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Raphael's Altar of Heaven - the Madonna di Foligno

13 June 2013

A cursory glance, or even lengthy stare directed towards a painting sometimes does not seem enough. During my visit to Rome in late 2012, I was enchanted by the three major Raphael...

A digital humanities pioneer - Interview with Dr. Edward Goldberg

4 June 2013

In 2011, while searching for images online related to the Medici, I stumbled across Italy's Secret Places, a somewhat quirky blog that focused on the intriguing and sometimes unsettling...

Why art history? An encounter with Cézanne...

15 May 2013

The Still-Life with Compotierby Dr. Ben Harvey The Fantasy...Manhattan. The Museum of Modern Art. I’ve come to look at one of their Cézannes. From across the gallery, I can just...