Author: Micah Christensen

November 4 / / Art

Guido Reni (Italian, 1575-1642) is one of the more important figures in the Pantheon of art history. He was born shortly after the Council of Trent, where the Catholic Church proposed sweeping changes to the arts in an attempt combat rising Protestantism. Reni became a leading proponent of a new aesthetic that clearly told stories through the use of large-scale religious and historical figures

October 20 / / Art
October 18 / / Obituary

Gordon was considered by many to be one of the world’s foremost authorities of European and Asian ceramics. He dedicated the last and best years of his life to teaching new generations of experts, who are now writers, dealers, curators and directors of museums all over the world.

August 29 / / Art
July 5 / / Art