Cy Twombly

Cy Twombly has had a exhibition of 50 years of work at New York's Whitney Muesuem of American Art. The part that interested me was the description of one of his collections "a trio of 1996 engravings in monotype ink (not available for reproduction), all three titled "Lepanto," and each one a childlike rendition of a Renaissance warship. The reference is to the momentous 1571 naval battle fought between Christians and Turks for control of the Mediterranean." It is interesting to see how far "historic" and "history" art has changed over the centuries. Compare these pieces seen throughout the slide show versus the amazing detail involved in the "history paintings" of the Neo-classical and Romantic artists, as gone over in our recent lectures. http://slate.msn.com/id/2116180/