Category Archives: Ancient & Classical Art

The Addams Family: An Eviluton

Posted on March 13, 2010 by Melissa Mercier

For everyone lucky enough to be in New York until May 16, don’t miss The Addams Family: An Eviluton,  the history of Morticia, Gomez and their scary clan in more than 200 cartoons created by Charles Addams (1912-1988), many of … Continue reading →

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Wood you believe it?

Posted on April 25, 2009 by Lynn Fisher

While scanning through Double Takes site I came across 2 artists slash sculptors that really astounded me. Michael Rea & David Esterly both use wood as their medium of choice but each has created something very different with it. Rea … Continue reading →

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Caravaggio Used Optical Tool to Trace Models

Posted on March 12, 2009 by A. Traviss Corry

From the discovery.com article: Italian Renaissance painter Caravaggio used revolutionary optical instruments to “photograph” his models more than 200 years before the invention of the camera, according to a researcher in Florence. The 16th-century artist celebrated for his dramatic chiaroscuro … Continue reading →

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Floor to Heaven • contemporary wool and silk carpets

Posted on February 11, 2009 by Dale Kosowan
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