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Author Archives: Art for Housewives
At the Hairdresser
I terribly dislike going to the hairdresser. With my skinny insignificant hair, there’s no great makeover I could ever expect. However, to avoid the sensation of neglecting myself, I go. Once there, I’m stuck in front of a huge mirror … Continue reading
Posted in Art Narratives, Daily Aesthetics, female consciousness, politics
Tagged hairdresser, Introspection, Know Thyself, Mirrors
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Ekphrastic Copyists
Pablo Picasso said “Good artists copy, great artists steal.” So he did both. On the left is a painting by Velazquez, “L’infante Marie Marguerite” (1655) and, on the right, Picasso’s version of the Infante Marguerite (1957). On the left is … Continue reading
Posted in art, Art Narratives, Beauty
Tagged African masks, appropriation, Edgar Degas, ekphrasis, interrelating, Picasso, Velasquez
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The Herculean Task of Being a Woman
La Colonna dell’Immacolata c. 1880. Via Today, in Italy, is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. It celebrates “the sinless life of the Blessed Virgin” and officially begins the Christmas season. In Piazza di Spagna, there’s a tall column with … Continue reading
Posted in art, female consciousness, Rome/Italy
Tagged Alcmene, cross-dressing, Hera, Hercules, Immaculate Conception, Labours of Hercules, mythology, Omphale, Piazza di Spagna, Rome, Zeus
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The Copyists
In 1776, the Declaration of Independence was signed proclaiming the emancipation of the 13 American colonies from Great Britain. But political independence does not automatically presume a cultural one. America was indeed the land of plenty thus providing the opportunity … Continue reading
Posted in art, Drawings & Paintings, Rome/Italy
Tagged copyists, Emma Conant Church, Guercino, Louvre, Napoleon III, Risorgimento, Rome, San Nicolo da Tolentino, Vassar College, Vatican Museums
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Back to the Garden
Genesis narrates how God created the heavens and the earth followed by the stars, the plants, and the animals. Then God picked up some dirt, gave it a form, blew air into it and, voilà, created the first man, Adam. … Continue reading
The Narrative Within 