Tag Archives: Andrew Gough

looking for clues: a smile for arcadia

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Dave

In Freud’s Jokes and Their Relation to the Unconscious, Freud found similarities between jokes and work of art. Though not known as much of a comic or given to the guffaw, Freud found the humor in the sketch of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Andrew Gough, Diego Rivera, Giorgio Vasari, Leonardo Da Vinci, nick squires, Pablo Picasso, ruth rivera, the mona lisa | Leave a comment

homer: arcadia americana

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Dave

It’s art that arrives at its destination from the outside and then pays attention to observation. Homer is part of the strong figurative tradition in American art, and although appropriated as a popular stereotype it reaches back to older, quite … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Andrew Gough, David Teniers, Henry James, josh kroeker, jules prown, Levon Helm, Mark Twain, Robert Hughes, Walt Whitman | Leave a comment

gray: the rational color of cash

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Dave

The melting down, in the cold grey mornings of late Fall and early winter: society, religion and feeling. Ultimately one’s own sanity. Is there anywhere to run in the cover of shrinking daylight that is safe, a refuge from personal … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media | Tagged Albrecht Durer, Allan Greenspan, Andrew Gough, Barack Obama 2012, David Teniers, frank ogawa park, Franz Kafka, John Maynard Keynes, joseph heath, Lars von Trier, madness grey day, Marcel Duchamp, Michael Lewis, Noam Chomsky, occupy oakland, occupy wall street, Thorstein Veblen, tyler cowen | Leave a comment

the queen bee and her drone priests

Posted on April 24, 2011 by Dave

She tore the heart out of those poor drones. The ancient Greeks were always ready to incorporate strange gods into their own household of divinities. When they colonized Ephesus in Asia Minor in about 1000 B.C. , they found a … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Miscellaneous | Tagged Andrew Gough, Duke of Mantua, ephesus, franz miltner, herman tom ring, statue of artemis, susan signe morrison | Leave a comment

Zut alors: Art in service of the state: d’honneur et d’honte

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Dave

By 1642, when Cardinal Richelieu had died,he had confirmed the power of France on all her land and sea frontiers, and had turned the tide against Spain and her allies. Beyond the political and military achievements, an expansion in all … Continue reading →