Tag Archives: Carlo Carra

BLOWING OFF STEAM: THE BLACK ENGINE THAT MIGHT

Posted on July 4, 2010 by Dave

”The train is going over to the other side of the mountain when she stops suddenly… The train breaks down! And all the toys and animals are sad but the clown cheers everyone up when he sees a train coming … Continue reading →

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THE POETS DOWN HERE DON'T WRITE NOTHING AT ALL

Posted on January 11, 2010 by Dave

The attitude was ”better a horrible ending than a horror without end”. There had been peace in the world for too long. From Berlin, in the spring of 1914, Colonel House wrote to Woodrow Wilson, ”the whole of Germany is … Continue reading →

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