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75 Ridiculous Luxuries Defying the Credit Crunch (CLUSTER)

Millions, billions and even trillion dollar innovations and trends still abound even, during this credit crunch period. There are plenty of millionaires and billionaires who can afford luxury hotels, vacation…

The Louvre's Masterpieces are Showcased at the High Museum of Art

ATLANTA, GA - The High Museum of Art presents ' The Louvre and the Masterpiece ', which will explore how the definition of a "masterpiece," as well as taste and connoisseurship, have changed over time. The exhibition will...

Romero Britto, Inspired Artist And Nice Guy

Meeting the Painter In His Miami Gallery 18 years of success have brought Romero Britto fame and fortune but he remains a thoroughly nice guy. Britto Central, Romero Britto's gallery at 818 Lincoln Road, Miami, was ready for a...

Post-it Note Mona Lisa is an attention-getter, if not a contest-winner

By PAT SHAVER • pshaver@dmreg.com • October 13, 2008 Ottumwa, Ia. - Shay Hovell may be the only Iowan with a Mona Lisa, but he would gladly trade her for a swimming pool. Hovell was sure that his masterpiece would be the winner...

National Gallery’s Renaissance Faces: Van Eyck to Titian

The telling detail of Renaissance life ignites a renewed sense of the power of portraiture, says Richard Dorment Whenever the words “Renaissance” and “portrait” appear in the same sentence, art historians instinctively reach...

Catholics get pain relief from Virgin Mary

A U.K. study finds that devout Catholics have less pain than agnostics and atheists when viewing a painting of the Virgin Mary and being mildly shocked with electricity. U.K. researchers Katja Wiech, Michel Farias, Irene...

Italian is a Language Easy to Fall in Love With

very animated. This is one reason why it is always linked with feelings of love and romance. Love is in the Italian Air You might be wondering what made Italian a language of love. Let us trace some reasons behind this claim:...

Man of words: Lawrence resident gaining reputation for work in choral field

Even as he gains fame as a choral lyricist, Tony Silvestri doesn’t feel comfortable in the world of music. After all, his advanced degrees are in Roman and medieval history. “I have trouble identifying myself as an artist...

Light Touch: Exploring Humor in Drawing Exhibit

Images from Leonardo da Vinci to 1900 at Los Angeles' Getty Museum "A Light Touch: Exploring Humor in Drawing" describes the varieties of humor in European works of art on paper from the Renaissance to 1900. Exhibited at Los...

Art mystery solved: The Ugly Duchess had Paget's disease

One of the art world's most abiding mysteries has been resolved with the discovery that the subject of a Flemish masterpiece popularly known as The Ugly Duchess was more than simply grotesque. It has emerged that in fact the...

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