|
|
Article: Michael Bergt at Midtown Payson. (New York, New York)(Review of Exhibitions)
- Article from:
- Art in America
- Article date:
- December 1, 1993
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1993 Brant Publications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
To cross the threshold of this exhibition was to enter a time warp with an added twist. At first glance, the small figurative pictures, meticulously rendered in a painstaking egg-tempera medium, elicited memories of Italian Renaissance panel paintings. Had we been mysteriously transported back to, say, quattrocento Ferrara, and were these enigmatic images - with their subtle aura of fantasy, psychological torment and impending crisis - somehow related to the crystal - clear solemnities of Cosimo Tura and Francesco del Cossa? A second look, however, yielded the kink, the realization that these seemingly italianate pictures owe a good deal more to those binary stars of some ...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:
|
|
Article: New York Life Marks Its 160th Anniversary; ...
Business Wire;
April 11, 2005 ;
700+ words
...NEW YORK -- Today New York Life Insurance Company, one of New York City's most respected and long-established corporate citizens, celebrates its 160th anniversary. After its founding in 1845, New York Life quickly established itself as ...
|
|