by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Sep 10, 2015 | Art | Religion | Theory
“When something becomes useful, it ceases to be beautiful” (T. Gautier) Undoubtedly we are living very interesting times greatly due to digitalization and the expansion of mass media and social media. Beside the interesting GOP race going on in the U.S.A. and the...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Aug 8, 2015 | General
Becoming no one The other day, I received an e-mail of an artist promoting his painting workshops in North America. He is renowned and sells well. On the e-mail, a photograph of the artist painting and beside him two students at their easels copying every gesture,...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jul 28, 2015 | Art History
Another First Time with Walk the Arts A few weeks ago, we did a short clip on the hardly ever featured back of the famous sculpture Dying Niobid at the Palazzo Massimo, offering all art history students and everyone on the Internet the opportunity to see it for the...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jul 22, 2015 | Art | Religion | Theory
Returning from Studio Italia Just arriving from Rome and Florence with a group of young American students from California. After our visits to the Uffizi, Santa Croce and Santa Maria Novella, did anyone faint? No! Did anyone have tachycardia? No! Any confusion? No! In...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jun 27, 2015 | Inspiration |Thoughts
Studio Italia as an elective university course During our recent workshop in Tuscany we were delighted to have among our participants, Elizabeth Chan, a medical student from the National University of Singapore, who obtained approval to register for Studio Italia as a...
