Insult to injury
The entry of Napoleon’s troops into Spain in early 1808 began a tragic period in the country’s history, known in Spain as the War of Independence, and in English as the Peninsular War…
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Friday 28 September 2012
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Thursday 27 September 2012
The jewellery of Empress Margarita of Austria
This is the second post by Brisbane Jeweller, Barbara Heath focusing on the jewellery in ’Portrait of Spain: Masterpieces from the Prado‘. ‘Margarita was born on 12 July 1651, the daughter of Philip IV and Mariana of…
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Tuesday 25 September 2012
Become a sculpture
‘Sculpture is Everything‘ currently on display at GOMA explores the extraordinarily diverse and surprising field of contemporary sculpture. Though not grand in scale or complicated technically, the video One minute sculptures by Erwin…
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Friday 21 September 2012
The jewellery of Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia
This is the first of six posts by Brisbane Jeweller, Barbara Heath focusing on jewellery in ’Portrait of Spain: Masterpieces from the Prado‘ currently on view at the Queensland Art Gallery. Barbara is giving a…
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Wednesday 12 September 2012
Queensland New Media Scholarship
With only days to go before the close of entries to the Queensland New Media Scholarship — excitement is starting to build around the office as the last assortment of applications come in. The…
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Friday 7 September 2012
Suffering, penance and martyrdom
The ocean of imagery in which we are all immersed makes it difficult to appreciate the power that resided (and continues to) in the painted (and sculpted) image during the sixteenth and seventeenth…
