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Bernardo Bellotto

Venice, the Grand Canal

£2,500,000- 3,500,000

Photo: Sotheby’s Auction House

Upcoming Sotheby’s Old Master Evening Sale

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Always interesting to see art in and out of the frame. The gold tones really pop in the first photo! Reminds us of our Jean-Baptise Monnoyer painting, which has a few subtle golden details that emerge because of the frame.

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“[Porobic] is a fine free talent brought into expressive warmth in oils of bright and moving palette.” -New York- Mirror, 1957

Branko Porobic, Rome- Piazza di Spagna, Acrylic on Board.

Source.

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(via Giusto de Menabuoi)

Giusto de’ Menabuoi (c. 1320–1391) was an Italian painter of the early Renaissance.

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What would you call this imaginary creature? A medusa sea leopard?

More art musings.

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These rough sketches, which are born in an instant in the heat of inspiration, express the idea of their author in a few strokes, while on the other hand too much effort and diligence sometimes saps the vitality and powers of those who never know when to leave off.

Giorgio Vasari

In his Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, Giorgio Vasari (born July 30, 1511) wrote artistic biographies and essentially created the first book of art history.

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I often have the latter problem. It annoys the hell out of me :/

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More art history.

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Andrea Mantegna’s famous ceiling oculus in the Palazzo Ducale, c. 1465-1474.

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They're always watching...

More art history.

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Some rules from Filippo Tommaso Marinetti's Futurist diner the Holy Palate, where ozonizers, ultra-violet ray lamps and electrolyzers were among the kitchen appliances and customers were sometimes blindfolded:

No more pasta, as it causes lassitude, pessimism and lack of passion
Perfect meals requiring originality and harmony in table setting, including all implements, food aesthetics and tastes, and absolute originality in the food
Sculpted foods, including meats whose main appeal is to the eye and imagination
Abolition of the knife and fork
Use of perfumes to enhance the tasting experience