Mid Century Modern art is featured on these pages.
This picture by Botticelli has been given the name Venus and Mars purportedly, because of its dimensions, it is meant as an insert to a piece of furniture such as a bed, and has certain attributes that have led scholars to this conclusion about the subject matter. To refresh the memory of those not familiar … Continue reading
Among the greatest works of sophisticated music, Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings ranks among the prized gems of human creation. Intensely moving, surprisingly ordered and logical, this work of art reaches beyond ordinary entertainment or intellectual satisfaction to a deep emotional level. Rather than simply relate the history and facts about the Adagio, I will … Continue reading
Mountains at Collioure is a painting by the Fauvist, Andre’ Derain created in 1905. Derain worked closely with another famous Fauvist, Henry Matisse. The “wild beasts”, which is the English translation of the French word, Fauves, was essentially a transitional movement that followed in the footsteps of the Post-Modernists and rejected the … Continue reading
Since art and design go hand in hand rather than post a copy of a rather lengthy article on midcenturymoderngroovy.com titled “Victorian to Modern“, I have decided to include a link here if you are so interested. This article is about the conversion of a room from Victorian to modern to contrast the difference and maybe … Continue reading
A Tale of Three Davids The stretch of art history from the Early Renaissance through the Baroque can be exemplified by selected works of major artists during these periods. Three works by Donatello, Michelangelo, and Bernini representing the biblical character of David are good examples of this stretch of art history. Donatello was born in … Continue reading
While the current political climate makes things difficult to manage budgets in Washington and the latest cause de celebre, the saving of art and civilization from the cutting of federal public funds for the arts, the same predictable armies have been drafted for the same delusionary fight, ironically using some of the same soldiers who bitterly complain … Continue reading
After reading an article on http://www.spiked-online.com, the question of using the term judgmentalism when exploring art criticism piqued my interest. The article on this website, “Modern Art is Not Rubbish,” engaged in the typical tortured intellectual gymnastics that has been around since the Cubists, which I will examine a little later. Nevertheless, I have heard … Continue reading
May be she is best known in the Greek as Persephone–this poem features the difference in worlds and the contradictions of life in general. Proserpine spends time in hell and heaven, spreading her influence to the earth and life and death. The Garden of Proserpine by Algernon Charles Swinburne Here, where the … Continue reading
This article is largely a response regarding another article that I produced, mostly as an amusement. The original article was an example of minimalism in itself. Perhaps an apology to the readers might be appropriate, but I have refrained from doing so simply because of my self-indulgent attitude toward humor whether anyone else sees any … Continue reading
A musical Christmas gift an arrangement for classical guitar of O Holy Night. Continue reading
Howard Bosler Artist 