Saint Francis – Art Compared

st francis thumb Saint Francis   Art ComparedRight now there is an exhibition of Spanish Painting and Sculpture on at the National Gallery in London featuring religious works from the 17th Century Spanish Golden Age, including Spain’s remarkable polychrome sculptures.

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Motives For Destroying Art

gustav metzger Motives For Destroying ArtIn the first of 2 articles based on BBC TV’s new art series “Art Attack”,  Lawrence Pollard, the series presenter, draws on some historical examples to explain attacks on both secular and christian artworks, and the destructive element in  the work of some modern artists.

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Art From Death Row

deathrow art1 Art From Death RowAn Art show with a difference in Oakland CA showcases art created by death row residents at San Quentin, “Oakland North” – a news project of U.C. Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism – reports today.

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Drawing Is About Learning To See

uk Drawing Is About Learning To SeeTeaching the art of observational drawing could be regarded as surplus to requirements in today’s art world:  but The Prince’s Drawing School is proving otherwise.

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