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The Color of Three Stones: Gold, Lapis lazuli, and Marble

By Richard A. Peña | Published: October 22, 2018

Such a glorious world made of light and shadows, luminous intensities with shades of magnificent and wondrous color. The colors of day transition from dawn to sunset, regardless of the day, yet more often or so, the observer takes such splendor as the normalcy of everydayness.  Be that as it may, such beauty of the […]

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes: Looking through the darkly painted mirror; Disasters of War, Witches’ Sabbath, and the Colossus

By Richard A. Peña | Published: October 1, 2016

Madrid, Spain 1793:                 The chill of the night air was thick with the sweet smell of burning wood, smoky leaves, and the familiar aroma of roasted vegetables, black pork, and paella, which hung in the air like a veiled fog in the Spanish autumn evening.  The stars cut through the night sky, revealed their beauty, not […]

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