Cézanne’s Portraits: Forceful Faces

April 13, 2018 · Books & Arts, Books & Arts, Books and Art

Although he is best known for his landscapes, there is a power and tense stillness in Paul Cézanne’s depictions of his family, neighbors, and friends.

Classical Vision

July 29, 2016 · Greece, Magazine, Books and Arts

A beautifully carved marble votive relief of Asklepios, the god of medicine, leaning on his staff welcomes us as we enter The Greeks: Agamemnon to Alexander at the National Geographic Museum. The noble procession of the god and his children confronting a group of worshippers echoes, on a small…

Venetian Rivals

September 28, 2009 · Joseph Phelan, Magazine, Books and Arts

Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese

Awe and Shock

July 23, 2007 · Joseph Phelan, Magazine, Books and Arts

Only a Promise of Happiness