German Cities Worth Touring - Witte... Oct 2, 2009
The Neo-Baroque building proudly displays its Protestant past ... It is difficult to imagine his fiery sermons echoing off the gilded interiors of this Baroque structure. (Suite101.com)
Top 5 quirky, luxurious boutique hotels Sep 22, 2009
A succession of art lovers and collectors have owned and passed through Casa 32 over the generations, and their legacy is visible in the stunning baroque carvings, impressive murals and hand-painted rococo tiles. Modern touches also abound, too. (MSNBC -- Travel)
A Wink and a Smile’ uncovers empowerment in a burlesque class Sep 17, 2009
The stage names are baroque - Inga Ingenue, Kitten La Rue, the Swedish Housewife - and the wigs and acts even more so. A Wink and a Smile dives into cross-gender boy-lesque and cross-cross-gender drag, the latter in the form of Ernie Von Schmaltz, an obese male greaser played by a petite female performer. (Boston Globe)
Eight arts leaders provide new direction in their first seasons Sep 13, 2009
I was probably about 6 years old and it was in a Baroque church at Easter. I sat through the whole thing and I was absolutely transfixed. (Boston Globe)
Duluth shop's role in exhibit Sep 10, 2009
The instruments from a Castagneri cello dating from the 18th century to contemporary Baroque violins and bows to neolins (a modern variation of a violin resembling an electric guitar) hail from throughout France and will be on display at Huthmaker Violins in Duluth. This is a once-in-a-lifetime thing, said store co-owner Dixie Huthmaker, who has organized the rare exhibit since January. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Who's to blame for the mortgage crisis? Sep 3, 2009
"Imagine, if you will, a distant imaginary realm in which terrorists -- people who blow up other people in the name of some political or crypto-religious agenda -- are not dark-skinned foreigners with unpronounceable names but white folks born and raised in the mainstream of Western society. In other words, imagine the 1970s. Of course it goes a lot further back than that. If you want to get technical, terrorism, in the modern sense of the word, was essentially a and everybody who does it today,... (Salon)
Paris' Picasso Museum shuts for 2-year renovation Aug 23, 2009
The museum, in a baroque mansion in Paris' Marais district, opened in 1985, and it traces the Spanish-born artist's prolific career. Picasso died in 1973. (WSVN-TV Miami, FL)
Hanif Kureishi: Rebel With a Medal Aug 22, 2009
Where Rushdie, by now a friend, used baroque language to spin fantastical tales spanning continents and centuries, Kureishi stayed street. His father figures were faded and refined dusty relics from a more gracious time who looked to literature or socialism to block out the cold realities of being foreign-born in 1970s Britain. (Time.com)
Painter of Southern life will be focus of exhibit Aug 20, 2009
- And on Sunday, Aug. 30, Augusta State University faculty members will present Music of the Baroque Period at the Morris. The lecture-concert will be presented at 2 and 3:15 p.m., and there is no admission charge. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Blue ribbon for the curator, too Aug 16, 2009
One idea he has is for a show about Venetian painting at the end of the Renaissance, between the plagues of 1576 and 1630, when the city was in terminal decline and the Baroque period was just beginning. But first, he has to go to Paris and bid his children adieu. (Boston Globe)
Masterpieces Of Meat Aug 8, 2009
Take, for example, the "Bernini Burger," inspired by 17th-century Italian Baroque sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini. This masterpiece of meat is composed of a "large patty, fleshy and rounded, surmounted by flowing draperies of prosciutto, a cloud of goat cheese, and a splash of the finest extra virgin olive oil." If the Bernini isn't your cut of beef, sail away to new landscapes with "The Boat Burger" (see the sketch, pictured), which features a burger-filled pita with condiment ropes and vegetable... (New York Post -- Entertainment)
* DANCE : A little typhoon music Aug 7, 2009
I chose them because Mozart is 18th century, the best cultural time in Europe, the Baroque era ... Yu said he deliberately chose Baroque pieces that people are familiar with because he wanted to show Mozarts connection to the world of dance. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
How to Do Naples Jul 31, 2009
To taste the city's glorious Baroque past, feast your eyes on the chiaroscuro drama of the paintings adorning the Carthusian monastery of La Certosa di San Martino, tel: (39-081) 229 4502. Don't miss the stunning presepe (Nativity crib) that is one of the finest examples of this local artisanal craft. (Time.com)
Visas For Hondurans Jul 30, 2009
Instead, the U.S. embassy in the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa insists that Zelaya be reseated as president before any other action can take place and granted immunity for his ever more baroque chain of crimes without any dialogue whatsoever. Sadly, it's Hondurans who tried to save their democracy that are now blacklisted. (Investors Business Daily)
Turner's Homage to Trains of Great ... Jul 30, 2009
Drawing on the Baroque allegorical tradition which Turner knew so well and the emotive scumbling brushwork of Rembrandt, whom Turner admired deeply, the artist was able to depict the impression of speed and movement. The French Recognise Turner. (Suite101.com)
Cool meets quirky in stylist's home Jul 27, 2009
The contemporary chairs - with their clean lines and reflective finish - contrast with the wenge-stained Timavo table, also from DWR, which has baroque influences ... On top of the boxes, Kartell's black Bourgie lamps, made of polycarbonate, provide a modern spin on a classic baroque design. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Distinguished already, as the last Seidler design Jul 25, 2009
The two buildings are examples of Mr Seidler's late love of curves, inspired by Baroque architects. Mr Seidler loved France and knew "most" of its public buildings, Penny Seidler said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Exhibits of drawings, photographs, paper, video, dioramas Jul 22, 2009
Also at Kingston, Karen Meninno s installation Confections of a Baroque Mind is a table covered with bright, tiny clay sculptures in a hot rainbow of tones, from fuchsia to purple to orange ... KAREN MENINNO: Confections of a Baroque Mind. (Boston Globe)
Israeli Museum Features Antique Timepieces Jul 21, 2009
The exhibit opened with strict security at a festive cocktail party with a harpsichord and violin playing baroque music. Armed men stood on each side of the entrance to the vault. (CBS News -- World)
I've Found Heaven ... in Northern Michigan Jul 14, 2009
It might be a jazz quartet, a Baroque chamber group, a chorus, or a dance recital. On weekends, the large ensembles -- bands and orchestras and others -- perform longer pieces for paying customers (though campers get in free). (Townhall.com)
* National Palace Museum enters stage right Jul 6, 2009
In late 2007, the museums Vienna Art Festival (]Nu), which featured a series of concerts related to its Splendor of the Baroque and Beyond: Great Hapsburg Collectors exhibition, was well received. The current project, titled New Melody From the National Palace Museum (Gcs), is a longer term undertaking that features Chinese operatic productions tailored to complement the museums exhibits. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Collaborative effort results in ‘The Disappearing Woman’ Jul 5, 2009
I love the idea of a Baroque-style dress blowing in the wind, she says ... Costumes have been selected: not stark black but not quite Baroque, an array of gauzy dresses in shades of cream and white. (Boston Globe)
Welcome to Vilnius! Jun 30, 2009
With its winding, narrow medieval cobble-stoned streets lined by an impressive mix of Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque and classical-style buildings, in 1994 Vilnius's tourist-magnet old town was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site ... "It's a very charming city, with beautiful Baroque architecture and very warm, welcoming locals.". (iAfrica.com)
False notes, good business Jun 30, 2009
Fights over fabulous Baroque churches ... Agencies offering private programmes are fighting over the fabulous Baroque churches in Prague's stunning centre, an ideal venue for concerts. (iAfrica.com)
ENCOURAGING ART: Claflin professor named S.C. Arts Commission Fellow Jun 29, 2009
"Artists like Charles White and John Biggers. Later, when I took art appreciation, I was also influenced by the Baroque classical artists like Rembrandt. The way Rembrandt and the black artists dealt with value, light, shade and darkness was a major influence on my work. I also must credit Dr. Terry Hunter, a former S.C. State and Claflin professor.". Arts Commission Communications Director Milly Hough said the honor comes with a $5,000 award, an invitation to join a juried artist online... (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Michael Jackson: King of Pop's complex reign Jun 28, 2009
It began with a soaring high voice that had both the androgynous sheen that made gender irrelevant and the coiled, inner muscle of a Baroque countertenor. His sound was both thrillingly of the moment and timeless, the perfect instrument for an artist who was preternaturally young and congenitally averse to aging. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Jews hope to reclaim their architectural legacy in Eastern Europe Jun 26, 2009
But it's the thousands of derelict cemeteries and synagogues familiar to any off-the-beaten path traveler in Central and Eastern Europe that are the most visible remnant of the region's once-thriving Jewish life, from the 16th-century fortress synagogues of Ukraine and wooden synagogues of Lithuania, to the Moorish, Gothic, Baroque, and Art Nouveau styles of Central Europe. Those not bulldozed were allowed to erode, or defiled as everything from warehouses and wine factories to discos... (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
* [ART JOURNAL] Heirs race to find Nazi-looted art Jun 24, 2009
I want them to have the link and an appreciation for some of the things my grandfather was involved with, said Selldorff, who lives in the US and wants to exhibit the altar pieces by Austrian baroque artist Kremser Schmidt in a museum. Some 65 years after World War II, experts say thousands of artworks confiscated by the Nazis, including masterpieces by art nouveau master Gustav Klimt and expressionist Egon Schiele, still need to be restituted to their rightful owners. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Chanel's most exquisite collection Jun 18, 2009
The accessories certainly stood out and included muffs embroidered with Russian dolls, baroque jewellery, jewelled purses and belts. To ensure the imperial Slavic connection was not forgotten, tiaras inspired by the traditional hairstyles of Russian women combined with Byzantine crosses, pearl droplets and delicate hair braids completed the picture. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
The Bath Fugues Jun 16, 2009
There, despite the mannerisms, the jests, the baroque intricacy of structure, an emotional effect clearly emerged. Shanghai Dancing is, in some ways, a strangely moving book. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Obama Makes A Symbolic Stop In Germany Jun 5, 2009
(CBS/AP) The eastern city of Dresden, ravaged by Allied bombs and only fully rebuilt after German was reunified, has been chosen as the backdrop for President Obama's visit as much for its symbolism as for its Baroque palaces and soaring stone dome ... It flourished in the 18th century and 00002024 became an elegant city of Baroque palaces and fine art. (CBS News)
Wednesday, June 03, 2009, Ron Silliman, Sillimans Blog Jun 4, 2009
Both projects Conceptualisms poses it as a scale, upper limit allegory (Goldsmith), lower limit baroque (flarf) are predicated on unreadability as a new index of opacity in the work of art ... Impure conceptualism, manifest in the extreme by the baroque, exaggerates reading in the traditional textual sense ... when the word is the wound (the site of failure), there are two extreme forms of mimetic redress: isolate and seal the word/wound (pure conceptualism), or open and widen the... (Harper's Magazine)
Casualties of Waugh May 25, 2009
In 1982, Kingsley Amis having several times winced under the birchings of Waugh as reviewer retributively subjected Waugh s most lush and baroque novel, Brideshead Revisited, to a triumph of silly-clever debating-society rhetoric predictable from its name alone: How I Lived In A Very Big House And Found God. (Previously Malcolm Muggeridge had dismissed the same book which he never finished reading as tedious and rather foolish. (The American Conservative)
Which Portugal is right for you? May 22, 2009
A Moorish castle tops the Lisbon skyline and baroque churches line the streets ... A rugged Moorish castle tops the skyline, and the streets are lined with baroque churches and Gaud;esque art nouveau buildings ... Every other corner leads to a little baroque church whose modest fa;ade hides an interior encrusted with tons of gold. (CNN -- Travel)
Art.view: Crossing to safety May 17, 2009
Consigned by Daniel Loeb, a New York hedge-fund manager, s Baroque Egg with Bow (Turquoise/Magenta) had been on the market since at least last September, when Larry Gagosian, New York s most powerful dealer, shipped it for prospective sale to Moscow and back, asking around $20m ... Though not as acclaimed as other works in the series, Baroque Egg at $5. (The Economist)
Music review: Handel lineup of fervor, finesse May 17, 2009
Baroque music is almost never an entirely comfortable fit for big modern orchestras like the San Francisco Symphony or big modern venues like Davies Symphony Hall. But perhaps the combination works best in the sort of public ceremonial music that Bernard Labadie conducted Thursday night. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Get fired up in Valencia May 16, 2009
Located on the Plaza de la Reina, the cathedral is an impressive mix of gothic, baroque and Romanesque architectural styles. As striking as the many parts of the cathedral are, the sight of the Holy Grail my leave you underwhelmed -- to the unenlightened it resembles something closer to a plastic mug circa. (CNN -- Travel)
A young Alma May 16, 2009
Next there was the French Baroque mansion that fulfilled the laundry delivery girl's teenage dream. She and Adolph chose a block on a rise in Pacific Heights across from Lafayette Park and moved two Victorians to make room at the corner of Washington and Octavia. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
Romes Angels & Demons secrets May 14, 2009
Moviegoers know that his character, Robert Langdon, is trying desperately to stop a grisly murder, following a trail of secret clues laid down nearly four centuries ago by the scientist Galileo and the baroque sculptor and architect Gianlorenzo Bernini. What they dont know is that this graceful piazza itself harbors a dark secret. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Global art star May 14, 2009
Derek Jarman's take on the great 16th-century Italian Baroque artist. Camille Claudel (1989). (USA Today)
Mexico's Xalapa a Different Tourist... May 12, 2009
Its mix of Baroque and Gothic influence is considered unique in all of Mexico. It's Xalapa, not Jalapa. (Suite101.com)
On the side of the angels? Film critics tackle Da Vinci code sequel May 7, 2009
This allows writers David Koepp and Akiva Goldsman to concentrate on what the audience wants to see: burning cardinals, spectacular explosions and incomparable reconstructions of Baroque Rome. TOTAL FILM - NEIL SMITH. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Carnal knowledge May 3, 2009
Over the past 100 years or so, the study of human sexuality examined the extravagantly theoretical (Richard von Krafft-Ebing's fetish for the abnormal and Freud's baroque interpretations of our polymorphous perversity) and the titillatingly sociological (Alfred Kinsey's then-prurient cataloging of sexual preference) before seriously addressing fundamental biological processes. In this latter realm of inquiry, William Masters and Virginia Johnson are to be thanked for explaining what actually... (Boston Globe)
Traveling Northern Peru May 3, 2009
You can get your fix of internet cafes, discotheques, and casinos, while taking time to soak in the Incan hot springs, peruse the Baroque churches, and discover ancient rock gardens like Cumbemayo. The road from Cajamarca to Leymebamba is so bumpy that you won't likely be able to close your eyes; rather, you won't be able to peel them from the adjacent abrupt drop-offs and rock slides. (Suite101.com)
Sense and Absence : Dana Saulnier May 2, 2009
twentieth century reductive gestural abstraction while also re-negotiating a lost and distant spiritual stability as present in baroque and renaissance figurative iconography. Utilizing selected enclosed modalities of "Western Painting" as a site for experiment these works risk traditional methods and surfaces. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Antiques dealer Ed Hardy - end of an era Apr 30, 2009
Lot No. 1258: A pair of Spanish baroque painted heraldic eagles ... Lot No. 1234: Italian baroque console table with Sicilian jasper veneered top ... Lot No. 1056: Italian baroque chandelier. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Artist Guido Reni Apr 29, 2009
Italian Baroque Painter ... Reni s subject matter generally tended toward the mainstay themes of Baroque art myth and religion and his depictions of the human form in both flesh-tones and anatomical precision were highly expert, making him one of the top figure painters of his day. (Suite101.com)
* Quito culture Apr 16, 2009
It is an historic hot spot that boasts the presidential palace and a baroque cathedral ... Everywhere you look, you see cupolas, spires, baroque follies, life-like Virgins and Inca suns ... I climb the scaffolding with the head architect to get baroque vertigo near the gilded, Arab-influenced ceilings and grinning cherubs. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
George Adams, 64; engineer helped save Capitol frescoes Apr 13, 2009
There are places to go to become deeply familiar with the canon of Baroque or Renaissance or Romantic artists. But there are no such places to learn innovation, creative problem-solving, or the unusual combination of skills for a material engineer who loves art, history, and nature. (Boston Globe)
Visiting the Art Gallery of Ontario Apr 10, 2009
Taking a 25 minute Mini Tour through the Italian Baroque gallery with Virgina, the discovery is Jacopo Tintoretto s brilliant brush work in the painting Christ Washing His Disciples Feet. Tintoretto painted fast, she points out look at the single brush strokes in the clothing. (Suite101.com)
Italy Appeals for Assistance to Restore Destroyed Structures Apr 10, 2009
Many Romanesque, Gothic, Baroque and Renaissance landmarks were damaged, and on Wednesday, teams began inspecting the wreckage ... And the cupola of the Baroque Sant'Agostino church fell in. (Fox News)
August Birthstone Peridot Apr 7, 2009
The Romans admired the stone for its constant color which does not change in artificial light, calling it "emerald of the evening." Peridot is found in Medieval Christian churches and shrines and was also popular during Europe's baroque period of the 17th Century. When a new source of peridot was discovered in Pakistan in 1994, finer than any samples that had been found before, the gemstone was popularized for modern use. (Suite101.com)
Italy's churches and castles crumble in earthquake Apr 7, 2009
The city's historic center boasts buildings that represent some of the great stages of Western architecture - Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque: and much of it was turned to rubble by the predawn jolt. Harm to ancient monuments was recorded as far away as Rome, where the famed thermal baths built by the Emperor Caracalla took slight damage. (Boston Globe)
Hazards Of Love Apr 4, 2009
It was so decreed that 14 songs would be linked as one, that instrumentation would be baroque and flamboyant and that base (heavy) metal would abut melodious moments. Yea verily, let two words ring once more in a land where once-strong men trembled and the weak and old were rushed away for protection. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Wow, that's smart Mar 30, 2009
If you want to buy a smartphone outright and avoid the binding baroque complexity of price plan options, expect to pay for the privilege -- between about $700 and a grand. 1. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Exploring great director-actress relationships Mar 28, 2009
She took the image he created, from light, shadow and baroque settings, and added elements of irony, self-deprecation and sardonic wit. She became a timeless exemplar of sophisticated modern womanhood and remains so to this day. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Country profile: Czech Republic Mar 25, 2009
Today, tourists flock to savour Czech architectural treasures which include some of the finest Baroque, Art Nouveau and Cubist buildings on the continent. The hot springs of Karlovy Vary and other spas are an attraction to many. (BBC News -- Europe)
Vigo - Spain's Art Heritage is Aliv... Mar 18, 2009
The baroque manor house is surrounded by botanical gardens that are brilliant in blooming camellias in the early spring, but pleasant to stroll at any season. Within its extensive boundaries are a French garden, an English garden of the Romantic Period, a rose garden and a woodland. (Suite101.com)
Dutch Baroque Artist Gerard ter Bor... Mar 17, 2009
Dutch Baroque Artist Gerard ter Borch: 17th Century Painter Is Renowned for His Genre Scenes and Fabric ... Dutch Baroque Artist Gerard ter Borch ... Dutch Baroque Artist Gerard ter Borch. (Suite101.com)
UAA's jazz week gets under way Monday Mar 16, 2009
Baroque and bel canto has put the chanteuse from Fairbanks on the international map. The article includes several photos of Vivica in trousers, in ornate gowns, in Jackie Kennedy ensembles and more. (Anchorage Daily News)
Vermeer's Woman Holding a Balance i... Mar 13, 2009
"Woman Holding a Balance" by Dutch Baroque painter Johannes Vermeer was lent by the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. to Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum ... Together they provide the Rijksmuseum's visitors with an enhanced view of everyday life and moral values in 17th-century Baroque Holland. (Suite101.com)
Baroque painter took snaphots Mar 12, 2009
ROME: Revered as the baroque master of lifelike portraits and light and shadow, the 16th-century painter Caravaggio is being touted as the first master of photographic technique, two centuries before the formal invention of the camera ... au/news/entertainment/arts/baroque-painter-took-snaphots/2009/03/11/1236447302833. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Pizzas, piazzas and 'la dolce vita' Mar 12, 2009
In the afternoon, head to the Borghese for a leisurely stroll through the gardens and a stunning collection of Baroque sculpture. If you're in the mood for shopping, head down the Via Babuino towards the Spanish Steps. (CNN -- Travel)
Presenting drama and beauty in song - and dance Mar 9, 2009
Boston Baroque's music director, Martin Pearlman ... Friday's excellent Boston Baroque concert allowed a glimpse at two very different sides of the character of the French Baroque - one public, one private ... Boston Baroque offered a concert performance, yet made the smart decision to retain the dance. (Boston Globe)
Art: Landmark Paris sale raises major issues for dealers and Drouot Mar 7, 2009
It was a treat to watch the leading French dealers in Renaissance and Baroque objects, the Kugel brothers, who had sold many of the works, buying back some of them. So here is, literally, the million-dollar question that dealers ponder: Can this sale have a knock-on effect on their business, away from the excitement of the auction arena. (International Herald Tribune)
