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Why, if you’re a humanist, Renaissance art is important to contemplate

Stefano Zuffi, in his new book How to Read Italian Renaissance Painting  (Abrams 2010), explains: Wheras artists in the Middle Ages were not consciously ‘medieval’, artists in Italy between 1400 and 1600 very deliberately worked to bring about renewal. . . . … Continue reading

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Museum Health Break: Artis Lane

Artis Lane is one of the great sculptors of our time. Of any time. Her work depicts the “Jacob wrestling the angel” dignity and struggles of the human spirit in ways that most contemporary ironic, post-humanist artists (unfortunately) do not even … Continue reading

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