Putto with a Fish by Georg Raphael Donner

Putto with a Fish by Georg Raphael Donner Welcome to “Art, Culture & Books” with me Anthony King. Today I’ll be taking you on a photographic tour of Putto with a fish (also known as Boy with a Carp and Allegory of Water), which is a limestone figure from 1750 by Georg Raphael Donner.

St Dionysius by Antoine Le Moiturier

St Dionysius by Antoine Le Moiturier Welcome to “Art, Culture & Books” with me Anthony King. Today I’ll be taking you on a photographic tour of St Dionysius (from around 1460 – 70) it’s made of Limestone By Antoine Le Moiturier at the Bode Museum, Berlin. It stood out to me and I thought i’d share it with you.

View of Warsaw from the Terrace of the Royal Castle by Bernardo Bellotto

Welcome to “Art, Culture & Books” with me Anthony King. Today I’ll be taking you on a photographic tour of View of Warsaw from the Terrace of the Royal Castle by Bernardo Bellotto. It was painted in 1773. The Palace was destroyed during World war 2 and it was rebuilt. We’ll be visiting it shortly so you can see how it looks today. They did a great job!

Woman Bitten by a Serpent by Auguste Clésinger

Woman Bitten by a Serpent by Auguste Clésinger Welcome to “Art, Culture & Books” with me Anthony King. Today I’ll be taking you on a photographic tour of Woman Bitten by a Serpent which is an 1847 marble Sculpture by Auguste Clésinger, which is at the Musée d’Orsay, Paris. It was first exhibited in the Paris Salon in 1847, where it was one of the two most commented works – it was a massive hit.