Tag Archives: Robert Cruikshank

adrift: custom made and ready made

Posted on June 25, 2011 by Dave

Aesthetics and morality are not exactly the same thing. There is a popular view of Regency England as a period of endless rounds of shopping, traveling to the continent, parties, gaming and clothing. Beau Brummel was one of the symbols … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged barnett newman, Beau Brummel, Donald Kuspit, Jean Antoine Watteau, Johann Zoffany, Marcel Duchamp, Robert Cruikshank | Leave a comment

REGAL MORTGAGE CRISIS: Princely Bling

Posted on November 20, 2010 by Dave

This is the era of the Napoleonic Wars, of the Battle of Waterloo and the Battle of Trafalgar, and the Duke of Wellington and Admiral Nelson. The waltz was a scandalous new dance craze, and stylish women cropped their hair … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Literature/poetry/spoken word, Miscellaneous | Tagged Admiral Nelson, Alan Bennett, Byron, Charles James Fox, Dorothy Marshall, Duke of Wellington, Francis Willis, George Cruikshank, Gillray, Henry Holland, Humphrey Repton, James Gillray, Jeremy Black, John Nash, King George III, Lord Byron, Mrs. Fitzherbert, Prince George, Prince Regent George IV, Regency Crisis, Robert Cruikshank, S.P. Cockerell, Sir Walter Scott, Stephen Schieff, Thomas Rowlandson, William Hogarth, William Porden | Leave a comment

DIDO FORSAKEN: Duties of the Ruling Class

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Dave

Peter Barnes gained almost instant recognition, from relative obscurity with his play “The Ruling Class” in the late 1960′s. The play came at the height of the 1960s counterculture movement, when the youth of the western world began to openly … Continue reading →