Tag Archives: Jean jaques Rousseau

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 →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Miscellaneous, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc. | Tagged Charlotte Corday, Condorcet, French Revolution, Jacobin Terror, Jacques-Louis David, Jean jaques Rousseau, Louis XVI, Marquis de Condorcet, Maximilien Robespierre, Napoleon Bonaparte, Oath of the Horatii, Poussin, Robespierre | 6 Comments

COGNITIVE ART & IDEAS as a PRODUCT

Posted on February 16, 2010 by Dave

”Innovate as a last resort” was a famous quote from Charles Eames, and considering the knack of innovation of Charles( 1907-78) and wife Ray Eames ( 1912-88), seems almost counter intuitive and against the grain of their virtuosity.To them, everyday … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Miscellaneous, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc. | Tagged Charles Eames, Concordet, Eames Demetrios, Eames Design, Emile Durkheim, Herman Miller, James Joyce, Jean jaques Rousseau, John Berry, Mary Blair, Max Weber, Michael Neault, Mies van der Rohe, Ray Eames, Rene Descartes, Robespierre, Schonberg, Thomas Watson, Voltaire, W.B. Yeats, Walter Benjamin, Walter Gropius, Wassily Kandinsky | Leave a comment

Michael Moore & Voltaire's Public Intellectual

Posted on October 10, 2009 by Dave

Capitalism: Aggressively Indifferent or Passively Aggressive ,it is a an easy target; a path of least resistance for our current head priest of the churchof secualar leftism, Michael Moore to preach from the sermon of this years new film release … Continue reading →