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"Giorgione is regarded as a unique figure in the history of art: almost no other Western painter has left so few secure works and enjoyed such fame..." Sylvia Ferino-Pagden.

Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Doni Tondo Revision III: The Nudes in the Background

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In recent years the five nude young men in the background of Michelangelo’s Doni Tondo have received as much, if not more, attenti...
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Friday, July 3, 2015

Doni Tondo Revision II: John the Baptist

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In the Doni Tondo Michelangelo placed the Holy Family outside in a landscape. He used the setting of one of the most popular legendar...
Sunday, May 31, 2015

Michelangelo: Doni Tondo Revision I

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Last month I posted my initial thoughts on Michelangelo's Doni Tondo . Further reflection and reading as well as comments from frien...
Saturday, April 4, 2015

Michelangelo: Doni Tondo

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Note: I have had a change of mind on this post. Comments from friends led me to look more closely at the painting and go back and re-rea...
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Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Norton Simon Duveen Exhibition Primadonna

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Last year on a trip to California I visited the famed Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena to see a small painting ( 31.7 x 24.1 cm) that the M...
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