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Tag Archives: Romanticism
ADRIFT ON THE RAFT OF THE MEDUSA: APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION
“The Raft of the Medusa,” while maintaining the symmetry of Poussin, changes painting once and for all. It is sculptural and architectural, but depicts no architecture. Two great overlapping triangles, suggesting both a ship’s sails and the ocean’s waves, define … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc.
Tagged Adad Hannah, Alexander Correard, Berlioz, Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique, Eugene Delacroix, French Romantic Painting, George P. Landow, Gericault, Henri Savigny, Hu Jieming art, Lorenz Eitner, Robin Spencer, Romanticism, Victor Hugo, Willard Spiegelman
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INTO THE MYSTIC: FOLLOWING A MYSTERIOUS & FUGITIVE LIGHT
Time has told me You’re a rare rare find A troubled cure For a troubled mind. And time has told me Not to ask for more Someday our ocean Will find its shore. So I`ll leave the ways that are … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc.
Tagged Anthony Venutolo, Charles Holme, Claude Lorrain, Dan Bischoff, English Painting, James Lenox, John Constable, John Ruskin, Joseph Mallord William Turner, Linda Hayward, Linda Haywood, Michelangelo, Nick Drake, Nick Drake Five Leaves Left, Raphael, Romanticism, Simon Schama, Walter Ramsden Fawkes, William Hazlitt, William Shakespeare
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A PIOUS SINNER AS NATIONAL INSTITUTION
In the early 1960′s, Chateaubriand received a tribute that demonstrates in its very extravagance, his enduring power. Simone de Beauvoir and Jean Paul Sartre visited Saint-Malo on one of their many excursions. They liked the town, but Chateaubriand’s tomb, with … Continue reading
Posted in Literature/poetry/spoken word, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft
Tagged Andrea Link, Charles Mackay, Chateaubriand, Claudia Moscovici, Counter-Enlightenment, Dostoevsky, Duc d'Enghien, French Literature, Girodet, Heinrich Heine, Jean Paul Sartre, Napoleon Bonaparte, Romantic literature, Romantic Movement, Romanticism, Simone de Beauvoir
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Read Him the Riot Act
The latter paintings of John Mallard William Turner from the 1830′s and 1840′s were quite reckless in his handling of paint.The mucky density of the oils, the trowelling effects, and bleeding watercolors reflected a love-hate relationship with obscurity similar to … Continue reading
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Tagged D.H. Lawrence, John Constable, John Mallard William Turner, Mark Jenkins, Romanticism, Turner
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Everybody Knows the Good Guys Lost
Heinrich Heine ( 1797-1856) was a German poet, known as the last great king of romanticism.Heine is regarded as a great prose stylist and articulate lyrical poet.His lyricism is informed by great simplicity and accessibility bathed in an ardent and … Continue reading
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Tagged German Romantic movement, German writers, Heinrich Heine, Mark Jenkins, Romanticism
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