Tag Archives: Jean-Baptiste Simeon Chardin

malraux: lifting something out of time

Andre Malraux and his Metamorphosis of the Gods tapped into the less than independent pretensions of modernism… …But whatever the amalgam of ideas, the precise mixture was Malraux’s own; and it was sweepingly, exhiliratingly persuasive when the “world beyond” of … Continue reading

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he let the dogs out

George W. Bush: painter. Painter of dogs and landscapes. And dogs in landscapes. … If dogs run free, then why not we Across the swooping plain? My ears hear a symphony Of two mules, trains and rain The best is … Continue reading

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gambling : putting a wager on fate

…The gambler becomes the rules by abiding by them, by allowing his actions to be transformed by the rules as he observes them, by allowing the structure to direct the flows of his movements….Is chance a divine game played cosmically … Continue reading

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UNWRITTEN CONFESSIONS: THEATRE and PLAY of EXPECTATIONS

Rococo was the elegant and cynical expression of the ideas of the eighteenth-century.In the twentieth century, art historians use Rococo to designate the art of the eighteenth century, mainly in France, and characterized what could be termed  ”fun of out-of-place … Continue reading

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HOUSES OF CARDS

”In a series of damaging emails released yesterday, Tourre also compared the products to a “Frankenstein” monster that had “turned against his own inventor”. Other emails that emerged yesterday showed Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman’s chief executive, boasting about the money the bank … Continue reading

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