A recent article highlights the Spanish artist Vincente Romero who is continuing the classical tradition in pastel. "Vicente Romero's artistic influences are rooted in the classical tradition. He holds a deep admiration for 17th-century masters like Rembrandt and Velázquez." Read the full article here.
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| Black Veil |
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| Looking at the Future |
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| Radiance |
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| Vincente Romero in his studio |
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| A Peaceful Afternoon |
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| A New Day Dawns |
From the article "History's Most Famous Sculptures" is a collection of long admired and regarded sculptures around the world, and a few that are more infamous than famous. Some I have seen, others I am looking forward to seeing and some I don't care if I ever see. I have seen Winged Victory and the Venus de Milo (both in the Louvre), and Perseus with the Head of Medusa and David by Donatello (both in Florence). I saw a copy of Michelangelo's Pietà that was about half the size of the original. It was very impressive.
Winged Victory of Samothrace (Louvre)
Pietà (Vatican Museum)
David by Michelangelo (Galleria dell’Accademia, Florence)
The Discus Thrower (Glyptothek, Munich)
Laocoön and His Sons (Vatican Museum)
Venus de Milo (Louvre)
Perseus with the Head of Medusa (Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence)
The Rape of Proserpina (Galleria Borghese, Rome)
Ecstasy of Saint Teresa (Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome)
David by Donatello (Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence. )
Statue of Liberty (Liberty Island, New York)
Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.)
Nefertiti Bust (Neues Museum, Berlin)
Terracotta Army (Xi’an, China)
Great Sphinx (Giza, Egypt)
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| Winged Victory of Samothrace | Pietà | David |
And the not so great:
Manneken Pis (Brussels, Belgium)
The Thinker (Musée Rodin, Paris)
Monument to Yuri Gagarin (Leninsky Prospekt, Moscow)
Maman (National Gallery, Ottawa)
Venus of Willendorf (Natural History Museum, Vienna)
Unique Forms of Continuity (Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil)
Cloud Gate (AT&T Plaza, Chicago)
Fountain by Duchamp (original lost, multiple copies world-wide)