The piece is broadly Postmodernist and specifically Symbolist, as it is recognizable objects (traffic barriers, flags, police tape) that are chosen, placed in a stylized space (gallery, prize competition) and with some textual suggestions (“austerity,” “Brexit,” “pandemic,” “hostile immigration policy”) so the viewer can infer the intended negative message about the state of the culture. […]
This year’s Turner Prize for art, yawn Read More »
An Artist’s View: Michael Newberry on Key Works of Art in History Michael Newberry is a painter and the author of Evolution Through Art and Newberry Color Theory. The full 29-work list of short commentaries is below. Michael Newberry, Commentaries on 29 Great Art Works 1. Geometric Warrior, 8th century BCE 2. Kroisos, 540-515 BCE
Eugène Delacroix | “Odalisque” (1825) [Newberry on Great Art series] Read More »
In this episode of Philosophers, Explained, Dr. Hicks discusses Sartre’s 1946 lecture “Existentialism is a Humanism.” Sartre (1905-1980) was a French philosopher, playwright and Nobel Prize Winner for Literature (1964) — which he refused. Episodes: The full playlist. Stephen R. C. Hicks, Ph.D., is Professor of Philosophy at Rockford University, USA, and has had visiting
An Artist’s View: Michael Newberry on Key Works of Art in History Michael Newberry is an avant-garde figurative painter, writer, and teacher promoting evolutionary flourishing through his work. He does this through advances in color theory, body language, symbolism, and composition. Michael is the author of two books released in 2021: Evolution Through Art and Newberry
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres | “Grand Odalisque” (1814) [Newberry on Great Art series] Read More »
An Artist’s View: Michael Newberry on Key Works of Art in History Michael Newberry is an figurative painter, writer, and the author of two books released in 2021: Evolution Through Art and Newberry Color Theory. Below is full 29-work list is below of his brief commentaries on major art works. Michael Newberry, Commentaries on 29
Rembrandt van Rijn | “Self Portrait” (1629) [Newberry on Great Art series] Read More »
An Artist’s View: Michael Newberry on Key Works of Art in History Michael Newberry, is an avant-garde figurative painter, writer and teacher promoting evolutionary flourishing through his work. He does this through advances in color theory, body language, symbolism, and composition. Michael is the author of two books released in 2021: Evolution Through Art and Newberry
Rembrandt van Rijn | “Anatomy Lesson” (1632) [Newberry on Great Art series] Read More »
The teenaged Rodin applied for admission to the École des Beaux-Arts. But: “Rodin, who competed for the first time at seventeen, failed to gain admission — not once but three times within eighteen months. The humiliation of these rebuffs was scarcely lessened by the fact that the examiners acknowledged his gift for drawing but rejected
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An Artist’s View: Michael Newberry on Key Works of Art in History Michael Newberry, is an avant-garde figurative painter, writer and teacher promoting evolutionary flourishing through his work. He does this through advances in color theory, body language, symbolism, and composition. Michael is the author of two books released in 2021: Evolution Through Art and Newberry
Jan Vermeer | “Girl with a Red Hat” (1667) [Newberry on Great Art series] Read More »
Stephen Hicks discusses Jean-Paul Sartre’s famous phrase “existence precedes essence” and its implications for the Existentialist view of human nature. This is from Part 11 of his Philosophy of Education course. (See also my episode on Sartre’s essay “Existentialism Is a Humanism’ in the Philosophers, Explained series.)
Jean-Paul Sartre and “Existence precedes essence” Read More »
An Artist’s View: Michael Newberry on Key Works of Art in History Michael Newberry, is an avant-garde figurative painter, writer and teacher promoting evolutionary flourishing through his work. He does this through advances in color theory, body language, symbolism, and composition. Michael is the author of two books released in 2021: Evolution Through Art and Newberry
Jan Vermeer | “Girl with a Pearl Earring” (1665) [Newberry on Great Art series] Read More »