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Things done, or maybe things read.

Category: Art History

Written by Bronte CronsberryFebruary 20, 2019February 20, 2019

Comparing Like with Like: David Statues from Donatello to Samsung

The Western art tradition is filled with repetitive motifs, that appear across many periods with variations and adaptions to fit current trends but are ultimately of the same event. Due to the development of Christianity alongside this art tradition Bible stories and religious themes are often the basis of those motifs. However, society has been […]

Written by Bronte CronsberryDecember 12, 2018December 25, 2018

Finding Space: Thoughts on Edward Burtynsky and Robert Houle

I dislike attempting to move through crowded spaces and this dislike is intensified when I am attempting to make a connection with art or history in an exhibition. However while trying to get a moment to take in the photographs at the Anthropocene exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario my distaste felt fairly ironic. […]

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