The Saturnine Age and the Modern Genius
Fine art is a recent category midwifed by the Renaissance humanists, reared by Enlightenment philosophers, and now, in the 21st century, it has grown old beyond its years and has forgotten its own nature.
Michael Toscano grew up on Long Island, New York, in a family of six children. In May 2008, he graduated from The King's College, a non-denominational Christian college in Midtown Manhattan, with a B.A. in PPE (Politics, Philosophy, and Economics). In Spring of 2009, he worked for the Christian Foundation for the Holy Land, a not-for-profit organization in Jerusalem, Israel.
Fine art is a recent category midwifed by the Renaissance humanists, reared by Enlightenment philosophers, and now, in the 21st century, it has grown old beyond its years and has forgotten its own nature.
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