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the wright stuff
Joseph Wright of Derby was the first English painter to take his themes from science, and his titles were as precise as his details. The picture below, exhibited in 1766, was called A Philosopher giving that Lecture on the Orrery … Continue reading
rites behind rites: the dark gods
What are the rites behind the rites. When we observe Easter or celebrate May Day, we are actually walking in the ghostly footsteps of men who worshiped plants and murdered kings. James Frazer’s The Golden Bough was a primeval source … Continue reading
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Tagged Boris Johnson, Camille Paglia, filippo coarelli, James Frazer, JMW Turner, John B. Vickery, John Mallard William Turner, Michael jackson, Sir James Fraser
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MORE THAN DANDY, RANDY and EYE CANDY
”Generous to a fault, Casanova plied his lovers with money and expensive gifts, whether or not he could afford it. And his generosity did not stop at the bedroom door. He understood the intricacies of the female orgasm, believed that … Continue reading
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Tagged Arthur Machen, Arthur Symons, Ben Crawford, Ben Crawford The New York Times, Casanova, Casanova Syndrome, Count Waldstein, Denis Diderot, Fragonard, Franz Liszt, Gerald Mendelsohn, Giacomo Casanova, Havelock Ellis, Haverlock Ellis, Heath Ledger, Hector Berlioz, Ian Kelly, Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, Jean Laforgue, John Mallard William Turner, Judith Summers, Kitty Fisher, Lady Harrington, Laura Clifford, Lennard J. Davis, Lorenzo Da Ponte, Marianne Faithfull, Niccolo Paganini, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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CHAOS THEORY:MEMO FROM TURNER
Memo From Turner Didn’t I see you down in San Antone on a hot and dusty night Weren’t you eating eggs in Sammy’s there when the black man drew the knife Didn’t you drown the Jew in Rampton when he … Continue reading
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Tagged Abstract expressionism, Albert Einstein, Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique, Hector Berlioz, Henri Matisse, JMW Turner, John Constable, John Mallard William Turner, John Ruskin, Joseph Mallord William Turner, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Mick Jagger The Rolling Stones, Mozart, Pinchas Steinberg, Rolling Stones Memo from Turner, Simon Schama, Sir George Beaumont, Turner, William Hazlitt, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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ECSTASY OF ROMANTIC APOCALYPSE
Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm; for love is strong as death, jealousy is cruel as the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a most vehement flame. Many waters cannot quench … Continue reading
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Tagged Benvenuto Cellini, Berlioz March to the Scaffold, Berlioz Rakoczy March, Camille Moke, Eleanor Holmes, Ernest Legouve, Ernest Newman, Felix Mendelssohn, Hector Berlioz, Horace Walpole, John Mallard William Turner, Lord Byron, Marie Recio, Mayerbeer, Mendelssohn, Niccolo Paganini, Pinchas Steinberg, Shakespeare, Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet, Turner, William Hazlitt, William Shakespeare
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IN THE CLUTCHES OF THE NETHER REACHES
Fate sits on these dark battlements, and frowns, And, as the portals open to receive me, Her voice, in sullen echoes through the courts, Tells of a nameless deed. ( Anne Radcliffe ) Horace Walpole set a pattern with his … Continue reading
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Tagged Ann Radcliffe, Antonin Artaud, Coleridge, Edgar Allen Poe, Giambattista Piranesi, Gothic literature, Horace Walpole, John Mallard William Turner, John Pettie, Joseph Mallord William Turner, Lord Byron, Marquis de Sade, Matthew Gregory Lewis, Matthew gregory Lewis The Monk, Nicolai Abraham Abilgaard, Salvator Rosa, Samuel Coleridge Taylor, Sir Walter Scott, William Beckford, William Beckford Vathek
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Read Him the Riot Act
The latter paintings of John Mallard William Turner from the 1830’s and 1840’s were quite reckless in his handling of paint.The mucky density of the oils, the trowelling effects, and bleeding watercolors reflected a love-hate relationship with obscurity similar to … Continue reading
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Tagged D.H. Lawrence, John Constable, John Mallard William Turner, Mark Jenkins, Romanticism, Turner
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