"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

18 June 2015

Happy birthday, Ammannati.

Ammannati, Fountain of Juno (Ceres detail), 1563


Bartolommeo Ammannati was born in this date in 1511.

You must forget all your theories, all your ideas before the subject. What part of these is really your own will be expressed in your expression of the emotion awakened in you by the subject. 

Henri Matisse

Thank You, Dr. Richardson.

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