John William Godward, A Classical Beauty
John William Godward’s paintings. John William Godward (1861-1922) was a very popular English painter, but his style fell out of favour with the arrival of the 19th – century avant-gardes.
Therefore, in a short time, he was forgotten. Maybe, for this reason, he committed suicide at the age of 61.
Amor sacro e amor profano (Sacred and profane love). Titian was one of the most important Renaissance artists, and his works entered the most prestigious private and public art collections in the world.
Among them there was Cardinal Scipione Borghese’s art collection.
In 1608 he bought Titian’s most mysterious painting, known as Amor sacro e amor profano (Sacred and profane love).
In this post I will explain you why.
Contemporary art is not only made up of incomprehensible works of art, turn canvasses or absurd performances.
Some of you don’t understand it, some love it, and others are completely uninterested in the topic.
I do like contemporary art, and in this post, whose title is surreal, but that you will understand if you read it up to the end, I will show you what has amazed me the most in the last few weeks.
Write your own comment and let me know what you think about it!
Tiziano painter – Venere di Urbino (1538). Galleria degli Uffizi di Firenze.
Titian painter. Titian is certainly my favourite Renaissance artist. He had a formidable talent, that he showed since he was a child, but above all he managed to pursue his career wisely.
In this post you will find the images of his most important paintings. Continue reading
Banksy does New York. Banksy is one of the most famous street artists in the world, but maybe also the most famous contemporary living artist.
Everybody knows Banksy, or better, everybody knows his works, because, actually, nothing is known about Banksy, not even his real name.
Yet, each work by Banksy is always followed with great curiosity in the whole wide world, and not only by art lovers.
In October 2013 Banksy planned a one-of-a-kind artistic project, which was described in a documentary which came out in 2014: Banksy does New York.
I saw it and I liked it, and now I will tell you in this post.
