Tag Archives: Virgil Thomson

touching a small nerve: profoundly

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Dave

When everything seems great, everyone appears to get on great, but there is an essential ingredient missing.An intangible awkwardness that defies resolution. Everyone wants freedom from cheese. Or do we?… Because Bernard Berenson was more respected and learned than any … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged amedeo modigliani, bernard baruch, Bernard Berenson, Clement Greenberg, Donald Kuspit, Hieronymous Bosch, Jackson Pollock, joseph duveen, marinus van reymerswaele, mary berenson, Meyer Schapiro, Quentin Massys, quentin metsys, robert fulford national post, Ronnie Burkett, suburgatory, Terry Teachout, Virgil Thomson | Leave a comment

AWAKENED INTO A MYSTIC DARKNESS:THE FALLACY OF HOPE

Posted on June 17, 2010 by Dave

We were born before the wind Also younger than the sun Ere the bonnie boat was won as we sailed into the mystic Hark, now hear the sailors cry Smell the sea and feel the sky Let your soul and … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc. | Tagged Anthony Venutolo, Apollo and Daphne, Charles Holme, Christopher Hitchens, Claude Lorrain, Claude Monet, Dan Bischoff, Earl of Egremont, English Painting, Friedrich August von Kaulbach, Jacopo Sannazaro, JMW Turner, John Ruskin, Joseph Mallord William Turner, Kaulbach, Nicolas Poussin, Ovid, Simon Schama, Sir Philip Sidney, Van Morrison, Virgil Thomson, Virgil Thomson Liberty, Walter Fawkes, William Hazlitt | Leave a comment

BE AWARE OF THOSE AUDITO-VISCERAL TYPES

Posted on June 6, 2010 by Dave

“To render my works properly requires a combination of extreme precision and irresistible verve, a regulated vehemence, a dreamy tenderness, and an almost morbid melancholy.” All his life Hector Berlioz tried to set the musical world straight and win acceptance … Continue reading →