Easter (Resurrection) in Art and Original Music. Continue reading
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A Couple of Christmas and Winter Videos
Music composed by me specifically for the season. Merry Christmas! Continue reading
The Drawings of Ingres
Article concerning the drawings of Ingres, the French Neo-classical artist of the 19th century. Continue reading
Easter in Art and Music
Easter 2022 in art and music. Continue reading
Faust as Illustrated by Harry Clarke Video
Fiery video of the ominous Art Deco illustrations of “Faust” by Harry Clarke. Continue reading
Who Knows Aubrey Beardsley?
Illustrations by Harry Clarke of Goethe’s “Faust”. Continue reading
Images of Orpheus
A video with background music of images of Orpheus in art history. Continue reading
Christmas Choir and Organ 2021
A video celebrating Christmas day with art and music. Continue reading
Sargent’s Mrs. Hugh Hammersley
All those things one hears about the painting methods and techniques of John Singer Sargent come to an excellent example in his Portrait of Mrs. Hugh Hammersley of 1892. Sargent can manage a tour de force of a painterly approach like very few other artists. Of course, it is said that he admired Velazquez … Continue reading
Sargent’s The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit
I start fresh. I look at this picture as if the first time in seeing. Although difficult to do so, the Daughters of Edward Darley Boit has been pondered and subjected to voracious scrutiny and detailed psychoanalysis. Not infrequently this picture has been proclaimed the greatest produced by an American and, upon examination, hardly presents many … Continue reading