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This painting which depicts Rembrandt crucifying Christ is an excellent example of the alternative way to read art, not viewing it as an illustration but as poetry.
Rembrandt’s Raising of the Cross (c.1633)
See what Manet recognized in Titian and how we can then learn it from Manet
Titian’s Venus (c.1548-9) and Manet’s Olympia (1863)
Artist as ChristArtists who painted themselves as Christ
The Inner Tradition as practised by a Catholic artist....
Rouault’s Miserere: Eternally Scourged (1922)
Basquiat's MasterpiecesThe tradition handed down by the Old Masters continues…….
Pablo Picasso's MasterpiecesWho better to learn from than a modern master?
Yet more evidence that the adolescent Picasso understood the self-referential paradigm of art
Picasso’s The Last Bull (1892)
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