by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Oct 15, 2016 | Art History, General
From Greek Art to Contemporay Art Tour We are taking the opportunity to highlight our upcoming Art Trip Italy and the Venice Biennale 2017 (June 1-11) https://walkthearts.com/_art_tours/art_tour_italy_biennale.shtml While we have done a lot of art history trips in...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Apr 12, 2016 | Art History
Bataille d’intello! The rest of this post is in French because I was “attacked” in this language by an artist member of Liaison surréaliste, a Montreal-based surrealist group. That “battle” was all in relation to an encyclopedia entry on “surrealism in Canada” by a...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jan 30, 2016 | Art | Religion | Theory, Art History, General, Inspiration |Thoughts
We are living a second Renaissance When I was doing my walk the other day, I thought of great artists, both alive and dead, who in spite of their talent and success, managed to remain humble. While we can find this type of people not only in the arts, but also in...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Dec 4, 2015 | Art | Religion | Theory, Art History, General
Are we going to see an upsurge of Christian Art? The Protestant Reformation happened in Germany (October 1517) when Martin Luther (then Catholic) nailed his Ninety-Five Theses to the door of the Wittenberg Church. The document heavily criticized the Church and the...
by Monica Marquez | Nov 17, 2015 | Art | Religion | Theory, Art History
Marcel Duchamp and social labelling Just watched a fascinating YouTube video-clip of Marcel Duchamp being interviewed in 1968 by BBC journalist Joan Bakewell. It was indeed a true pleasure to listen to the one who paved the way for pop art, conceptual art and many...
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...
