I will be speaking at the March 21st Meeting of the Burbank Art Association with a presentation entitled "Finding the Past in the Present":
The artists of the Modern Era were determined to shake off the dust of the Renaissance—and the canons of classical approaches that had “ruled” them for over 400 years. It is perhaps ironic that many of the primary resources for the Moderns came from the Medievals! Modern Art draws heavily upon medieval art—in its approaches to color, line, surface imagery, abstraction and subject matter. In addition, art forms invented in the Middle Ages—such as woodcuts, wood carvings, and everyday items elevated to the status of art—were revived during the Modern period. We will explore the influence of medieval art on Modern Art—to identify medieval modernism, with all of its character and innovation. Modern artists examined will include (but not be limited to) Romare Bearden, Francis Bacon, Henri Matisse, Emil Nolde, Marc Chagall, Georges Rouault, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Erich Heckel, and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff.
The Presentation begins at 7:30 PM, 301 E. Olive Ave, Rm. 102, Burbank, CA. Park and enter at the rear of the building. Guests are welcome! Members are admitted for free--guests are asked to pay a $3 fee.
Monday, September 9, 2013 at 3:11PM 
Master of Jacques de Besançon (French, active about 1480 - 1500), Mass of St Gregory, about 1500. Tempera colors, ink and gold on parchment. Leaf: 13.3 x 8.7 cm (5 1/4 x 3 7/16 in.). The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 109, fol. 55v.