I think that William Blake summed up the reverence of the tiger in his poem of the same name:- "Tiger, Tiger, burning bright, in the forests of the night, what immortal hand or eye, could frame thy fearful symmetry?". In this case the tiger and everything else within the painting has been used as a... Continue Reading →
Michelangelo’s Pietà
I'm sure you're all thinking, why aren't you writing about his painting of the Sistine Chaple? Come on WidowCranky...that's surely his most famous and mind blowing work! Well no. For me the Sistine Chaple is a bit like a school girls bedroom covered in posters of the latest pop idol. The ceilings work, while fine... Continue Reading →