Italy: Place of Pilgrimage – Fusion of Art, Nature & Culture
Italy and its wealth of historical ruins and art treasures still provides a rich record for visitors tracing man’s journey from prehistory to the present day
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Treasures from Versailles – Dazzling Display, NGA Canberra
Treasures from The Palace of Versailles will be on show at The National Gallery of Australia in Canberra ACT from December 9, a once in a lifetime experience
Versailles: TV Series – The Sun King, a Rock Star Celebrity
One of the raunchiest TV dramas for BBC 2, VERSAILLES, created by a British-Franco Canadian consortium, portrays the Sun King Louis XIV as a rock star celebrity
French Clocks – Science Keeping Time with Enlightenment Pt 2
A style of clock that emerged during the reign of France’s King Louis XVI (1638-1715) was one where the works were on view, which are known as ‘skeleton clocks’
Apollo – The God Mortal Beauty Chased in Heaven and on Earth
Apollo was one of the favoured of the twelve Olympian Gods, about light and truth and meant to inspire us daily to be the very best we can all endeavour to be
Artemis, the Moon Mistress – A Legacy of Beauty Personified
Over the centuries the forms of female beauty for women to aspire to have been many none more intriguing than the goddess Artemis whom the Romans called Diana
Music – Harmony from Apollo to Palladio & Mozart to Jenkins
Music based on philosophies and principles established by legends of Apollo and the ancient Greeks comes to us via Vitruvius and Palladio from Mozart to Jenkins
Jean Baptiste Lully – Noble Simplicity and Quiet Greatness
From 1672 French composer Jean Baptiste Lully was in charge of musical life at court and left a legacy of style at the foundation of traditions in French music
Eruption of Vesuvius 79AD – Apollo Saettante, Silent Witness
In 2009 and 2010 the Getty Villa Museum undertook re-stabilisation of the statue of Apollo Saettante, in consultation with Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples
Apollo, from the Earth to the Moon – Imagination & Knowledge
Apollo has changed through the ages to suit the times and needs of those seeking to achieve greatness by using him as a symbol, including taking men into space
Beauty of Form
Aphrodite, Adonis, Apollo, Artemis…are about ennoblement of form in Ancient Greece. Its visual remains, its architecture, ceramics, and most especially the statues of male and female bodies are for many aesthetically beautiful. But how can so many things be beautiful in Ancient Greece when they are entirely dissimilar? Is beauty…