Half-buried Dog (Perro Semi-hundido, in Spanish) is one of the names usually given to this painting by Francisco de Goya y Lucientes. It shows the head of… Read more “Perro Semihundido – Half-buried Dog – A disquieting work by Francisco de Goya”
Month: June 2017
Two Paintings with Spirit – Samples of the feminine way in art we all have desperately needed (but banned) for centuries
Two great painters of our time; two women; two beautiful samples of their work: – 1- The Mornig After II – by Alyssa Monks, 2014 (oil on… Read more “Two Paintings with Spirit – Samples of the feminine way in art we all have desperately needed (but banned) for centuries”
Several Magdalenes diversely similar
Selected paintings from the High Renaissance and Baroque featuring a (non-) penitent Mariam of Magdala – My younger sister, Ari, was not a Christian, but a shamanistic animist.… Read more “Several Magdalenes diversely similar”
Ten months late already!
June the 13th, 2017 – August the 13th, 2016 We really ought to go back home, dearie. No kidding. But now it seems it’s me I’m missing… Read more “Ten months late already!”
‘Trilogy of Love’ – Tarot inspired lithographs by Salvador Dalí (or whoever)
Salvador Dalí made (or possibly only authorized) this suite of lithographs in 1976, directly inspired in three of the tarot cards, all from the major arcana: Temperance… Read more “‘Trilogy of Love’ – Tarot inspired lithographs by Salvador Dalí (or whoever)”