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human’s best friend: not some vague mongrel
…Man and his best friend? It is possible, even within the arrogance of the twenty first century, to be amazed at the capabilities of earlier generations of men. By and large we are ignorant of the workings of modern things, … Continue reading
ustinov: diversity in identity
At one time in the late 1950’s, early 1960’s it became virtually impossible to turn on television without finding Peter Ustinov. He might appear as a traffic policeman- first British, then French, then Austrian. He might do his own version … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged David Garrick, Dr. Samuel Johnson, Elizabeth Taylor, Jack Paar, Laurence Olivier, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Morley Safer 60 minutes, Noel Coward, Orson Welles, Peter Ustinov, Peter Ustinov Hammersmith is Out, Richard Burton, Samuel Johnson, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Somerset Maughan, Theodore Tenley
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glories of ownership
The noble houses of eighteenth century England… …For these rooms no expense was spared. The finest plaster workers were brought in from Italy; tons of mahogany and other rare woods were imported from the East and West Indies; gold leaf … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Madame Pickwick Weekend
Tagged Andrea Palladio, Andrew Mellon art collection, Catherine of Russia, David Allan painter Scotland, George Macaulay Trevelyan, Houghton Hall England, Lord Sandys, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Robert Adam Architect, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Sir Peter Beckford, Sir Robert Walpole, Surgeon William inglis, Syon House, Vanbrugh estates England, William Kent Architect
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the coxcombs move on
The late Victorian period for the Royal Academy was really the end , succumbing after a long and chronic respiratory illness. Frith’s The Private View from 1881, showed that the Summer Exhibition could still take a hold on the public, … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft
Tagged benjamin disraeli, Grosvenor Gallery, James McNeil Whistler On the Piano, James McNeill Whistler, John Everett Millais, John Ruskin, Joshua Reynolds, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Sir Joshua Reynolds, the royal academy, William Holman Hunt, William Powell Frith, William Powell Frith The Private Room
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architecture for the gypsy & virtuous ass
The inevitable decline of official institutions that have to do with the arts. Based on the belief of the immutable laws of art. Any institution that sets itself up as the guardian of such laws is, by that very fact, … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged Donald Kuspit, francis jukes, George Stubbs, James Boswell, Johan Zoffany, John Constable, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, madame pickwick art supplies, Meyer Schapiro, robert pollard, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Gainsborough, Thomas Rowlandson, William Blake, William Hogarth
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down the hatch
At the bottom of the poisoned cup is a graveyard of broken dreams. Poison has been around seemingly forever. The bible is filled episodes since the Fall of poisonous plants and amateur snake handlers testing their mettle and faith against … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged andre chenier, Charles Baudelaire, Charlie Chaplin, death by poison, death of socrates, edward f. bachner, Jacques-Louis David, John Boydell, Monsieur Verdoux, Orson Welles, rasputin death, Sir Joshua Reynolds, william dowling
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george stubbs tears: putting a good face upon trade
The jockey with his invincibly English face is from a canvas by George Stubbs ( 1724-1806 ) who is so well known for his portraits of horses as to obscure the fact that he painted their owners and handlers with … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged Donald Kuspit, George Stubbs, j.m.w. turner, royal academy of the arts, sir anthony carlisle, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Gainsborough, Thomas Rowlandson, William Blake, William Hazlitt, William Powell Frith
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common non-sensical: count your spoons
Common sense is usually said to be sturdy, but in fact it has been faring badly ever since the scientific revolution began. It is plain, common sense declared in those days, that the sun revolves around the earth. Wrong said … Continue reading
blissful idleness
Perhaps the greatest of all social revolutions, and one of enormous economic consequences not that profoundly explored, began in the eighteenth-century,when Europe grew not only rich enough to support a large class of non-workers, but also began to organize the … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged Anthony Van Dyck, david allan paintings, David Brooks, George Stubbs, james seymour, jane jacobs, Johann Zoffany, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Frank, thomas frank the baffler, Thomas Gainsborough, Thomas Rowlandson, Thorstein Veblen, William Hogarth, william inglis
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conversation pieces
The collage work of Peter Blake and Jann Haworth remains one of the most iconic works of design in pop culture. But, these types of original work are not created in a vaccum and there was an English tradition of … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Modern Arts/Craft
Tagged Jann Haworth, Jean Antoine Watteau, Johann Zoffany, Paul McCartney, Peter Blake, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Robert Fraser, Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Sir james Robert Fraser, Sir Joshua Reynolds, sir peter blake, Thomas Gainsborough, William Hogarth, William Powell Frith
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