by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Dec 16, 2010 | Art History, Food | Cooking, General, Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting
The Art of Cooking! In the latter part of the 15th Century, the great chef, Maestro Martino de Rossi, who worked for both the Princes of the State and the Church, wrote what seems to be the first truly cooking manuscript in Italy. Following the humoral theory of the...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Dec 12, 2010 | Art History, General, Inspiration |Thoughts
The Lives of Others by Monica Marquez As we all know Monica Marquez is icscis/walkthearts’ project manager. Her last show in Ottawa provoked much discussion within the artist and gallery community, the purpose of art. As a result, Monica’s works are featured as the...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Nov 8, 2010 | Art History, Food | Cooking, Inspiration |Thoughts
Painting and eating Two treatises were written in the beginning of the Italian Renaissance. The first one in Florence in 1436 by the great humanist, Leon Battista Alberti, entitled Della Pittura (On Painting), and the second one in Rome around 1460 by the “eminent”...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Nov 3, 2010 | En français, General, Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting
Thank you and Merci! In October, Yves M. Larocque was appointed honorary president of Colors on the Bay, an art exhibition regrouping more than 30 artists from Québec and Ontario. What follows, is his conclusion key note to everyone who participated in this great...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Oct 28, 2010 | General, Inspiration |Thoughts
The Visual Arts in Ottawa; A time for change? Summary of panel discussion which took place on Friday October 22 at the Enriched Bread Artists studios in Ottawa, Canada. The four panelist were Peter Honeywell (E.D. Council for the Arts in Ottawa), Patrick Mikhail...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Oct 14, 2010 | Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting
A Vanishing Point Before Tuscany, I was on a horizon line in search of a vanishing point. This painting journey has brought questions forward. How to express the essential with a few colours, lines and contrast? This is not a text… Avant la...
