1.  Who's Who in Portraits
    See how all great portraits are representations of the artist, many even looking like the artist. To think of portraits as accurate portrayals of a historical person is a huge mistake; that is not what poetic artists intend.

Portraits 1 - Early Netherlandish
Portraits 3 - British Monarchs
Portraits 2 - Napoleon and French Rulers
Portraits 4 - Renaissance Faces
Portraits 5 - Artists Wives
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2. Michelangelo's Art Through Michelangelo's Eyes
in 3 Parts

Michelangelo's Art .....- Part One
Michelangelo's Art .....- Part Two
Michelangelo's Art .....- Part Three

 

3. Michelangelo's Head-shaped Compositions
   (advertised in the Art Newspaper, May 2007)

Read in more detail about Michelangelo's head-shaped compositions for the Last Judgment

more on May 2007 ad in The Art Newspaper

 

3.  Michelangelo's anatomical self-portrait in the Last Judgment
    (as advertised in the Art Newspaper, June 2007)

Read about how a self-portrait of Michelangelo self-portrait is hidden in the torso of St. Peter. Other self-portraits are also revealed to demonstrate the observation's truth.

Unseen Michelangelo Self Portrait (June 2007)
More on Michelangelo's self-portrait
More on hidden faces in Renaissance art
More on Dante's face in Signorelli's Last Judgment


4. Manet's Art Through Manet's Eyes

Manet's masterpiece, Le Dejeuner sur l'Herbe, has never made much sense.
Now, for the first time ever, you can see the painting through the penetrating
eyes of the artist himself - and it makes sense!
Moreover, Picasso and Cezanne knew his secret.

Manet's Le Dejeuner and Mlle. V. Simply Explained

 

Part 1 of 2: Le Dejeuner sur L'Herbe Explained
Part 2 of 2: "Picasso and Cezanne on Manet"