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Living Through the ArtsArt and Medicine
On the surface, science and art seem like such polar opposites. Digging deeper, there are so many interconnections between the two, and this is so apparent in Medicine.
The back of the Dying Niobid
A Première on the Internet Every year, during my Survey I Art history class I devote a week to Greek Art. One of the slide is of course The Dying Niobid a beautiful Greek classical sculpture done around 440 B.C.E. This is the usual slide that all the art history...
First Nations, Aborigines, American Indians.
Art: “navel-gazerism” of the G20 countries The college Winter semester is over in North America. My corrections are done. I would like to share with you all one of the questions of my Canadian Art History exam. In a nutshell, the students had to compare Canada’s...
After your painting workshop
It always comes to a matter of choice When you return home after one of our painting workshops in Italy or France, it is up to you to carry on with all the instruction that you received. During our 10-day art course, you will receive lots of tips on painting and lots...
Always looking for something new
My favorite painting? Some of you may ask, "Yves who is your favorite painter… and your favorite painting?" I have many. But today, my answer would be Pontormo and his famous Deposition. I do not know why. I just feel intensely in front of this work. It must be the...
Is it a moral obligation to return foreign artifacts to their place of origin?
The Ishtar Gate in Berlin Yesterday on the news, I refused to watch the whole video of ISIS members ransacking and sledgehammering priceless Mesopotamian artifacts in Mosul. It was simply too much. A few days ago, more than 100,000 books and manuscripts were burnt,...
The Art Establishment is here to stay.
Determination, resilience, passion and openness. Last week, I had a very interesting exchange with another Word Press blogger. In a positive way, I tried to respond to the negativism that he entertained toward the art establishment. His speech reminded me the...
Mr. Tuner, a film review
Painting the landscape with Mr. Turner It is with the art historian enthusiasm that I purchased my ticket to see Mike Leigh’s latest movie Mr. Turner. Should it be a movie to be mandatory seen by my students, or my artists attending our painting art classes in Italy...
Devenons artistes de la Décennie des Lumières (2015-2015)
L'art de la Décennie des Lumières 2015-2025 L’année 2014 a été certes une qui sera bien rappelée par l’histoire. Que de guerres, que d’occupation illégitime, que de barbarie; que de pleurs, que de souffrance; que d’obscurantisme. Quoi écrire à ce moment? Je ne sais...
The Art of the Second Enlightment (2015-2025)
Be an artist of the Second Enlightment! 2014 was certainly a year that will be well remembered by history. So many wars, so many illegitimate occupations, so much barbarism; so many tears, so much pain; such deep obscurantism. What can I write in this post? I do not...
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