Tuesday, September 20, 2022

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 CONVERGENT MUSICAL EVOLUTION  How do composers conjure and craft their music? Whence come their melodic and motivic ideas? Are they always ...
Wednesday, November 10, 2021

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GIUSEPPE ARCIMBOLDO: MAESTRO OF NATURE AND FANTASY                          Summer (detail of vegetables)                            Giusepp...
Wednesday, November 11, 2020

ANOTHER DE’ MEDICI, THIS ONE A POPE

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           ANOTHER DE’ MEDICI, THIS ONE A POPE Of the careers and positions held by members of the great de’ Medici family of Firenze, besid...
Friday, February 7, 2020

DOGE-ING THE QUESTION

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Portrait of the Doge Leonardo Loredan Giovanni Bellini 1501 National Gallery, London DOGE-ING THE QUESTION:  Giovanni Belli...
Wednesday, January 1, 2020

THE CHANTILLY CODEX

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ARS SUBTILIOR ! The Chantilly Codex Submitted for your delectation and edification is the Baude Cordier Heart of Music of c. 1405 ...
Friday, December 27, 2019

AGNOLO’S FROZEN BEAUTIES: Bronzino’s Madonnas and the concept of Paragone

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The marmoreal and sculptural beauty of Agnolo di Cosimo’s  (il Bronzino) depictions of the Madonna never fail to astonish me. He creat...
Sunday, December 15, 2019

MOZART AND SALIERI: TRUTHS AND MYTHS

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Mozart and Salieri. Whole books, Broadway and West End plays, and an Oscar-winning movie have been conjured of the purported rival...
Saturday, December 7, 2019

STRANGE BEAUTIES: The Refined Sensuality and Off-Beat Genius of Parmigianino

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Anthea Il Parmigianino c.1534 Museo Nazionale de Capodimonte, Napoli STRANGE BEAUTIES: The Refined Sensuality and Off-Beat Genius ...
Monday, October 28, 2019

BLUE OF DREAMS: THE ULTRAMARINE OF ANTONELLO’A VERGINE ANNUNCIATE

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THE BLUE OF DREAMS Antonello da Messina and Ultramarine “A noble color, beautiful, the most perfect of all colors” Cennino Cenn...
Sunday, September 15, 2019

RAINBOWS OF COLORS: DAZZLED BY LUDWIG SEITZ'S VATICAN ANGEL

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Angel and Farmer (Detail) Ludwig (Ludovico) Seitz 1899 Galleria dei Candelabri Musei Vaticani Rome       “GRATIA DEI ET CONT...
Sunday, September 1, 2019

NATURALISM AND HUMANISM: GHIRLANDAIO’S OLD MAN AND CHILD

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Domenico Ghirlandaio  Elderly Man and Child Ritratto di un vecchio e un bambino 1490 Louvre “.... there is no more human...
Saturday, August 24, 2019

CANGIANTE: THAT REMARKABLE RENAISSANCE PAINTING TECHNIQUE

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Delphica, the Oracle of Delphi Michelangelo Buonarotti c.1512 Capella Sistina, Vatican Cangiante is one of the four canonical Ren...