Still Life after seeing DaVinci’s Study of Violets & Welding Methods The twin reading lamps behind the hotel room bed are imitation Ming vases – green and decorated with white curving plumes. Their half shades reflect the light back onto the wood paneling behind […]
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Sacred and Profane Images in Venice and Padua By Bernie Langs
Travel Essay: The laws and edicts are laid out in the Old Testament in exacting terms specifying the ornaments, utensils and measurements for these objects utilized in the holy temple and for the division of spaces designated as sacred from those places for mortals. The biblically […]
History Narrated as Art by Anita Lekic
Five years ago, I was walking on the paredão from Monte Estoril towards São Joao do Estoril when right after the entrance by the station, I saw big black letters on the wall, announcing: 28 July 1914 AUSTRIA-HUNGARY DECLARES WAR ON SERBIA. I paused. Of course! […]
The Piero Tour of Italy by Bernie Langs
While familiarizing myself over the years with the pictures painted by the Masters of the Italian Renaissance, I found that one artist stands out as singularly enigmatic in his body of work, Piero della Francesca (c.1415-1492). I have read various summaries about della Francesca in […]
Metropolis of New York by Tatum Martin
Photos by Tatum Martin: Being born and raised in California, I have always had a wide interest for creative writing and photography, specifically with different types of film. Only being 18 years old, I have experienced both types of art through working with student run literary […]
