September 2010
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Creation of Adam
There are iconic images and then there are truly iconic images. Among these last, we find The Creation of Adam, painted on the ceiling of the Sixteenth Chapel in the Vatican around 1511 by Michelangelo. The painting depicts God stretching out his right arm towards Adam, to relay to him the spark of life. Adam himself is holding out his left arm towards God in a pose that mirrors that of his...
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Edgar Degas
Among the founders of Impressionism, though he himself refused to be considered part of such, Edgar Degas is among the titans of the art world. He indeed considered himself a realist, and many of his artistic traits were not in line with the impressionist ideal. As such, he painted indoors, he did not at least in his earlier work make use of overly bright colors and his art was not spontaneous,...