by tangredi.nicolas | Jan 25, 2022 | Art
A solitary figure stands alone on a bridge, cradles his skull shaped head with wiry hands, and lets out a harrowing scream. What was Munch’s inspiration behind this distressing painting and what did he want to convey? The subject is being smothered by swirling strokes...
by tangredi.nicolas | Jan 22, 2022 | Art
Three customers and a barman populate an otherwise empty New York diner in the dead of the night. Painted by Edward Hopper in 1942, this painting is eerily silent. The garish floor with the dim lights of teh diner’s interior spill out onto the empty street...
by tangredi.nicolas | Jan 20, 2022 | Art
This painting shows a farmer and his daughter standing before their cottage. This painting has been contested, parodied, and puzzled over for years. For many, this painting depicts the American midwestern values, while others see it as a satirical comment on the...
by tangredi.nicolas | Jan 18, 2022 | Art
The statue of Apollo and Daphne by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1622-25). This statue depicts the tragic mythological store of Apollo and Daphne. Apollo, the god of music and poetry, one day insults Cupid, the god of love. So as revenge, Cupid fashions two arrows, one of...
by tangredi.nicolas | Jan 17, 2022 | Art
The Mona Lisa has become one of the most famous, if not the most famous, painting in the world. The Mona Lisa is a renaissance portraiot of the wife of a wealthy Florentine cloth merchant named Lisa Gherardini. The title Mona Lisa translates to My Lady Lise. The Mona...
by tangredi.nicolas | Jan 12, 2022 | Art
Miami’s first underwater sculpture park is due to open this year and is planned to be a wopping 9 miles long! This sculpture park is much more than an art project as it is designed to combat climate change, sea level rise, and coral reef damage. Since the...
