Renaissance Utterances

My thought soars not so high ; though duly bent In reverence, and awe, and long attent, To study Nature and the works and ways, So wondrous,...

It turns out that few art historians make excursions into music history , mainly because music can be rather technical. I am the first to ...

Although the intellectual life of the artist is crucial, my focus this weekend has been on the patron and his concerns. I'm coming rou...

Perhaps it's just me, or the pernicious influence of academia but sometimes the actual paintings can get lost in the amount of theory ...

This post arises out of my initial essay ramblings about the artist Annibale Carracci (November 3, 1560 – July 15, 1609). I am setting out...