Art I love and art I’ve created
I’ve been in the NY-Metro area since I moved to the USA, and perhaps one of the best things about living in the greatest city in the world is that once you know it well, you can have tons of fun for very little money. I studied Art history, so I am a BIG …
How appropriate that I should end up at a Loire style castle during my trip to Medellin, Colombia. I spent a whole semester at Rutgers studying Loire Valley Chateaux like Blois and never imagined that there would be one modeled after them on the hills of the City of Eternal Spring. I’ll take this as …
Cartagena is freakin’ lovely and has something for everyone…seriously. If you’re into beaches, there are plenty (although the nicer ones are on islands to be reached by boat). If you’re into food, Cartagena has tons – not just Colombian either. And if you’re into history and architecture – Colombia has even more of that. Cartagena’s Door …
Ran into an incredible piece from Colombian born artist Natalia Giraldo at the Museo de Antioquia in Medellin, Colombia. I liked it so much, I had to research it as soon as I got home. The sculpture, made of salt, sat alone in a room. It depicts the ruins of two female figures; the Virgin Mary, …
I am a huge fan of museums…guess that comes along with being an Art History major in university. When you go to Paris, going to the Louvre is a must (but only after you’ve read these Tips for Visiting The Louvre). That being said, it is one of the largest museums in the world. This means …
One of my all time favorite Art History classes at Rutgers was with Professor Jocelyn Penny Small. She is a powerhouse of an instructor who taught Etruscan Art. She no longer teaches at Rutgers, but if you are interested at all in this type of subject, I highly recommend you pick up her books and papers …
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One of my favorite examples of Italian Renaissance is located in between the Trastevere neighborhood of Rome and the Vatican. It’s Bramante’s Tempietto. I highly recommend that you go to see it when you visit the eternal city. Bramante’s Tempietto First thing you need to know is that it is not the easiest structure to …
I HATE TIMES SQUARE. Don’t get me wrong. I am glad to have it. It brings tourist dollars and that’s fantastic. But you will never see me in Times Square unless I absolutely have to go there. You can imagine my dismay when I ended up staying in Madrid’s version of Times Square. It was …
For those of you who don’t yet know this about me, I majored in Art History at Rutgers. The original plan was to go into law, but stupid me took an Art History class and fell in love. What nobody told me was that in the US art historians make about $30,000 per year and …
Writing about Paris is a daunting task – didn’t know what I was getting into when I started this post. Needless to say, this is a work in Progress – check back for updates – I will complete this one (and the separate detailed arrondissement posts) soon. What can I say about Paris that other …
You’ve been dreaming of going to Versailles. After all, it is the most beautiful Castle in the world, right? Abso-freakin-lutely. But you’ll hate it. Why, you ask? Because, just like Venice and Dubrovnik, Versailles is a place that is ridiculously overrun by idiotic tourists who don’t even know how to behave. The volumes of people are …
I am not a fan of vandalism, graffiti included. Nothing aggravates me off more than idiots who scratch up Etruscan catacombs in Rome, Chinese tourists who scratchiti their names into Egyptian Tombs, American imbeciles who break fingers off 600-year-old sculptures, or feel they are entitled to touch artwork with their grubby disgusting fingers. I’ve been …
I love art but figured quickly that I was not talented enough to make a living out of it. But, whatevs…I still love painting and do so whenever I get a little spare time between my duties at FriendsEAT and Socialdraft. Here’s a little sampling of “Blanca Valbuena Art”. Blanca Valbuena Art I’m a big fan of …