Archive for September 22nd, 2008
Magus-comic strip
Posted in cartoons, tagged art, comic strips, humour, wizard on September 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Degas And Tintorotto
Posted in anecdotes, tagged art, great masters, snobbery on September 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Edgar Degas(1834-1917) French Painter
The painter once commenting about art lovers said thus,”When a person pays 3000 francs for a painting it is because he likes it. When he pays 300,000 it is because others like it.
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Tintorotto(1518-’94) Venetian painter
When he was 80, certain senators felt he was too old to paint the massive ‘Paradise’which was to [...]