Tag Archives: Claude Lorrain

DISTINCT FROM THE AMBIANCE OF HISTORY

Posted on August 23, 2010 by Dave

I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o’er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous … Continue reading →

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THE MEN WITH A THORN IN THEIR SIDE

Posted on July 29, 2010 by Dave

”… about the boom in political satire in France. On that subject, you might remember how Stéphane Guillon, Sarko’s imitator on France-Inter radio, upset the president with his impertinence.As predicted here, Sarkozy has just made it known that he wants … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Miscellaneous, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc. | Tagged Albrecht Durer, Andrea Mantegna, Baroque Art, Caravaggio, Cardinal Richelieu, Carla Bruni, Charles Bremner, Claude Lorrain, David Ogg, Desmarets, Didier Porte, Eric Besson, Eric Cantaloup, French Art History, French Literature, French Political Satire, Georges de La Tour, Henry Samuel, Jacques Boulenger, Jacques Callot, Lemercier architect, Machiavelli, Mairet, Martine Aubry, Nicolas Poussin, Philippe de Champaigne, Pierre Corneille, Saint Vincent de Paul, Sarkozy, Simon Vouet, Stephane Guillon | Leave a comment

AWAKENED INTO A MYSTIC DARKNESS:THE FALLACY OF HOPE

Posted on June 17, 2010 by Dave

We were born before the wind Also younger than the sun Ere the bonnie boat was won as we sailed into the mystic Hark, now hear the sailors cry Smell the sea and feel the sky Let your soul and … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc. | Tagged Anthony Venutolo, Apollo and Daphne, Charles Holme, Christopher Hitchens, Claude Lorrain, Claude Monet, Dan Bischoff, Earl of Egremont, English Painting, Friedrich August von Kaulbach, Jacopo Sannazaro, JMW Turner, John Ruskin, Joseph Mallord William Turner, Kaulbach, Nicolas Poussin, Ovid, Simon Schama, Sir Philip Sidney, Van Morrison, Virgil Thomson, Virgil Thomson Liberty, Walter Fawkes, William Hazlitt | Leave a comment

INTO THE MYSTIC: FOLLOWING A MYSTERIOUS & FUGITIVE LIGHT

Posted on June 16, 2010 by Dave

Time has told me You’re a rare rare find A troubled cure For a troubled mind. And time has told me Not to ask for more Someday our ocean Will find its shore. So I`ll leave the ways that are … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc. | Tagged Anthony Venutolo, Charles Holme, Claude Lorrain, Dan Bischoff, English Painting, James Lenox, John Constable, John Ruskin, Joseph Mallord William Turner, Linda Hayward, Linda Haywood, Michelangelo, Nick Drake, Nick Drake Five Leaves Left, Raphael, Romanticism, Simon Schama, Walter Ramsden Fawkes, William Hazlitt, William Shakespeare | Leave a comment

YEARNING FOR A LOST ARCADIA

Posted on June 16, 2010 by Dave

”The genuine friendship, and the enormous benefit it brought to an artist still carving out his reputation, made Turner’s behaviour in 1814, when he put a painting in for the annual British Institution prize, bewildering:( Ian ) Warrell is still … Continue reading →

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CHAOS AND CREATION: ANTAGONIZING THE FIRST MOVERS

Posted on June 15, 2010 by Dave

Joseph Mallord William Turner has been called a single genius; unique among England’s many painters of talent, intelligence and originality. A magician at creating absurd sensory perceptions that evoked deep mystery, and a sense of he fugitive, through a force … Continue reading →