Tag Archives: Florine Stettheimer

groupthink: together through life

Educational togetherness, as filtered down through the mass legacy of John Dewey, holds that the main object of schooling is to bring about a pupil’s adjustment to a group. That is, a disdain for competition as such and other variances … Continue reading

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the wilde ones

The archetype of the socialist intellectual. The keen eyed observer, but missing a few pieces that would temper an interest in the problems of society with a less poetic palette of sweeping verse. Nonethless, there are some profound insights here … Continue reading

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get happy: fizzy irrational exuberance

Were basically selfish individuals with varying and unpredictable levels of empathy? Ulterior purposes. The French “fine mouche.” The yoke of feudalism was tossed aside a half a millennium ago, and there’s no stopping those middle-class values that the politicians keep … Continue reading

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alchemy of art: jangling the keys of solomon

With secret sound. The liberation of the subjective self. Magic squares and alchemy in art lending hermetic interpretations to deciphering works of art.It was the irresistible  lure of certain of the Magic Squares of the Third Book, and their tendency … Continue reading

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a silent noise:from babylon to broadway

She rarely showed he paintings publicly and refused to put any of her work up for sale. Of course, she came from a wealthy family and didn’t have to sell her art to survive or play the art game with … Continue reading

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doppleganger effect: second selves and ghostly doubles

A guest blog from Tai Carmen at Parallax. Parallax: exploring the architecture of human perception Tai Carmen: Though pop references to “doppelgangers” (a German word translating to “double-walker”) are often used to describe people who resemble one another, the word … Continue reading

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Florine Stettheimer: Feminine Observations From The Idle Class

Florine Stettheimer was among the most original American painters of her generation. Her lengthly creative peak began in 1916 until her death in 1944 which occurred while painting. Stettheimer viewed art  as ”an entirely private pursuit”. There was no existing … Continue reading

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