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9. Pillars of the Dearth

03 Friday Oct 2014

Posted by Peter Merlin Cane in 9. Pillars of the Dearth

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architectural metaphor, art historians, Biblical scenes, birth records, camouflaged content, crown, culture, death certificate, deception, demonstration of power, depraved, Eros, erotic art, erudite knowledge, ethnocentrism, expensive, god of desire, Greek mythology, headdress, heresy, hidden agenda, medieval world, mental navigation, meritocracy, narrow specialisation, naturalism, norms, notarialism, Notary, obscene, opacity, patrons of art, penile display, perception, perspectival art, power, prestige, prestigious topic, renaissance, scribes, sinful, style and technique, subservience to wealth, technocentrism, transparency, vision system, wealth, wills, working memory

Last one – again only the soundtrack for now – sorry – so much to do, so little of me to go around!

5. The Borgata Fallacy

19 Saturday Jul 2014

Posted by Peter Merlin Cane in 5. The Borgata Fallacy, What's wrong with Art History?

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apprentice, assassin, Boccaccio, Borgata, Cimabue, ethnocentrism, Family, Ghiberti, gold leaf, Lapis Lazuli, Lives of the Artists, meritocracy, murder, Paris Bordone, parochial, perspective, Rome, shepherd boy, spy, trade, Vasari

4. Cut Short in his Prime

18 Friday Jul 2014

Posted by Peter Merlin Cane in 4. Cut Short in his Prime, What's wrong with Art History?

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Ali, art historians, Art History, carpe diem, castrated, detail, dolphin, Eros, ethnocentrism, fabric, graffiti, His Holiness, instant in time, lustre, Mantegna, merchant, Michelangelo, Moses, murder, naturalism, perspective, Pope Julius II, rape, Raphael, sale of indulgences, sheen, silk, slave owner, Slave Trade, St Peter’s, three dimensionality, vanishing point, Vatican

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