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deep philosophy or conceptual quip?
The greatest philosopher in modern art? Or did the art world make him, artificially construct him into a “readymade” himself, the philosopher who would trash tradition and under the pretext of modernism and the new, engage in the kind of … Continue reading
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Tagged Andre Breton, Andy Warhol, Bernard von Lindenau, Damien Hirst, francis p. nauman, Giotto, Guillaume Apollinaire, Jeff Koons, Joseph Beuys, Marcel Duchamp, mark polizzotti, Martin Heidegger, rudolf herz, The Enlightenment
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drinking with the man
from Paul Hamilton of the Bisonics: DRINKING WITH JESUS I’ve been drinking with Jesus In a bar full of New Cross geezers He won the jackpot on the one-armed bandit Scooping the loot he smiled, ‘That’s the way Dad planned … Continue reading
trilogy of a divine comedy: purgatory, passion and produce
Measured against the accelerating transformation of our own society, the Renaissance seems like a relatively minor cultural revolution in the history of humanity.Futurologists like Alvin Toffler suggest that the changing conditions of life we are now experiencing are so profound … Continue reading
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Tagged Andre Breton, Arcimboldo, Dante, Dante Alighieri, Dante Divine Comedy, Edmund Dulac, George Grosz, Giotto, Giotto di Bordone, Giotto Frescoes, Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Hieronymous Bosch, Jack Rusher, Jape, Jape floating, Pablo Picasso, Rene Magritte, Robert Fulford, RObert Stevenhagen, Roberto Bolano, Saint Francis of Assisi, Salvador dali, Sam Fell, Sylvio Leidi, Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann, William Blake
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LOOKING AT THE PICTURES IN THE PEWS
“In its dissected form, the Belles Heures is an immersive look at life, death and devotion in 15th-century France. Its seven picture-book insertions distinguish it from other books of hours and amount to a remarkable cache of well-preserved medieval painting. … Continue reading
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Tagged Duc de Berry, Eustache Deschamps, George Braziller, Giotto, Giotto di Bordone, Giotto Frescoes, Great Schism, Jean Flamel, Karen Rosenberg, Limbourg Brothers, Limbourg Brothers The Book of Hours, Millard Meiss, Pieter Roelofs, Rob Duckers, The Belles Heures, The Book of Hours, Thomas P. Campbell, Timothy B. Husband, Victoria Romeo
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MAN, THE MARKET and THE MESSIAH
Pious consumption. As Easter is upon us, so is a recurring drama of what the holiday means. Believer based critiques as opposed to the deeply secular and atheistic. It is often a case of the message overwhelming the medium and … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Smith, Alfred North Whitehead, Ben Bernanke, Caiaphas Sanhedrin, Caravaggio, Christian Ethics Today, Chrsit Before Caiaphus, Easter, Father Raymond J. de Souza, George Jonas, Giotto, Giotto di Bordone, Hans Memling, Harvey Cox, Henry Lincoln, Holy Blood Holy Grail, Jesus Christ, Jesus Easter, Johannes Vermeer, John Moore, Martin Scrosese, Mehmet Ali Agca, Michael Baigent, nathan greene, Nikos Kazantzakis, Pontius Pilate, Rembrandt, Richard Leigh, Steven D. Greydanus, Tertullian, The last Temptation of Christ Scrosese, Vermeer, William Blake, William Dafoe
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HAIL MARYS AT THE SUPERNATURAL
Giotto turned the art of painting from Greek or Byzantine into latin and rendered it modern. Duccio brought the Byzantine style to a fresh late flowering, that stopped short of complete transition. Giotto’s achievement gave painting the direction it was … Continue reading
SOFT & SWEET SUPER BEINGS
From today’s point of view, The unrealistic character of Duccio’s style is evident. It can even be relished as an abstract aspect of aesthetic intention. However, a comparison of Duccio to the masters of the Byzantine tradition shows that he … Continue reading
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Tagged Byzantine Art, Dante Alighieri, Duccio, Felix Guattari, Gilles Deleuze, Giotto, Giotto di Bordone, Renaissance Art, Rene ten Bos, Ruud Kaulingfreks, Saint Francis, Sloterdijk, The Divine Comedy
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GIOTTO & INEVITABLE ENIGMA
”But then my mind was struck by light that flashed and, with this light, received what it had asked. Here force failed my high fantasy; but my desire and will were moved already – like a wheel revolving uniformly – … Continue reading
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