Tag Archives: Condorcet

promise them anything

Posted on January 25, 2013 by Dave

Birds entrails, the stars in the heavens, crystal balls: people have resorted to all these and more in an effort to foretell the future. Today of course, with business have market capitalizations in the billions, there are no soothsayers in … Continue reading →

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PAINTING ON THIN ICE

Posted on February 20, 2010 by Dave

During the century that followed Jacques Louis David’s death, three forces struggled for position in French art; classicism, romanticism, and realism. But their initial struggle took place in the art of David. His heroic style, suppressing passion beneath a hard … Continue reading →