Rodin: Inspired by the Art of Ancient Greece, British Museum
Fascinated by the works of classical Greece, sculptor Auguste Rodin broke the rules and the mould in many of his works, which were controversial but captivating
Michelangelo
Getty Museum Gains Master Works – Renaissance, Rococo & More
The J. Paul Getty Museum has new acquisitions from Renaissance to Rococo and beyond, including a lost painting La Surprise by French artist Jean Antoine Watteau
Italian Masterpieces from Spain’s Royal Court at NGV
Carolyn McDowall reviews the Melbourne Winter Masterpieces Italian Masterpieces from Spain’s Royal Court, Museo del Prado on show now, National Gallery Victoria
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
Sculpture – Art at the Pinnacle of What is Possible
Myron, Polykleitos and Lysippus to Michelangelo, Bernini, Canova, Rodin and Moore how do you choose a dozen or so works of sculpture that have rocked your world
Cy Twombly and Art Above – Great Canopies of Creativity
Artist Cy Twombley’s great canopy of creativity in Le Louvre’s Salle des Bronze is a place of pilgrimage for American lovers of modern art since he died in 2011
Artisans and Artists during the Renaissance Golden Age
During the rebirth of humanism in Italy from the 4th to the 14th centuries patrons began recognizing that artisans were also creative thinkers and inventors