Three sets of eyes drink in the sight of a veritable ocean of names. 58,195 names inscribed in inch tall letters typeset over the expanse of a wall that, while it starts minutely on one edge, expands to over 10 feet tall (3 m) at its apex. Its length is overwhelming, stretching for 246 feet …
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By Reed V. Horth, for Robin Rile Fine Art Michelangelo was 24 years old when he completed his “Pietà” in 1499. Oh, if only I were so accomplished by the same age. Michelangelo (Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, 6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564) installed his most perfect sculpture within the Vatican walls in …
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TEXT © 2012 Reed V. Horth, for ROBIN RILE FINE ART French master Auguste Rodin’s path to notoriety came at a time when his counterparts and classmates were already conducting retrospectives of their work. He was, in the classical sense, a “late bloomer”. After continued rejection from the Academie des Beaux-Arts (Salon) in Paris, Rodin …
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From Miami Herald: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/03/03/2670359/dali-miami-exhibit-highlights.html?story_link=email_msg ‘Dalí Miami’ exhibit highlights surrealist artist’s sculpture 70 sculptures by the Spanish surrealist are part of ‘Dalí Miami’ Venus de Milo with Drawers, by Dali By Howard Cohen hcohen@MiamiHerald.com When people think of famed surrealist Salvador Dalí, more often than not it’s one of his 1,500 paintings that comes to …
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