Portrait of Pompey the Great Period: Late Republican ca. 50 B.C. Roman Marble ART Antiquities: Art & Design During the Time of Alexander the Great at the Met (continued – Issue #3) (From the Met Museum of Art NYC Exhibition: Pergamon and the Hellenistic Kingdoms of the Ancient World) The Hellenistic Age […]
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SPECIAL EDITORIAL: A Point of View by Editor/Publisher Jack A. Atkinson This point-of-view is specifically one person’s opinion and we recognize many differing opinions exist. “DEEP-THOUGHTS about Ethnicity” I have decided that ethnicity (race) is less about skin color and other physical features and more about our geographic heritage and the external cultural influences which […]
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Stater of Mithridates VI Eupator (120-63 BC) ART Antiquities: Art & Design During the Time of Alexander the Great at the Met (continued – Issue #2) (From the Met Museum of Art NYC Exhibition: Pergamon and the Hellenistic Kingdoms of the Ancient World) Terracotta statuette of the Diadoumenos (youth tying a fillet around his […]
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Limestone metope with battle scene. Greek, Hellenistic period, late 3rd-mid-2nd century b.c. ART Antiquities: Art & Design during and after Alexander the Great (From the Met Museum of Art NYC Exhibition: Pergamon and the Hellenistic Kingdoms of the Ancient World) The Hellenistic Age that followed the conquests of Alexander the Great witnessed unprecedented cultural exchange […]
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ART “A Mid-America Road Trip” Photo Essay by Jack A. Atkinson As summer comes to an end, most Americans have done some sort of recreation, taken some time off from work, or gone on a vacation, to recharge their batteries and to attach a memory to the 2016 summer season. ARTSnFOOD’s editor / publisher Jack A. Atkinson shows some […]
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“Marilyn” by Andy Warhol ART MARILYN MONROE is AN ICONIC IMAGE in CONTEMPORARY ART Marilyn Monroe has become as much a part of the art scene as the contemporary art stars who are featured at major art galleries and art auctions. As a “Madonna figure”, a beautiful symbol of the perfect female body, as a model for photographers […]
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“Cedar Drawing” by Jack A. Atkinson, Ink & Brush on Arches Paper I STOPPED MAKING ART DURING “ADOLESCENCE POSTURING” – THINKING I WAS NO GOOD & I WAS EMBARRASSED TO BE AN ARTIST! AS AN ADULT, I LONG FOR THE LOVE I LOST. Editor’s Note: This issue has been adapted from The Painters Keys blog. […]
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A Native American Brave (detail of marble sculpture) Artist: Randolph Rogers 1825-1892 title: “Atala and Chactas” c. 1854 ART At Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art a new exhibit, titled “Changing Perspectives of Native Americans”, shows how the American Indians were portrayed by European and early Euro-American artists. Currently in one of Crystal Bridges’ museum galleries […]
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Detail of art installation: “Yellow Sphere”, medium: translucent plex & steel wires, 220 cm diameter by artist Lulio le Parc ART 1 Looking inside “The Mind of an Artist!” For the most part, artists and creative people make their work alone. So “self-talk” is generally the only conversation going-on, in the artist’s studio! • From […]
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A Douglas Coupland De-recognize Photographic Portrait. Douglas Coupland featured artist at the ARMORY SHOW NYC 2016 Canadian Douglas Coupland is the author of many non-fiction books & novels and currently is the visual artist in residence at the Google Cultural Institute in Paris, France, among many other impressive resume listings in the publishing world and […]