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Classical Art History

Classical Art History Feature Writer: Suzanne Hill

A new generation of arrière-garde art enthusiasts is rediscovering the complexities and traditions of classical art and rethinking an unexamined commendation of modernism. Be on the cutting-edge of an appreciation for influential periods of art history - Medieval, Renaissance, 19th century, early-20th-century – and their links to today.

Join me in rooted yet critical considerations of the masters of art history and the diverse cultures that produced them. We'll talk about portraits, landscapes, interiors, madonnas, symbols, and individual masterpieces.

Prehistoric and archaic art; Egyptian, Celtic, Viking, Gothic, Greek and Hellenistic art; Medieval and Renaissance art; Byzantine, Classical, Baroque, Rococo, Romantic and Academic art – look for it in local museums and look for it here.


Feature Writer Articles in Classical Art History

 		Artist and Engraver William Blake
Blake was a prolific artisan of unusual vision and creative genuis. Today he is significant in the history of printing for his invention of the lithographic process.
Mystic and Artist William Blake
The unique vision of William Blake makes him the most extreme example of Romanticism.
Summary of The Great Thaw
Art historian Kennneth Clark describes the roles of the Abbey of Cluny and the Chartres Cathedral in the European civilization of the 12th century.
Meaning in Philosopher Giving Lecture on Orrery
This artwork shows science and search for knowledge symbolized by an orrery - a machine that demonstrates the orbits of the planets around the sun - before an audience.
Meaning in Peasant Wedding Feast
This Renaissance artwork may be a symbol of the Christian miracle of turning water into wine, the Last Supper, or Bruegel's own warning against deadly sin of gluttony.
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Contributing Articles in Classical Art History

 		Sir John Vanbrugh
Sir John Vanbrugh (1664-1726) was an architect of genius. The designer of Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard, he developed a highly original architectural style.
Monumental Architecture and Civic Identity
Governments of Italian city states like Siena, Florence and Padua had a clear idea of thoroughly planned and well-organized urban development of their respective cities.
Town Halls of Florence and Padua
The architectural language of The Palazzo Vecchio in Florence and The Palazzo della Raggione in Padua conveys the values defining civic identity of the cities.
Architecture and Meaning of The Palazzo Pubblico
Monumental civic architecture in Late Medieval Italian city states articulated values of an ideal society through design and functions of their town halls.
Illusion in the 15th Century Northern Art
Renaissance artists in Northern Europe used the new medium of oil paint to create an illusion of space.
Differences in Using Perspective
Perspectival illusion of space, invented in the 15th century, was subject to differing interpretations in Northern and Italian Renaissance Art.
Patronage of The Orsanmichele Church in Florence
Orsanmichele illustrates how artistic enterprises of the 13th and 14th centuries Tuscan art combined corporate interests with religious concerns.
Madonna and Civic Ideology of Siena
The frescoes in the council chamber in the city's town hall, the Palazzo Pubblico, depict Maestá on its east wall and Siena as an ideal city on the west wall.
Maestá in Palazzo Pubblico in Siena
The Virgin enthroned was a staple subject of religious art but had equally strong civic implications for Late Medieval Tuscan city states.
Patronage of Siena Cathedral
Siena Cathedral, the monument to the city's identity, is a testimony to how religious and civic concepts blended in Tuscan art of fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
What Is A Quatrefoil?
Quatrefoils are an odd shape, but are often associated with various kinds of symbolism and used as insignia of organizations today.
Rachel Ruysch – Female Dutch Flower Painter
This article briefly examines the life of Rachel Ruysch, the female still life flower painter who produced some of the finest work to emerge from the Dutch Golden Age.
Ancient Egyptian Design Aesthetic
The aesthetic of the ancient Egyptians was informed by their physical environment, culture and available resources found along the fertile Nile River Valley.
Bosch–Surrealism Artist, Painter of Middle Ages
Though born in the 1400s, Dutch painter Hieronymous Bosch mastered unique styles that have been compared to surrealism Spanish artist Salvador Dali and modern art.
La Bella Simonetta, It Girl of the Renaissance
The name La Bella Simonetta may be a mystery, but her image in Alessandro Botticelli's (ca. 1445 - 1510) Birth of Venus may be the most recognizable in western culture.
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