world reviewer
Amber Dobrzensky
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- 22nd August 2007
traveller & adventurer
Amber Dobrzensky's activity
- 11 Dec 2007
Amber Dobrzensky reviewed Diving Providencia and Santa Catalina in Colombia
The Colombian islands of Providencia and Santa Catalina, part of the UNESCO Seaflower Biosphere Reserve, lie within the San Andrés archipelago. The islands, situated roughly 125 miles off the Nicaraguan coast, provide a base for exploring over 40 sites o…"
- 14 Sep 2007
Amber Dobrzensky reviewed Mursi Cattle Herders of the Omo Valley in Ethiopia
The Mursi are cattle herders, instantly recognisable by the clay plates adorned by their women. Mursi people live in the River Omo Valley of southwestern Ethiopia and share the region with over ten other cultures, each with a distinct language and set o…"
- 12 Sep 2007
Amber Dobrzensky reviewed The Monte-Carlo Fireworks Festival in Monaco
The Monte-Carlo International Fireworks Festival is a free event that takes place over several evenings every July and August. Since 1966, countries from across the world have competed to put on the best fireworks display. Over several evenings selecte…"
Amber Dobrzensky reviewed The Apparition (Moreau) in Paris, France
Moreau's main focus was the illustration of biblical and mythological figures. As a painter of literary ideas rather than visual images, he appealed to the imaginations of some Symbolist writers and artists, who saw him as a precursor to their movement. …"
Amber Dobrzensky reviewed The Adoration of the Magi (Da Vinci) in Florence, Italy
The Adoration of the Magi is an early painting by Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo was given the commission by the Augustinian monks of San Donato a Scopeto in Florence, but departed for Milan the following year, leaving the painting unfinished. It has been i…"
Amber Dobrzensky reviewed The Garden of Earthly Delights (Bosch) in Madrid, Spain
The Garden of Earthly Delights is the center panel of a triptych by Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch. Painted around 1504, The Garden of Earthly Delights is perhaps his best-known work. It depicts the Creation of Earth and the infiltration of sin into mank…"
Amber Dobrzensky reviewed Nympheas (Monet) in Paris, France
Monet painted this famous series, the best known of his works, after his eyes had begun to deteriorate and it was his greatest focus towards the end of his life. The largest collection of Nympheas, also known as Water Lilies, is at the Musee de L'Oranger…"
Amber Dobrzensky reviewed Rain, Steam and Speed (Turner) in London, United Kingdom
Rain, Steam, and Speed - The Great Western Railway is an oil painting by the 19th century British painter J. M. W. Turner. This painting was first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1844, though it may have been painted earlier. The date is significant be…"
Amber Dobrzensky reviewed Gold Marilyn Monroe in New York, United States
Warhol was inspired to create this tribute to Marilyn Monroe on the occasion of her suicide. The image reproduced by Warhol was taken from a publicity still by photographer Gene Korman, shot for the 1953 film 'Niagara'. "
Amber Dobrzensky reviewed Liberty Leading the People (Delacroix) in Paris, France
Liberty Leading the People (La Liberte guidant le peuple) is a painting by Eugene Delacroix commemorating the Paris Revolt of 1830 in the centre of Paris...Liberty leads the people forward over the bodies of the fallen, holding the tricolore flag of the …"
Amber Dobrzensky reviewed Las Dos Fridas (Kahlo) in Mexico City, Mexico
Las Dos Fridas, now hanging in the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, was painted by Frida Kahlo in 1939. It shows the juxtaposition of the two sides of her personality; the traditional, very Mexican self and a physically stronger, more c…"
Amber Dobrzensky reviewed Apollo and Daphne (Bernini) in Rome, Italy
Apollo and Daphne is a baroque, life-sized marble sculpture by Italian Gian Lorenzo Bernini, housed in the Galleria Borghese in Rome. It was inspired by one of the stories included in Ovid's Metamorphoses. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_and_Dap…"
Amber Dobrzensky reviewed The Last Supper (Da Vinci) in Milan, Italy
The Last Supper (Italian: Il Cenacolo or L'Ultima Cena) is a 15th century mural painting in Milan created by Leonardo da Vinci for his patron Duke Ludovico Sforza and his duchess, Beatrice d'Este. It represents the scene of The Last Supper from the final…"
Amber Dobrzensky reviewed Floralis Generica (Catalano) in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Floralis Generica, a huge steel and aluminium sculpture, was created by Argentine architect Eduardo Catalano and donated to the city of Buenos Aires in 2002 . Located in the United Nations Park next to Recoleta and behind the Mueso de Bellas Artes, the …"
Amber Dobrzensky reviewed Madonna (Munch) in Oslo, Norway
Madonna is a famous painting by the Norwegian expressionist Edvard Munch. Munch painted five versions of the Madonna between 1894 and 1895, using oils on canvas...One version belongs to the Munch Museum of Oslo. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madonn…"
Amber Dobrzensky reviewed Nighthawks (Hopper) in Chicago, United States
Nighthawks (1942) is a painting by Edward Hopper that portrays people sitting in a downtown diner late at night. It is not only Hopper's most famous painting, but one of the most recognizable in American art. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nighthawks Nig…"
Amber Dobrzensky reviewed The Dog (Goya) in Madrid, Spain
On of Goya's 14 'black paintings', the Dog on The Leash was a fresco that was transferred to canvas. It was painted between 1820-23, on the wall in one of the rooms of the Quinta del Sordo (the House of the Deaf Man). The fresco was one in a series of da…"
Amber Dobrzensky reviewed Mona Lisa (Da Vinci) in Paris, France
Mona Lisa, or La Gioconda (La Joconde), is a 16th century oil painting on a poplar panel by Leonardo Da Vinci. It is arguably the most famous painting in the world, and few other works of art have been subject to as much scrutiny, study, mythologizing an…"
Amber Dobrzensky reviewed The Scream (Munch) in Oslo, Norway
Scream (Skrik, 1893) is a seminal series of expressionist paintings by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch. It is said by some to symbolize the human species overwhelmed by an attack of existential angst... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scream …"
Amber Dobrzensky reviewed The Dead Toreador (Manet) in Washington D.C., United States
Highly critical comments directed at Edouard Manet's painting Incident in a Bullfight, which he had entered in the Salon of 1864, prompted him to cut the painting apart...The Dead Toreador in the National Gallery of Art would have made up most of the low…"
Amber Dobrzensky reviewed The Girl with the Pearl Earring (Vermeer) in The Hague, Netherlands
The Girl with a Pearl Earring (Dutch: Het meisje met de parel) is one of Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer's masterworks and as the name implies, uses a pearl earring for a focal point. The painting is currently housed at The Mauritshuis in The Hague. It is…"
Amber Dobrzensky reviewed View of Delft (Vermeer) in The Hague, Netherlands
The View of Delft is a painting finished around 1660-1661 by the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. It is housed in the Mauritshuis of The Hague...The View of Delft is chronologically the last painting by Vermeer that was executed in rich, full pigmentation…"
Amber Dobrzensky reviewed Campbell's Soup Can (Warhol) in New York, United States
Campbell's Soup Cans (sometimes referred to as 32 Campbell's Soup Cans) is a work of art produced in 1962 by Andy Warhol. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell's_Soup_Cans This piece is on display at the Leo Castelli Gallery…"
Amber Dobrzensky reviewed The Burial of Count Orgaz (Greco) in Toledo, Spain
The Burial of the Count of Orgaz is widely considered to be El Greco's best-known work. It illustrates a popular local legend.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Burial_of_the_Count_of_Orgaz This piece remains in the chapel of Santo Tome."
Amber Dobrzensky reviewed Las Meninas (Velazquez) in Madrid, Spain
Las Meninas (also known as The Maids of Honour), painted in 1656, is a work by the Spanish painter Diego Velazquez. It is one of the most famous paintings in the world, and is in the Museo del Prado in Madrid. Luca Giordano said of Las Meninas that it wa…"
Amber Dobrzensky reviewed The Kiss (Rodin) in London, United Kingdom
Rodin produced three life-size versions of the sculpture. The embracing subjects are Francesca da Rimini and her husband's brother Paolo Malatesta, the adulterous lovers from Dante's Inferno, depicted before their murder by Francesca's furious husband. …"
Amber Dobrzensky reviewed Scrovegni Chapel (Giotto) in Padua, Italy
The Scrovegni Chapel, or Cappella degli Scrovegni, also known as the Arena Chapel is a church in Padua, Veneto, Italy. It contains a fresco cycle by Giotto, completed about 1305, that is one of the most important masterpieces of Western art. The church w…"
Amber Dobrzensky reviewed The Gates of Hell (Rodin) in Paris, France
La Porte de l'Enfer (translated The Gates of Hell) is a monumental sculptural group work by French artist Auguste Rodin that depicts a scene from "The Inferno", the first section of The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri...The sculptural ensemble was commi…"
Amber Dobrzensky reviewed The Baptism of Christ (Francesca) in London, United Kingdom
The Baptism of Christ is a painting by the Italian Renaissance master Piero della Francesca, finished around 1448-1450. It is housed in the National Gallery, London. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptism_of_Christ_%28Piero_della_F…"
Amber Dobrzensky reviewed The Burial of St Lucy (Caravaggio) in Syracuse, Italy
Burial of St. Lucy is a painting by the Italian artist Caravaggio. It is located in the Museo Bellomo of Syracuse, Sicily. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burial_of_St._Lucy_%28Caravaggio%29"
Amber Dobrzensky reviewed American Gothic (Wood) in Chicago, United States
American Gothic is a painting by Grant Wood, from 1930. Portraying a pitchfork-holding farmer and his daughter in front of a house of Carpenter Gothic style, it is one of the most familiar images in 20th century American art. Wood wanted to depict the t…"
Amber Dobrzensky reviewed The Tempest (Giorgione) in Venice, Italy
Giorgione (c. 1477-1510) is the familiar name of Giorgio Barbarelli da Castelfranco, was an Italian painter, one of the seminal artists of the High Renaissance in Venice...The Tempest has been called the first landscape in the history of Western painting…"
Amber Dobrzensky reviewed Impression, Sunrise (Monet) in Paris, France
(Impression, soleil levant) is a painting by Claude Monet, for which the Impressionist movement was named. Dated 1872, but probably created in 1873, its subject is the harbour of Le Havre in France, using very loose brush strokes that suggest rather than…"
Amber Dobrzensky reviewed Orphan Girl in a Cemetery (Delacroix) in Paris, France
This early work by Eugène Delacroix, painted circa 1824, now hangs in the Louvre, Paris. "
Amber Dobrzensky reviewed Adele Bloch-Bauer (Klimt) in New York, United States
Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I is a painting by Gustav Klimt completed in 1907. According to press reports it was sold for US$135 million to Ronald Lauder for his Neue Galerie in New York City in June 2006, which would make it at that time the most expe…"
Amber Dobrzensky reviewed The Dance (Matisse) in St. Petersburg, Russia
The Dance is Henri Matisse's painting which has been defined by art historians as "a key point of his career and in the development of modern painting". It reflects Matisse's incipient fascination with primitive art: the intense warm colors against the c…"
Amber Dobrzensky reviewed The Hay Wain (Constable) in London, United Kingdom
The Hay Wain is an oil on canvas painting by John Constable. It was finished in 1821 and shows a hay wain near Flatford Mill on the River Stour at Flatford, Suffolk.The Hay Wain is revered today as one of the greatest British paintings, but when it was o…"
Amber Dobrzensky reviewed Gilles (Watteau) in Paris, France
Watteau's inspiration for this piece is the mournful character of Gilles, or Pierrot in French, from the Italian improvisational Commedia Dell'Arte. Painted circa 1718-1719, Gilles is an great example of Watteau's Rococo style, which was expressed throu…"
Amber Dobrzensky reviewed Gas in New York, United States
Hopper's aim was "the most exact transcription possible of my most intimate impressions of nature" in this case, the loneliness of an American country road. Gas, painted in 1940, is on display at the Museum of Modern Art in New York."
Amber Dobrzensky reviewed La Classe De Danse (Degas) in Paris, France
Degas spent an enormous amount of time at the Paris Opera in the 1870's, watching and sketching. His favourite subjects were the dancers in the corps de Ballet, a theme he depicted with many variations. The Dance Class, an oil painted on canvas between…"
Amber Dobrzensky reviewed The Ecstasy of St Theresa (Bernini) in Rome, Italy
The Ecstasy of St. Theresa (alternatively St. Teresa in Ecstasy or Transverberation of St. Teresa) is the central marble group of a sculpture complex designed and completed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini for the Cornaro Chapel of Santa Maria della Vittoria in R…"
- 11 Sep 2007
Amber Dobrzensky reviewed Tribes of Northern Thailand in Chiang Mai, Thailand
The Karen people make up the largest of the South East Asian hill tribes and are spread throughout Thailand and Myanmar (Burma). The large size of their population has helped the Karen stick together and maintain their traditional culture. Karens practi…"
- 10 Sep 2007
Amber Dobrzensky reviewed Diving the S.S. Yongala in Queensland, Australia
The S.S. Yongala is an amazing wreck, home to an incredible variety of aquatic life. Surface conditions can be rough and the current is often strong, but the marine life is teeming, with over 1,500 species of fish alone living off these waters. In the …"