ART AFICIONADO

Sunday, September 4, 2022

Lorenzo Pasinelli

Art Appreciation

Born on September 4, 1629 in Bologna, Lorenzo Pasinelli was an Italian painter trained in the studio of Simone Cantarini. Despite the training of Bolognese classicism, Pasinelli's works embraced more of Late Renaissance style where over exaggerated harmonious qualities results in asymmetrical elegance.

Love disarmed by the nymphs of Diana (1685-1695)

Penitent Mary Magdalen

The Risen Christ visit his Mother (1657)

Source:

Wikipedia

http://www.hellenicaworld.com/Art/Paintings/en/LorenzoPasinelli.html

https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/diana-al-bagno-con-le-ninfe-pasinelli-lorenzo/5gEf1x01zuCOaA

http://catholictruth.net/CTNet_RC/en/archive.asp?d=20180403

Saturday, September 3, 2022

Phil Stern

Photography Appreciation

A self described "humble paparazzo," Phil Stern captured Hollywood celebrities in their most natural state.

Born on September 3, 1919, Stern was an American photographer who got his start with a camera as a war photographer in World War II. He earned a Purple Heart for his courage capturing US troops in combat. After his service, he settled in Los Angeles and started as a staff photographer for LOOK magazine.

Stern is recognized for capturing some of the most iconic portraits of Hollywood starts which included Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, Louis Armstrong, and Ella Fitzgerald.

Marilyn Monroe (1953)

James Dean (1955)

Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong (1952)

Sources:

Wikipedia

https://www.artsy.net/artwork/phil-stern-james-dean-on-motorcycle-sitting-on-front-los-angeles

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/dec/19/phil-stern

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2014/dec/16/phil-stern-hollywood-photographer-in-pictures

Thursday, September 1, 2022

Daryl Hall & John Oates - Whole Oats

Music Appreciation

In September 1972, Daryl Hall and John Oates released their debut studio album, Whole Oates.

Prior to becoming a pop rock duo, Hall And Oates met at a band competition in Philadelphia in 1967. Discovering they had similar music interest, they began to collaborate. A few years later, they signed with Atlantic Records.

On May 28, 2015, British band Kitty, Daisy and Lewis performed with Daryl Hall I'm Sorry, the first song in the Whole Oates album, in an episode of Live from Daryl's House.