Claudia Moscovici
31.10.2016
Rodin’s Muses: Camille Claudel and Marie-Rose Beuret
It would not be an exaggeration to state that Rodin’s artistic career was shaped by women. They were his source of inspiration, his assistants, his models, his sexual and romantic partners, his [...]
24.10.2016
The Photography of Christian Coigny
Christian Coigny is a well-established Swiss photographer. He studied at the Ecole de Photographie in Vevey. His photography has been featured in several books and exhibited in galleries all over [...]
17.10.2016
Classical Sculpture
Greek art was perhaps the first—and certainly the most influential art in the Western tradition–to capture the essence not only of the human spirit, but also of the human form, with all its [...]
10.10.2016
Auguste Rodin and the physicality of emotion
Constantin Brancusi considered Auguste Rodin not only a precursor, but also the first great modern sculptor. “In the nineteenth century,” Brancusi declared, “the situation in sculpture was [...]
03.10.2016
Guido Argentini’s Silvereye
Guido Argentini was born in Florence, Italy in 1966. He studied medicine for three years at the University of Florence. At 23, he decided to turn his passion for photography into a profession. [...]
26.09.2016
Hazy Hints of Memory: After the Holocaust the Bells Still Ring
Early childhood development specialists emphasize the importance of having a nurturing and stable environment for infants and toddlers. That’s when the foundations of a child’s personality are [...]
19.09.2016
Kathleen Brodeur and the New Impressionism
Impressionism is probably still the most popular art movement–in museums, galleries and even on greeting cards–in the world today. However, our perceptions of it have reversed. Rather than being [...]
12.09.2016
The changing art of portraiture
E.H. Gombrich declared in his monumental history of art, The Story of Art, that “There really is no such thing as Art. There are only artists” (15). By this he meant that art has no timeless [...]
05.09.2016
Sensuality and Elegance
The incomparable Jeanloup Sieff The photography of Jeanloup Sieff epitomizes class, sensuality and elegance. Born in Paris of parents of Polish origin, Sieff’s interest in photography began very [...]
25.07.2016
Poetry in Motion: The Dance Photography of Richard Calmes
The twentieth century was the era of specialization. Every field became so highly specialized and technical that only experts could master each discipline. The twenty-first century, however, is [...]
