by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jul 19, 2010 | Art History, General
Sofonisba Anguissola (1530–1625), born in Cremona into an aristocratic family, the best known of six painter sisters. She trained with Bernardino Campi and Gatti. Due to the constraints imposed on women of her time, she did not have access to anatomy studies or...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jul 15, 2010 | Food | Cooking, General
Maiale all’Anguissola (pork with capers and sundried tomatoes) A very popular Studio Italia dish since it is delicious and can be prepared quickly. Keep in mind that capers (capperi), that grow wild in Italy, should always be added at the end of cooking to...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jul 12, 2010 | Food | Cooking, Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting
An Italian philosopher is certainly needed for our painting workshops—and who better than the Neapolitan Giovanni Battista Vico (1668–1744) with his well-known verum esse ipsum factum (“truth itself is constructed”). As Vico argued through his famous principle first...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jul 7, 2010 | General, Painting
During the Fall of 2009, Prof. Yves M. Larocque and his students decided to put up a show of the works that would be produced in class (010F Resource) in the course of two semesters. In March 2010, the paintings were finally ready to be shown. This whole experience...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jul 5, 2010 | General, Painting
First July posting… a short one. Still recuperating from a walkthearts day in Canada’s national region with a delightful painting afternoon in a brucite mine near Wakefield, followed by a gargantuous Italian meal at our walkthearts home office. We surely enjoyed the...
