I need my senses to think noted the philosopher Ludwig Feurbach in 1841. Perhaps, too, it is the desire of many artists to exercise one’s senses like a muscle in order to strengthen sensitivity. One associates picture making primarily with training the eye but developing other faculties as well can add an unexpected richness to one’s visual vocabulary.
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I need my senses to think noted the philosopher Ludwig Feurbach in 1841. Perhaps, too, it is the desire of many artists to exercise one’s senses like a muscle in order to strengthen sensitivity. One associates picture making primarily with training the eye but developing other faculties as well can add an unexpected richness to one’s visual vocabulary.Student Success: Chloe Vallance – Group exhibition
Journey Home, Chloe Vallance
2014 alumna Chloe Vallance is currently exhibiting her work as part of a group exhibition at the Fehily Contemporary Gallery in Melbourne, Australia.
We invited Chloe to tell us a little more about the shows opening and the work she is exhibiting … Continue reading Student Success: Chloe Vallance – Group exhibition
Rome’s Art History: Angelology
I confess I don’t even know how to start a blog post. Blogs are typically opinion pieces and angelology; my research field isn’t about giving one’s own opinions.
Approaching angelology from the direction of history requires factuality – as much as one can talk about factuality in the case of angels. The first rule of angelology thus remains that you don’t chit-chat about angels or else you get confused with a preacher, which might compromise the credibility of your research. Having said that, the Rome Art Program’s idea of including angels in their blog sounded charming, so I decided to give it a clumsy go.
Faculty Works: The Window at 125
Window noun
win·dow (wĭn′dō)
An opening in the wall or roof of a building or vehicle, fitted with glass in a frame to admit light or air and allow people to see out…
Or in the case of The Window at 125, encouraging people to look in. Continue reading Faculty Works: The Window at 125
Reflections: Liliana Perez – Student, 2011
I washed my feet, as soon as I got into the apartment. After a while I felt as if the dirt on my feet, was a residue, dragged on to the ground, from history. At times I felt that my feet were turning into sponges, gathering the history left behind. When I sat down to draw, the earth under my feet , beckoned me to draw their spirit on to my watercolor, brava! What was I really painting? Continue reading Reflections: Liliana Perez – Student, 2011