Paideia

It's all about me!!! and Elmo!!! Well, I haven't very much to share with you today. However, I do have this photo. I encourag...

Christmas tree at the Promenade on the Peninsula I'm not fond of the consumerist elements that have come to define the holiday seas...

Detail from The Turkish Bath (1862) by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres On this date in 1782, Mozart's Abduction from the Seraglio w...

Detail from a Portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach (1748) by Elias Gottlob Haussmann It would be a gross negligence, an injustice, if we ...

Detail of the Triumph of Virtue and Nobility over Ignorance (1750) by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo More Venetian baroque for today. Thi...

Detail of View of the Santa Maria della Salute with the Dogana di Mare (1780) by Francesco Guardi We can't let the day pass withou...

Detail of Regina (2011) by Sylvia Ji  " Gilded Roses " is an exhibition of new works by Sylvia Ji , on view at the Corey He...

Winter (1755) by Jean-Honore Fragonard  A new season begins, Winter, my least favorite time of the year. The holidays are rarely ...

An Italian Autumn (1844) by Thomas Cole  Summer passes without giving the South Bay much of a visit this year. Our marine layer has s...

John Carter of Mars and Dejah Thoris (2009) by Julie Bell and Boris Vallejo  Since I'm in a bit of a rush today, we'll comp...

Vanitas Still Life by Pieter Gerritsz van Roestraeten One of my favorite baroque composers in Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber . His m...

Detail of Judith Slaying Holofernes (c. 1620) by Artemisia Gentileschi On this date in 1593, Artemisia Gentileschi was born. She is ...

Summer (1909) by Frank W. Benson Woo hoo!!! My favorite season is upon us! Summer, a time of warmth and long days. . . Of course, her...

Anne Sofie von Otter Today marks the 56th birthday of Anne Sofie von Otter, a Swedish mezzo-soprano, who is among my favorite singers. No...

La Primavera , (c.1482), Sandro Botticelli Antonio Vivaldi was born 333 years ago, on March 4, 1678. Born in Venice, his music captures th...