El Greco to Velzquez: An Overview Apr 22, 2008
Many were exceptional in the art of still life painting, some influenced in part by the graphically realistic works of Italian renegade Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610). An important example in the exhibition, noteworthy for its dramatic use of lighting, is (ca. (Suite101.com)
Savoring the show: The noctural delights of Rome Apr 22, 2008
Night now does not really darken Rome so much as illuminate the many parts that matter, a real-life chiaroscuro of the city where Caravaggio lived and painted. With the daytime heat cut in summer, diners at Da Giggetto in the Jewish Ghetto can ponder both their artichokes and the boney, floodlit columns of the Octavian Gate, which stood there a century and a half before Christ was born. (International Herald Tribune -- Travel)
'El Greco to Velazquez' uses masters to frame unsung artists Apr 20, 2008
In religious-themed work, the progression from El Greco's haunted, ethereal figures to Velazquez's more earthly ones can be traced in part to the influence of Italian artists, particularly Caravaggio ... He probably used real-life models, as Caravaggio did, here sumptuously draped in colorful fabrics ... Luis Trist n's "Adoration of the Shepherds" (1620) nods more directly to El Greco, who was his teacher, with slightly elongated figures and flickering light, but like Maino he has added weight,... (Boston Globe)
Rome's house museums: Intimate palaces to suit every taste Mar 25, 2008
Highlights of the collection include Raphael's "Fornarina" an icon of Renaissance beauty and two important works by Caravaggio: "Judith Beheading Holofernes" and "Narcissus." Don't miss the central hall, capped by Pietro da Cortona's painted ceiling, "Triumph of Divine Providence," a swirling, angel-filled skyward vista that cleverly links the Barberini clan with the image of heaven ... About 300 paintings by the likes of Fra Angelico, Annibale Carracci, Caravaggio, Murillo and Rubens are tidily... (International Herald Tribune -- Travel)
Brief Books Are in Style Mar 2, 2008
Other favorite short-form authors include Francine Prose, who has written short works on Caravaggio (for HarperCollins' Eminent Lives) and gluttony (for an Oxford University Press series on the seven deadly sins); Paul Johnson, books on Napoleon and the Renaissance; and Karen Armstrong, works on Buddhism and Islam. With advances of $100,000 at best, the art isn't only in writing the book, but in finding the writer. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Rubinesque figures Feb 16, 2008
And she looked again at the classical painters whose work had inspired her as a child, such as Caravaggio and the Dutch Masters. The result, in less than six years, is 30 paintings of exquisite charm. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Why sculptors outlive painters Jan 20, 2008
Phillip Greenspan, a Biologist and art enthusiast from the University of Georgia in Athens, feels that this may help explain why Italian artists Raphael Sanzio and Michelangelo Caravaggio could not celebrate their fortieth birthday, while Donatello and Giovanni Bernini lived into their 80s. He says that he conceived the idea of carrying out this research while helping his wife, who is a sculptor herself. (India Times, India -- Health/Science)
Artists vie for long life Jan 18, 2008
This might explain why, for example, neither Raphael nor Caravaggio celebrated their fortieth birthday, whereas Donatello and Giovanni Bernini lived into their 80s. Biologist and art enthusiast Phillip Greenspan, of the University of Georgia in Athens, had a brainwave while helping his wife, who is a sculptor. (Nature News Service)
2007 in the arts Dec 29, 2007
No grand project opened its doors, no assembling of crack old masters (Caravaggio, Vel;zquez) shook the world-view. And there are always the kick-yourself things that were missed - as ever too many to mention. (Guardian Unlimited)
Bella Italia Dec 22, 2007
Yet, for good and ill, the kind of historical forces that were at work during the miracle - mass migration, industrialism, urbanisation, modern transport, women's entry into the labour market - have shaped the way Italians eat in far more important and fascinating ways than have Virgil or Caravaggio. The book is at its best when it distils the experience of countless cooks, and blends its learning skilfully with a mouth-watering sense of texture and flavour. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Critic's Log: 20 turning points in art Dec 13, 2007
Eight: Caravaggio: The Calling of St. Matthew, although most of the crazy guy's central paintings would do: The Invention of the Baroque. "Energy is eternal delight," as Blake says. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Op shop opera is using its head Dec 4, 2007
" Juditha Triumphans Devicta Holofernes Barbarie (Judith Triumphant Over The Barbarians Of Holofernes) is an oratorio composed by Vivaldi in 1716 for Ospedale della Pieta, the girls' orphanage in Venice where he was choirmaster and music teacher. Based on the biblical Book of Judith, it tells the story of the general Holofernes (played by the countertenor David Walker), who has been sent with an army to Bethulia to demand overdue tributes to the Assyrian king Nebuchadnezzar. They are poised to... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
'Las Vegas Diaspora' at the Vegas Art Museum Nov 20, 2007
Ethereal golden-brown panels turn the show's volume way down, their shadowy hues recalling fragments of ancient wall behind the foreground action in a Caravaggio, like "The Calling of St. Matthew" or "Boy With a Basket of Fruit.". Art's action lies in the breach, escaping through unexpected fissures, this canny work suggests, lurking in the illuminated void where flamboyant human dramas unfold. (Los Angeles Times)
Art partners Oct 30, 2007
The Fresnan's work is dark in hues, echoing the shadows-and-light style of old masters such as Rembrandt and Caravaggio. He nearly always depicts human figures, sometimes in dramatic or tormented moments. (Fresno Bee)
Were Spain's two artistic legends secret gay lovers? Oct 28, 2007
Caravaggio (1986) Director: Derek Jarman. Stars: Nigel Terry, Tilda Swinton, Sean Bean. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
Immodest proposals Oct 13, 2007
The male nudes of Pontormo and Caravaggio, to name but two, are unforgettably individual. Only when the model's features are set in stone, as in the case of Bronzino's picture of a nude Cosimo de' Medici as Orpheus, do we realise that the picture is a portrait. (Guardian Unlimited)
Hustle and flow | Oct 10, 2007
Yes, youll have to stand in a long queue, but step inside and theyre all there Michelangelo, Da Vinci, Botticelli, Raphael, Giotto, Titian, Rubens, and Caravaggio. Its a total jaw-dropper. (iAfrica.com)
Travel Tips: Syracuse, Italy Oct 8, 2007
Caravaggio s The Burial of St Lucy is the highlight, but the collection spans both the centuries and the range of styles. For a different form of art, Via Della Giudecca is the street to head for. (Suite101.com)
Bella Fe Films Acquires Acclaimed Novel 'Tilt A Whirl' Oct 5, 2007
Mora left his art career years ago to pursue a career in film, and quickly rose to the top with three award-winning scripts: A Light Before The Darkness, an action/drama based on the life of the artist, Caravaggio; Magnum Farce, a spoof of Dirty Harry films featuring Detective Dick Hardon; and Anna's Dream of Flight, best described as "The Piano" meets "Last Tango in Paris," currently out to major talent with co-production attached with Inkas Film Productions. Source: Belle Fe Films. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Symposium unveils the process of production Oct 4, 2007
Who would have known that Caravaggio had inspired such-and-such a lighting designer, or that a costumer could design primarily from a favorite texture. The designing brain is constantly churning and picking up ideas from everyday moments, an idea made explicit by Saturday's symposium. (Middlebury College -- The Campus, VT)
Shades of Vermeer in portraits of youth Sep 25, 2007
The images refer to Renaissance art as Tomasetti has always been "intrigued by the way artists like Vermeer and Caravaggio did that beautiful telling of a story with great beauty and flourish". Other images in Unwritten Skin show children sitting quietly with intertwined hands, or supported by a beautiful young Asian woman. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Book roundup: Fiction Sep 20, 2007
In The Art Thief, you will learn fascinating details about Caravaggio and Vermeer, the lucrative business of art forgery and the sophisticated thieves who steal priceless paintings ... Those looking for an exciting (and true) story about the art world should read Jonathan Harr's Lost Painting: The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece. (USA Today -- Life)
Turning the tables Sep 1, 2007
Meanwhile, Anna has also been sifting for gold, but in the layered strata of literature, where she encounters the infamous, never-photographed survivor, Caravaggio, from Ondaatje's previous novels In the Skin of a Lion and The English Patient ... For Anna, this "modest contrapuntal dance" of the biographer is quite a tango: her lover Rafael is Caravaggio's son and, as a child, knew old Segura himself. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Visit past eras with back-in-time vacations Jul 20, 2007
While in Florence, take in sights like the Galleria delgi Uffizi, which houses art from masters like Caravaggio and Botticelli; climb to the top of the 15th-century Duomo and visit the Accademia Gallery to see Michelangelo's "David.". Is the 16th century too new for you. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Pushing the velvet envelope Jul 16, 2007
"The way he depicts subject matter and puts light in his paintings is reminiscent of Caravaggio. He has a tremendous hand; his works are very beautifully painted, like an Old Master. I was so happy to have them in the museum, because it really makes people understand a painting doesn't have to be on canvas to be a magnificent piece of art.". Still, while an art school student in the early 1990s, Shore's instructors quickly made him aware that the art world considered paintings on black velvet... (SunSpot.net)
Professor emeritus Peter Lyman dies at age 66 UCB, Jul. 05 Jul 6, 2007
Matteo Bittanti, a post-doctoral researcher at UC Berkeley's School of Information, recalled this week in an online post that Lyman loved Caravaggio, gelato and good company. "He fought infinite battles against bureaucratic abominations," he wrote about Lyman, his former supervisor. (University of California Newswire, CA)
Paris Fashion Week winds down Jul 6, 2007
He recruited a bevy of top past and present supermodels to present his exquisite gowns inspired by the works of great artists from Leonardo da Vinci and Caravaggio through to Picasso, after which the celebrity guests partied until dawn. For Christian Lacroix it was also an emotional milestone, 20 years since he founded his own couture house. (iAfrica.com)
Galliano celebrates 60 years of Dior with Versailles extravaganza Jul 5, 2007
Many of the hand-crafted pieces were inspired by the art world's old masters and their muses, through works from Goya and Velasquez to Boticelli and Caravaggio. Forties-style evening suits referenced Picasso and Leonardo da Vinci, while Brazilian model wore an updated version of the hip-padded "Bar" jacket that was a key piece in Christian Dior's ground-breaking "New Look" collection of 1947. (hellomagazine.com)
Couture season kicks off with Dior spectacle Jul 3, 2007
As each of the world's most beautiful women came out in one hugely-elaborate and entirely unique garment after another, referencing Velasquez, Picasso and Goya one minute and Michelangelo, Botticelli and Caravaggio the next, that message rang out loud and clear. In the end, this was a presentation steeped in the past in more ways than one. (Independent)
Arts Guide: Exhibits around the world Jun 27, 2007
Of Charles I, whose turbulent reign was followed by the Commonwealth, Rubens wrote that he was "the greatest amateur of paintings among the princes of the world." The king built up a valuable collection of works by such Italian masters as Andrea del Sarto, Correggio, Dosso Dossi, Lorenzo Lotto and Caravaggio (one of the works was recently re-attributed to him). Bronzes and books also figure in the show. (International Herald Tribune -- Travel)
Since you unplugged, here's what you're missing Jun 26, 2007
The list of artists and their works includes: Vincent van Gogh and Wheatfield with Crows; Pablo Picasso and Guernica;, and Caravaggio and David with the Head of Goliath. It's outstanding TV storytelling. (Globe and Mail -- Technology)
Bite-Size Art Jun 19, 2007
" And with it the series turns toward an inquiry implicit in its title, pondering the "power" of artworks compared with that of armies and politicians. Schama represents "Guernica" -- Picasso's great protest against the unprovoked German and Italian bombing of a defenseless Basque city -- as his greatest work, after which followed "the longest, saddest anti-climax in the history of art": the remaining three decades of Picasso's career. Never mind real and possible arguments to the contrary.... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
The art history class you wish you had Jun 18, 2007
The series, which first aired on the BBC in the fall of 2006, is a co-production of Thirteen/WNET New York and the BBC. In it, Schama chooses seven painters and a sculptor, from Caravaggio to Rothko, to explain the torque of great art on society ... For Bernini, it is his sublime sculpture "Ecstasy of St. Theresa." For Caravaggio, it is "David with the Head of Goliath." For David, "The Death of Marat," and for Rothko, the Seagram murals ... "Guernica" is "Cubism with a conscience." Caravaggio is... (Boston Globe)
An E! true high-art story (Deborah K. Dietsch) Jun 16, 2007
The remaining six installments, which run through July 30, are devoted to Caravaggio, Bernini, Rembrandt, David, Turner and Rothko ... In a florid, Fleet Street style, Mr. Schama relates the suicides of van Gogh and Rothko, the murder committed by Caravaggio, the jealousy of Bernini, the womanizing of Picasso, the downfalls of Rembrandt, Turner and David. (Washington Times)
Maltz Museum Admission Free for Final Weeks of Masterpieces of European Painting Jun 14, 2007
Anonymous Donors Give Generous Gift to Community BEACHWOOD, Ohio, June 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Are you free in the next few weeks to see Rembrandt, Rubens, Caravaggio, El Greco and others as you've never seen them before. They're yours to see, and all for free, in the final weeks of the Special Exhibition, Masterpieces of European Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art. (PR Newswire)
National Gallery takes to streets of London Jun 13, 2007
The staff and customers of a Soho sex shop had something new to look at yesterday - a life-sized reproduction of a Caravaggio painting that had been hung up outside the establishment overnight ... Two members of staff at Harmony thought the Caravaggio painting fitted its new surroundings rather well ... An office worker from central London, said: "I hear that Caravaggio was a player in his time so this location might have suited him. I have never been inside the National Gallery but I like the... (Independent)
National Gallery takes to the streets Jun 13, 2007
Full-scale framed reproductions of 30 masterpieces from the National Gallery - among them works by Caravaggio, Rubens and Constable - are going up on the outside walls of buildings including a bookmaker's and a pub. The 16th century Grotesque Old Woman, said to have inspired Tenniel's illustration of the Ugly Duchess in Alice in Wonderland, looks quite at home in Fouberts Place, in a district famous then and now for its eccentrics. Sandro Botticelli's ravishing Venus and Mars has gone up on the... (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
Film festival hails 'dream team' as Swinton joins Connery at helm May 22, 2007
She made her screen debut in Derek Jarman's Caravaggio in 1986 and has since starred in Hollywood and arthouse films, including the award-winning Scottish film Young Adam. She also played the White Witch in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. (Scotsman)
Merging detachment and intimacy May 20, 2007
They look as much like gymnasts as erotic entertainers, and, like diCorcia's street scenes, with their Caravaggio -esque lighting, these images have a historical resonance that calls to mind figures of goddesses, angels, and other mythic beings from Baroque paintings. (In his excellent catalog essay, Simpson compares them to crucifixions. (Boston Globe)
Experiencing Rome's culture 'in situ' May 10, 2007
The Doria Pamphili Palace, home of an 18th-century art-loving duke, is hosting a chandelier-lit string quartet amid paintings by Raphael, Caravaggio and Velazquez. I think I'll go. (CNN -- Travel)
Everyone should see this painting May 1, 2007
Surely Caravaggio's market fruit-sellers. Caravaggio, too, came from northern Italy and, like Moroni, mixed Renaissance sensuality with vernacular realism ... Moroni anticipated Caravaggio's revolution, and deserves to be as famous as he is. (Guardian Unlimited)
Sydney has cause to reflect on LeWitt Apr 25, 2007
The Renaissance had Caravaggio; we had pee in plastic buckets ... Chances are a Caravaggio, working now, would end up in some third-rate suburban showroom. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Michael Ondaatje Interview Apr 24, 2007
I still have Buddy Bolden or Temelcoff or Caravaggio in me somewhere; again they have almost become family, good company anyway. In Divisadero you write, "So we fall in love with ghosts". (CBC.ca)
'Connecticut Contemporary' Apr 15, 2007
Myers, who is better known in Connecticut for her large-scale paintings heavily influenced by the likes of Caravaggio, offers her works on a much more intimate scale this time. Her painting appears on the torn pages of a beautiful book. (CTNow.com)
Spring cleaning finds dirty old secrets Apr 8, 2007
"For most of us, a spring clean will yield nothing more valuable than the handful of loose change that slipped down the back of the sofa. But in the royal household, things are a little different. When the Queen decided to dust off an old painting for an exhibition, it was to lead to a discovery that would shake the art world. She has unearthed not just one but two Old Masters by the Baroque painter Caravaggio, so rare that Sotheby's was unable to put a price on them," noted a March 31 account... (Washington Times)
Charles Saumarez Smith: Fine art dandy Mar 31, 2007
His exhibitions of Raphael, Caravaggio and Rubens were well received, but were eclipsed by the Velazquez hang last summer. Visitors went to it again and again, urged their friends to go, marvelled at the Spaniard's teenage experiments in capturing the moment when frying eggs solidify in a pan, gazed in rapture at the glowing flesh of the Rokeby Venus's bottom, as if they'd never seen it before. (Independent)
Was Saumarez Smith ever right for the National Gallery? Mar 29, 2007
And yet the two audacious exhibition triumphs of recent years - Caravaggio and Velzquez - were surrounded by far slighter exhibitions. And I suspect his finest hour has been his undoing. (Guardian Unlimited)
Caravaggios in one's attic Mar 29, 2007
The brilliant, troubled genius Caravaggio did not die, as is usually claimed, on the south Italian coast in 1610 en route to Rome, expecting to be pardoned for murder ... Caravaggio didn't ever come to London ... This is not merely because the Queen owns two paintings once thought of as Caravaggio copies, but now deemed originals after technical examinations. (Guardian Unlimited)
Italian women of easel virtue Mar 24, 2007
Not so with Gentileschi's celebrated "Judith Slaying Holofernes." Stylistically following the now famous, criminally violent Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Gentileschi shows the biblical Judith savagely beheading the notorious Assyrian general. Raped by fellow painter Agostino Tassi in 1611, Gentileschi was forced to testify against the artist in a well-publicized seven-month trial. (Washington Times)
A better eye discovers the moments that matter more Mar 20, 2007
The British artist's colour images of dazed New Yorkers photographed on the street in the days after the calamity of September 11, 2001, mirror universal emotions from the history of painting - from Caravaggio and Goya, for example. But these images (some of which appear to sport as much retouching as a Hollywood socialite) are rooted in reality, with Horsfield choosing his moment of revelation carefully. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Energetic Troupe Not Very Moving Mar 16, 2007
Tuesday's world premiere "Caravaggio Meets Hopper" sounded like an episode from "The Sopranos." No such luck. Though obviously intended to refer to the painters, there was no recognizable reference to either artist, except in the program note. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
'300' Trivia: Albino Giants, Sequel Chances — And Sienna Miller Mar 14, 2007
"Caravaggio paintings and Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel were influences too.". 25. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Nothing Borrowed, Something New Mar 1, 2007
They are Caravaggio, Fra Angelico, Hals, Zurbran, Canaletto, Boucher and Tiepolo ... Ranging from European paintings, the most famous of which is Caravaggio's "The Ecstasy of St. Francis," to more than 60 items of antique Deflt wares from the Netherlands, there is much to examine for those interested in details. (CTNow.com)
Browse more photos, share your own Feb 25, 2007
Gaddi Dominguez works on his street painting, a copy of "The Incredulity of Saint Thomas," by Italian artist Caravaggio ... Gaddi Dominguez works on his street painting, a copy of "The Incredulity of Saint Thomas," by Italian artist Caravaggio. (The Palm Beach Post)
Deutsche Boerse Photography Exhibit Suggests Camera Can't Tell the Truth Feb 23, 2007
His work -- black and white, grainy, snatched glimpses on fast film, shadowy as a Caravaggio -- focuses on lives in the twilight zone: prostitutes, alcoholics, drug-addicts. The images on show come from a stay in the southern French towns of Gap and St. Etienne. (Bloomberg -- Germany)
BC's McMullen Museum of Art courts controversy with 'Pollock Matters' Feb 18, 2007
Museum officials won't say how many people they expect to draw to the campus, or whether they think "Pollock Matters" will break an attendance record set in 1999 for an exhibition featuring a rarely seen Caravaggio painting. Still, months before opening, word of the show is spreading among art historians, who say they're pleased a museum with the McMullen's reputation will display the controversial works. (Boston Globe -- Living)
Spains Top Ten Sights Feb 15, 2007
The throne room, royal apartments and a gallery of paintings by such artists as Caravaggio, Goya and Vel;zquez are all open to the public. Mudejar (Moorish), Gothic and Renaissance architecture mingle and blend into a city that El Greco captured in one of his most famous paintings. (Suite101.com)
Best Smaller Museums in Florence Feb 6, 2007
There are major works of art in the Palatina as well; masterpieces by Caravaggio, Rubens, Titian, Raphael and other great masters adorn the walls. There is also an archeological museum, the Museo Archeologico. (Suite101.com)
The Two Top Museums in Florence Feb 6, 2007
Emotions are close to the surface at the Uffizi; I saw many tourists wiping tears from their eyes as they stood in front of Caravaggio, Rubens, Da Vinci and Botticelli masterpieces. The Accademia and Uffizi are the most popular museum tourist spots in Florence. (Suite101.com)
Four Rome Museums Reopen Jan 30, 2007
The art gallery contains such works as Raphael s La Fornarina, Lorenzo Lotto s The Mystic Wedding of St. Catherine and Caravaggio s Judith and Oloferne, as well as porcelains and majolica work. To see the richly decorated apartments, it s wise to book ahead, since the reopening has received a lot of publicity locally and access is limited. (Suite101.com)
The Upside-Down Critic: Jan 22, 2007
To consider him a fag-baiter is to ignore his careful appreciation of gay artists from Caravaggio to Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg. . (Slate)
Teaching versus Research? Jan 19, 2007
"Contrast this experience with a class given by a professor constantly on her discipline's leading edge. I have heard art history professor Joy Kenseth lecture on the Baroque artist Caravaggio three times in the last 30 years: first, when I was a freshman in 1976; then again in the early '90s; and about four years ago. Each time her lecture engaged me because each time it was different, with Kenseth integrating current scholarship and recently uncovered Caravaggio paintings into a discussion... (The Dartmouth Online, NH)
Boyd wins Costa best novel prize Jan 10, 2007
Restless beat David Mitchell's Black Swan Green, A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon and Neil Griffiths' Saving Caravaggio to the novel prize. Boyd's success comes 25 years after he won the Whitbread First Novel Award for A Good Man in Africa. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Simon Schama's Power of Art Jan 5, 2007
After all, the book deals with eight obscure historical figures: Caravaggio, Bernini, Rembrandt, David, Turner, Van Gogh, Picasso and Rothko - nobody quite so famous as Simon Schama ... Imagine a dinner in heaven, or the other place, with Caravaggio, Bernini, Rembrandt, Turner, or any of the masters featured in this book ... While he knows words can never duplicate the mysterious force of a great painting, Schama does his best to describe his own passions when confronted by a work such as... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
A closer look at Zoook Jan 4, 2007
Early in his artistic career Zook rendered figures in the style of Michelangelo and Caravaggio, masses of bodies in dramatic situations, but realized it wasn t him. He was drawn to the Plein Air painters who developed from the Impressionist Movement. (Big Bear Grizzly, CA)
