Lorenzo Ghiberti, GATES OF PARADISE

Lorenzo Ghiberti, Gates of Paradise Formerly on the Baptistery of San Giovanni, Florence. c. 1435. Gilded bronze, 79 cm square. Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Florence. Italian Renaissance The Gates of Paradise are an incredible example of linear perspective in sculpture, as well as the representation of classic architecture. The figures in the scenes are realistic,…

Claus Sluter, WELL OF MOSES

Claus Sluter, Well of Moses The Chartreuse de Champmol, Dijon, France. 1395-1406. Limestone with traces of paint, height of figures about 1.69 m. Northern Renaissance It is the detail in the hair and the emotion in the faces that give away Well of Moses as a Northern Renaissance sculpture. As with the painting of this…

What Do Voters Want?

In Campaign Craft: The Strategies, Tactics, and Art of Political Campaign Management, 4th edition, edited by Shea and Burton, what the voters want, what the candidate has to offer, and what the opponent brings to the table are all discussed as important elements to a political campaign (loc. 1567). Trump seems to run his campaign in…

Jackson Pollock, AUTUMN RHYTHM (NUMBER 30)

Jackson Pollock, Autumn Rhythm (Number 30) Oil on canvas, 2.66 X 5.25 m. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Action painting/Modern art Jackson Pollock began the movement of art in the act of painting itself. No longer was the finished product the only thing of importance. The way that the product itself was just as,…

Opposition Research: An Easy Target

Craft claims that there are four types of information involved in opposition research: political, campaign finance, career, and personal (Shea and Burton loc. 781). Hillary Clinton has not had much of a career prior to politics, so there is not a great deal of attacks targeting that section of information, but there are a wealth…