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Creativity in Quarantine
Much of the great art of the past was made in worse times.
David
Apr 24, 20201 min read


Classicism as a ‘Liberal’ Art
The culture of classical humanism provides the firmest foundation for rebuilding a liberal architecture.
David
Feb 9, 20205 min read


The Urban Field Hospital: Surgical Implants
I used to think that beauty and truth were what artists largely dealt with, I now can imagine how goodness is more than what each of us does
David
May 19, 20192 min read


Why I'm Still a Classicist, Part II
PAINTING An architect today can decide to become a classicist, and rather quickly become competent at it. But an artist who wants to be a...
David
Apr 11, 20193 min read


Why I’m Still a Classicist, Part I
What is “Classical?” If you don’t define yourself, others will do it for you. For a while I gave up the word “classicist” for “humanist,”...
David
Feb 12, 20192 min read


Risky Business
Tintoretto in Venice According to his seventeenth-century biographer Carlo Ridolfi, Jacopo (Robusti) Tintoretto was “il più arrischiato...
David
Dec 21, 20182 min read


Who Do I Think I Am?
My first experience of Rome and Italy shaped my understanding of what it means to be “classical.” Actually, if I hadn’t studied in Rome...
David
Nov 27, 20182 min read


Introducing Myself
Welcome to my rebuilt website (still with some rebuilding to do). In this blog section I'll be re-posting some short essays previously...
David
Nov 9, 20182 min read
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