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...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jun 29, 2010 | Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting
As all my former students know, art is much more than the mechanics of painting such as basic color principles and fundamental techniques. You can find all this information on the Net and in so many books sold in Barnes and Noble, Chapters, Amazon… in brief the...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jun 21, 2010 | Food | Cooking, General
Just came back from Toronto where we attended the conference by the Independent Art Media OnFire, which was in fact very interesting. We would like to underline the keynote closing address by the artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer who talked about his interest in creating...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jun 16, 2010 | Food | Cooking, General
Agnello alla Lega (Lamb with golden raisins, saffron, and juniper berries) Another Studio Italia recipe. A lamb without tomatoes. Delicious and different as we do not often see lamb cooked in light-coloured sauces. Accompany with a Gewurztraminer; it may be from the...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jun 15, 2010 | Art History, Food | Cooking
Alberti, Leon Battista (1404-1472), born in Genoa. One of the first Renaissance humanists, Alberti excelled as an architect, sculptor, painter, art theorist and writer. He wrote on a wide variety of subjects, including painting (Della Pittura), architecture (De re...
