An ode to (Donatello’s) David Surprising in form and in story, my body so youthful and shiny. Arse sticking out, an androgynous pout, am I myth, my Medici, or city? Composed in the Bargello in Florence, March 2011 Donatello probably made his famous...
An ode to Judith with the Head of Holofernes – 08/2/11 Gentileschi depicted three faces in a quite economical space as though they’d been disturbed (they look fairly perturbed as they rush to hide murderous traces.) The painting is Artemesia Gentileschi’s ‘Judith with...
An ode to Amore Dormiente Love by traditional inkling: A mischievous child with eyes twinkling. Imagine instead love lying half dead. What was Caravaggio thinking? Composed on AHA Spring Course, 08/2/11 The painting is Caravaggio’s ‘Sleeping Cupid’, painted in 1608 when the...
