David LaBellaHistory Hidden in Plain Sight; Lessons We Have Never Learned Who is There to Forgive the Sins We…Eventually, history judges us all. Modern history has, perhaps, presented us with more events that expressed the darker elements of the…Dec 25, 2020Dec 25, 2020
David LaBellaShould Our Children Just be Seen and Not Heard?Almost buried among the endless drumbeat of bad, absurd, and tragic features on daily display in our local newscasts was, on Friday…Nov 30, 20201Nov 30, 20201
David LaBellaLessons From the Handwriting on the Wall The Gift of Ancient Art“Art is man’s constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him.”Nov 7, 2020Nov 7, 2020
David LaBellaTruth- The Lasting Casualty of Our Self-Inflicted Wounds: Reaching Back Into the History of the…“I am sure the mass of Citizens in the United States mean well; and I firmly believe they will always act well whenever they can obtain a…Nov 7, 2020Nov 7, 2020
David LaBellaThe Specter of Modernization Notes on the Transformation of Traditional Japanese Art in the Modern…The long history of visual artistic expression has been dominated at all times by the reciprocal relationship between the artist and the…Nov 6, 2020Nov 6, 2020
David LaBellaEverything that is New is Old Again The Confessions of a TraditionalistArtists, and particularly, those who produce what we call Modern Art, are at once both the most self-conscious (look at what I did) and…Nov 5, 2020Nov 5, 2020
David LaBellaA Requiem for Artistic ReportageArt has been a vital part of our collective social conscience since the earliest beginnings of human history. Visual and performing arts…Nov 5, 2020Nov 5, 2020
David LaBellaThe Wild Child of Impressionism at 100 Revisiting Cubism“The fact that for a long time Cubism has not been understood and that even today there are people who cannot see anything in it means…Nov 5, 2020Nov 5, 2020
David LaBellaUnity?According to Merriam-Webster, the definition of unity is comprised of, in part:Nov 4, 2020Nov 4, 2020