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“Expulsion from the Garden of Eden” by Masaccio, 1425 [Newberry on Great Art series]

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An Artist’s View: Michael Newberry on Key Works of Art in History Michael Newberry is a California-based artist who has exhibited across Europe and North America. He is the author of books on color theory, philosophy of art, modernism and postmodernism in art, and art history. We invited him into our studio for this series […]

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A prodigious practical joke in music

1 Comment / Music / Stephen Hicks

Reprising this Dmitri Shostakovich story of Alexander Glazunov‘s astounding musical memory. Glazunov was one of Shostakovich’s teachers in St. Petersburg, and by all accounts his ability to retain and recapitulate music was perfect. Here’s the practical joke played upon a visiting composer, Sergei Taneyev: “Taneyev had come to Petersburg from Moscow to show his new

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Ulysses in the Land of the Laestrygonians [Newberry on Great Art series]

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Rimsky-Korsakov on the “hardship” of the composer’s life

1 Comment / Business Ethics, Music / Stephen Hicks

According to Shostakovich: “Rimsky-Korsakov used to say that he refused to acknowledge any complaints from composers about their hard lot in life. He explained his position thus: Talk to a bookkeeper and he’ll start complaining about life and his work. Work has ruined him, it’s so dull and boring. You see, the bookkeeper had planned

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“Expulsion from the Garden of Eden” by Masaccio, 1425 [Newberry on Great Art series]

A prodigious practical joke in music

Ulysses in the Land of the Laestrygonians [Newberry on Great Art series]

Rimsky-Korsakov on the “hardship” of the composer’s life

Battle of Alexander, 250 BCE [Newberry on Great Art series]

“Hera of Samos,” 560 BCE [Newberry on Great Art series]

“Doryphoros” by Polykleitos, c. 450-440 BCE [Newberry on Great Art series]

“Kroisos,” 540-515 BCE [Newberry on Great Art series]