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Renaissance Collage Adventures Unite in The Immortal John Triptych
games29 days ago

Renaissance Collage Adventures Unite in The Immortal John Triptych

The Immortal John Triptych bundles Joe Richardson’s three Renaissance-inspired puzzle-adventure games—Four Last Things, The Procession to Calvary, and Death of the Reprobate—into a single Xbox release with never-before-seen deleted scenes, updated language parity, an expanded Eduardo Antonello soundtrack, and new presentation features. The games are built around cutting Renaissance paintings into collage-based scenes, creating a sandbox-like museum experience where puzzles, dialogue, and surreal humor weave together as players meet locals and navigate themes of sin, death, and heaven in a whimsical medieval world.

via Xbox Wire|
#anthology#collage-art#games
Renaissance-Quirky Trilogy Lands on Switch as The Immortal John Triptych
gaming29 days ago

Renaissance-Quirky Trilogy Lands on Switch as The Immortal John Triptych

Nintendo Life reports that The Immortal John Triptych bundles three absurd Renaissance-themed point-and-click adventures—Four Last Things, The Procession to Calvary, and Death of the Reprobate—into a remastered Switch package arriving on Switch 1 & Switch 2 later this year, with a unified UI, new scenes, QoL upgrades, hundreds of Renaissance paintings, and period music; the trio previously earned Metacritic scores of 83, 78, and 81.

via Nintendo Life|
#absurdist-humor#gaming#indie-games
Dick Wolf Donates 200 Artworks to The Met Museum
art-and-design2 years ago

Dick Wolf Donates 200 Artworks to The Met Museum

Dick Wolf, the creator of "Law & Order," has gifted over 200 artworks, including paintings, sculptures, and drawings, to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The donation includes works by renowned artists such as Botticelli, the Gentileschis, and van Gogh. In addition to the artworks, Wolf has made a substantial financial contribution, resulting in the naming of two galleries in the department of European sculpture and decorative arts after him. The collection reflects Wolf's passion for older works, and some of the promised gifts were recent purchases, including a Botticelli painting and an Orazio Gentileschi painting. The Met's director, Max Hollein, described the donation as one of the most significant gifts to the museum in recent memory, praising Wolf's connoisseurship and financial support for the museum's collection displays and scholarly pursuits.

via The New York Times|
#art-and-design#art-donation#baroque-art
Controversy over 'David' statue leads to Florida principal's resignation.
education3 years ago

Controversy over 'David' statue leads to Florida principal's resignation.

The principal of Tallahassee Classical School in Florida, Hope Carrasquilla, has resigned after a parent complained that sixth graders were exposed to pornography during a lesson on Renaissance art that included Michelangelo’s “David” sculpture. The instruction also included Michelangelo’s “Creation of Adam” painting and Botticelli’s “Birth of Venus.” The “David” statue’s nudity has been part of a centuries-old debate about art pushing boundaries and the rules of censorship.

via syracuse.com|
#censorship#controversy#education
The Dark and Grotesque Art of Leonardo da Vinci.
art3 years ago

The Dark and Grotesque Art of Leonardo da Vinci.

A new exhibition at the National Gallery in London showcases Leonardo da Vinci's grotesque caricatures, which anticipate the anxiety of Munch and the horror of Francis Bacon. These drawings depict irregular, diseased, and aged faces whose "monstrous" distortions Leonardo drew with daunting precision. The exhibition also features a painting by Quinten Massys, which is a careful copy of a lost caricature by Leonardo da Vinci. The ultimate theme of these drawings is human decay, portraying the universal human condition in the bleakest way possible.

via The Guardian|
#art#caricatures#leonardo-da-vinci