The One about Giacomo Manzu’s Striptease sculptures

When it comes to Italian modern sculptors, Giacomo Manzu (December 1908-January 1991) is renown. He was self-taught and was commissioned by architect Giovanni Muzio for the decoration of the chapel of Universita Cattolica del Caro Cuore but his popularity is from his work at the Read More …

The One about the Painted Anthropoid Coffin at the Matsuoka Museum of Art in Meguro

At the Matsuoka Museum of Art in Meguro is a painted anthropoid coffin. Presented in painted wood, plaster and gold and was found in Egypt, the coffin was created during the late period during the 30th Dynasty of the Early Ptolemaic Perod ala the 4th Read More …

The One about Antonine Bourdelle’s “Grand Penelope”

One of my favorite sculptors is Emile-Antoine Bourdelle, an influential and prolific French sculptor, painter and teacher. From his dark sketches (inspired by classic and contemporary literature) to his earlier career to the amazing sculpture he would make a few years later through the early Read More …