Point Of View: Amber Sander – Teaching Assistant & Ex-Student

Colosseum, Rome

Coming together in the early morning hours for a macchiato to talk about the days agenda, when only street carts and pigeons linger in the cobble-stoned streets, makes every job I’ve ever had look mediocre in comparison. Rome in truth is a working city, capable of balancing its ancient heritage while still allowing for modern life to exist seamlessly around it. As an artist, every minute spent in Rome places you in a state of euphoria, from the hustle and bustle of every day life, to observing living history all around you. Continue reading Point Of View: Amber Sander – Teaching Assistant & Ex-Student

Point Of View: Anthony Lombardi, Teaching Assistant

Vista di Roma dal Gianicolo

The Janiculum (Gianicolo). Nine-thirty in the morning in front of the panoramic lane which overlooks the unsettling city. With its warm colours of painted stucco and brick buildings, baked-clay roof tiles in both the Portuguese and Roman styles, white facades made from marble shipped down from Carrara or yellowish travertine ones, bluish-grey domes and different shades of green coming from the Platanus trees along the Tibur or other species of plants speckled about the larger avenues or squares. Continue reading Point Of View: Anthony Lombardi, Teaching Assistant

Point Of View: Jose Grave De Peralta – The darkness of Roman light in Caravaggio and Michelangelo

The Calling of Saint Matthew, 1599-1600, Caravaggio
The Calling of Saint Matthew, 1599-1600, Caravaggio

Ask any painter: Roman light is splendid. But beware! Continue reading Point Of View: Jose Grave De Peralta – The darkness of Roman light in Caravaggio and Michelangelo

Point Of View: Frances Middendorf – Seeing the Light

Over the last week here in Rome, I had the fortune to visit the church of San Pietro in Montorio on the Janiculum hill with museum director and scholar Peter van der Brink and a Belgian art enthusiast. Continue reading Point Of View: Frances Middendorf – Seeing the Light