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Renaissance dali: the man with the golden mean
Nuclear mysticism. Merging the classical technique of the Renaissance with the modernism of science and a generous sprinkling of the Golden Mean. A rearguard action that recognized the decline of art while simultaneously denying it. Duchamp saw to that with … Continue reading
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Tagged Andre Breton, Giorgio de Chirico, Guillaume Apollinaire, Leonardo Da Vinci, philippe halsman, Salvador dali, salvador dali leda atomica, Sigmund Freud, sigmund freud leonardo, Surrealism
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man of the stars and moon: different strokes
What makes Leonardo da Vinci so special? He had all the characteristics that could not match a prospective employment or job description. Vasari called him “variable and unstable”; a man who took interest in learning many things, and then after … Continue reading
looking for clues: a smile for arcadia
In Freud’s Jokes and Their Relation to the Unconscious, Freud found similarities between jokes and work of art. Though not known as much of a comic or given to the guffaw, Freud found the humor in the sketch of the … Continue reading
the saturday evening you’re toast
Is disavowal repressing something unbearable, or at least sublimating it something more palatable and socially acceptable? What often arises is the concept of innocence, a byproduct of this process of disavowal and reluctance to own up and acknowledge what one … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Miller, Boris Cyrulnik, da Vinci London Cartoon, Frans Hals, Friedrich Nietzsche, Heinz Kohut, Jacques Derrida, Jean Paul Sartre, Leonardo Da Vinci, Marcel Duchamp, Michel Foucault, Norman Rockwell, sarah kofman, Sigmund Freud
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neither the real or unreal
Does every artist paint him or herself in a portrait? That is, a representation of the alter-ego. Is Girodet’s Belley portrait a reflection of the artist, following the tradition as almost all the great masters have done before? It’s a … Continue reading
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Tagged Abbe Raynal, angelo poliziano, Anne-Louis Girodet, Charles Baudelaire, Donald Kuspit, gerolamo savonarola, Giovanni Morelli, Jacques-Louis David, Leonardo Da Vinci, Pablo Picasso, Robert Rosenblum, sylvain bellenger
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before the law
The key to success is to be well surrounded, as they apparently invoke in the higher spheres of finance, business and politics. Spirit and law. Like art and aesthetics? Durer’s Christ and the Doctor’s shows Jesus surrounded by dogma and … Continue reading
doctor i’d like a divine proportion
McBeauty. Is happiness an inside job? If it ain’t broken don’t fix it. Hardly.No black swans. Cosmetic surgery, a procrastination of the genetic code is situated at the charged sweet spot between emotion and capitalism. A heady mix. Part of … Continue reading
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Tagged cosmetic surgery, divine ratio, Dorothy Parker, fanny brice, goldie hawn, jennifer anniston, Joan Rivers, joseph heath rebel sell, laurie essig, Leni Riefenstahl, Leonardo Da Vinci, Noam Chomsky, Norman Finkelstein, Raul Hilberg, The Golden Ratio, Thorstein Veblen
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warhol and the studio system: muse driven?
by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com) this is one of those artifacts that has left me awed and puzzled ever since i found this copy back in around 1980. it’s official title is “andy warhol’s index (book)” . i guess the last … Continue reading
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Tagged alan rinzler, Andy Warhol, andy warhol factory, andy warhol index book, andy warhol interview magazine, andy warhol mother, billy name, chilhuly, christopher cerf, Corot, Damien Hirst, david paul design, david paul punk graphics, designer david paul, edie sedgwick, george macunias fluxus, holly woodlawn, ingrid superstar, Jeff Koons, Leonardo Da Vinci, nat finkelstein photos, nathan gluck, ondine, stephen shore photos, studio art system, Velvet Underground, william linnich
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