Nicholas Orsini
Biographic Data
| ID | 5890735 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nicholas Orsini |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nicholas |
| FAMILY NAME | Orsini |
| SIGNATURE | ORSINI N |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1951 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Goya
Licht believes that Goya was an artist whose attitude toward life and art is 'specially pertinent to the development of Modern art in general and to our times in particular'. Goya was born into a world whose social and economic conditions were undergoing important changes and an artist's role in it was no longer clear and ordained. 'The church and the dynasty, which needed the artist as much as the artist needed them, were no longer there to spon…
Leonardo's Rules of Painting
Memorials, Vanitas and Death Themes in My Recent Mixed-Media Paintings
The author outlines the development of his paintings from 1972 to 1977 . He discusses three manifestations of death themes in his work: memorials, Vanitas still lifes and Fossil Gardens, and the influence of painters of the past on his work. His use of decalcomania (a paint-removal technique) is explained. He emphasizes his concern with ‘universal’ themes as subject matter, but, quoting Ortega Y Gasset, he indicates that artists today are often b…
Joan Miro
Pictures as Arguments
Painting
The author describes in detail his set of five variations based on the painting of ‘The Last Supper’ by Jacobo Carucci (Pontormo). The circumstances that caused him to paint them are mentioned, as are his views on the question of form and content in painting. Two Christian ideas, the reality of the God Christ and the immortality of the flesh, are under attack in his Pontormo variations
Communication from N. Orsini
Edgar A. Poe Studi
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Edgar A. Poe Studi
Communication from N. Orsini
Painting
The author describes in detail his set of five variations based on the painting of ‘The Last Supper’ by Jacobo Carucci (Pontormo). The circumstances that caused him to paint them are mentioned, as are his views on the question of form and content in painting. Two Christian ideas, the reality of the God Christ and the immortality of the flesh, are under attack in his Pontormo variations
Pictures as Arguments
Joan Miro
Memorials, Vanitas and Death Themes in My Recent Mixed-Media Paintings
The author outlines the development of his paintings from 1972 to 1977 . He discusses three manifestations of death themes in his work: memorials, Vanitas still lifes and Fossil Gardens, and the influence of painters of the past on his work. His use of decalcomania (a paint-removal technique) is explained. He emphasizes his concern with ‘universal’ themes as subject matter, but, quoting Ortega Y Gasset, he indicates that artists today are often b…
Goya
Licht believes that Goya was an artist whose attitude toward life and art is 'specially pertinent to the development of Modern art in general and to our times in particular'. Goya was born into a world whose social and economic conditions were undergoing important changes and an artist's role in it was no longer clear and ordained. 'The church and the dynasty, which needed the artist as much as the artist needed them, were no longer there to spon…
Leonardo's Rules of Painting
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