FINE ARTS – PAINTING: “Johannes Vermeer: Master of Light” / Documentary ☮
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Tag Archives: Fine Arts
FINE ARTS – AMERICAN REALISM PAINTING: “Edward Hopper: Painter of Alienation” / MUST WATCH! ☮
FINE ARTS – PAINTING: “David Hockney’s Secret Knowledge” / BBC World Documentary ☮
FINE ARTS – FAUVISM: “Les Fauves” ☮
h/t: Small Potatoes
FINE ARTS – SCULPTURE: “Russians to Vote on Covering up Michelangelo’s David” / BBC News ☮
A copy of Michelangelo’s David recently put on show in central St Petersburg may be dressed up because a resident objected to its nakedness.
Organisers of a sculpture exhibition in the city say they’ll ask residents to decide whether to cover up the 5m (16ft) plastic statue, after a local woman complained to the children’s rights ombudsman that it was an eyesore and a bad influence on pupils at a nearby school, the Lenta website reports. “How could you put this bloke without any trousers on in the centre of St Petersburg, next to a school and a church?” the ombudsman’s website quotes the letter as saying. “This giant spoils the city’s historic appearance and warps children’s souls.”
FINE ARTS – PAINTING: “The Power of Art: Caravaggio” / BBC Documentary ☮
FINE ARTS – PAINTING COLLAGE FILM: “Viaje por el Universo Van Gogh” / Vincent van Gogh ☮
Un minuto, una vida: Van Gogh en movimiento
FINE ARTS – DRAWING: “Zaria Forman: Drawings That Show the Beauty and Fragility of Earth” / TED Talks ☮
FINE ARTS – PAINTING: “The Inspirational Power of Art” ☮
h/t: Philosophy
FINE ARTS – LYRIC POETRY: Philip Larkin / “This Be The Verse” / 1971 ☮
They fuck you up, your mum and dad.
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you.
But they were fucked up in their turn
By fools in old-style hats and coats,
Who half the time were soppy-stern
And half at one another’s throats.
Man hands on misery to man.
It deepens like a coastal shelf.
Get out as early as you can,
And don’t have any kids yourself.
Always Question Authority 