If you hadn't heard... It has been snowing in the UK with the joys of the 'beast from the east' making an appearance over our tiny island, and with storm Emma due to hit soon, it is feeling a little like the new ice age combined with some of the descriptions of hell which I... Continue Reading →
St. Jerome in his study – Albrecht Dürer
I quite like going to visit my friends curiosity shop. It is filled with all things macabre and fascinating. While I was there this weekend, I heard a gentleman talking about this picture, so I decided to investigate and share it. The man was quite taken with the skull and the lion in this piece...... Continue Reading →
Tower of Babel – Todd Schorr
I consider myself, fairly eloquent and reasonably well educated, yet sometimes I really do struggle to understand what people are talking about, regional dialects can sometimes present an issue, and this is just in English. It's even worse when I try my broken language skills out in the originating country. It's not particularly anyone's fault,... Continue Reading →
Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife – Orazio Gentileschi
Bored housewife seeks slave to cater to her every whim... Well that is what Potiphar's wife should have been advertising for, since this was in the time before tinder and meeting someone meant actually having to be in the same place at the same time. I am pretty sure that the woman in this painting would go down a... Continue Reading →
Judith beheading Holofernes – Caravaggio
Judith...she was a bit of a dude wasn't she. Sexy seductress, murdering temptress and victorious saviour. Caravaggio captures all of this in his picture, selecting the defining moment of Judith to portray. Painted in 1599 this work has been talked about as a masterpiece within a masterpiece, but let's look at what is going... Continue Reading →