his style did not stray much from the teachings of…

The Nativity

The Nativity

December 22, 2011 · by Amy · in Art, Art History, Jesus, Religious History, Sacred Art, Series

The Nativity of Jesus is drawn from accounts of Christ’s birth in the Gospels of Luke and Matthew. Following the Annunciation, Mary tells Joseph that she is with child and goes to visit her relative, Elizabeth, who is pregnant with John…

Baroque Spain: Devotion on Canvas.

Baroque Spain: Devotion on Canvas.

September 30, 2011 · by Amy · in Art History, Art Theory, Explorations, History

In 1622, Pope Gregory XV  began restoring and tightening Rome’s grip on the Church’s rightful and overwhelming influence in the world. (His successor, Urban VIII, continued his work and founded a missionary training college that would send messengers of the…

Happy 440th Birthday, Caravaggio!

Happy 440th Birthday, Caravaggio!

September 29, 2011 · by Amy · in Art History, Caravaggio, History

Happy Birthday, Caravaggio! You’ve had a great year. People all over the world, especially Italy, celebrated the 400th anniversary of your death on July 18, 1610. Exhibits displaying your masterpieces sprung up internationally, a couple new books about your life…

Florence

Florence

August 24, 2011 · by Amy · in Shorts

I don’t know what it is that compels my love of Florence over any other city. I’ve walked its narrow, uneven streets, sat quietly at its cafes, joked with the locals, been overwhelmed by the smoldering heat an drenched by…

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)…

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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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