Tag Archives: Kenneth Clark

SELF EXAMINATION of a LANGUAGE of SIGNS: The Divine Wavelength

Posted on November 23, 2010 by Dave

The Tempest has been called the first landscape in the history of Western painting. The subject of this painting is unclear, but its artistic mastery is apparent. The Tempest portrays a soldier and a breast-feeding woman on either side of … Continue reading →

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PRIVATE LANGUAGE and SACRED CONVERSATIONS

Posted on November 21, 2010 by Dave

Encounters with robbers in the desert…No need for the cross of salvation?…..An esoteric language, an Aristolean network, an ambiguity, or “pentimenti”–changes of mind— of additional, multiple and complex narratives under the surface….. The mystery intrigues and continues to prevail…. The … Continue reading →

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RHETORIC OF ENIGMA:The Hidden Subject

Posted on November 21, 2010 by Dave

Giorgione is counted among the world’s great painters, even though only a handful of paintings are certified as certain to be uniquely attributed to him. The “Tempesta” is his most famous work, but its meaning is still unclear. The enigmatic … Continue reading →

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WATER SPIDERS: Quantitative and Social Easing

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Dave

This aspect of Keynes — the shrewd investor, the canny player of financial markets — is rather unexpected in light of the man ’ s early life and beliefs. Keynes was an aesthete, his first allegiance to philosophy and the art of … Continue reading →

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BAD MANNERS

Posted on February 13, 2010 by Dave

Something very strange happened in the world of the visual arts during the sixteenth century. Its opening years were the golden age of the Italian High Renaissance and the arts seemed to have attained a perfection. Da Vinci, Raphael and … Continue reading →