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Post by htmb on Nov 9, 2012 13:39:53 GMT
Sorry to take the thread off-topic. I can always talk about those highfalutin Paris museums elsewhere. Not a problem, nycgirl. I welcome the discussion.
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Post by htmb on Jan 6, 2013 23:22:26 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 7, 2013 4:20:58 GMT
Interesting. I have read that both the (well-known) David and the Pietà were exercises in technical problems and balance, in addition to their functions as beautiful pieces of art.
I wonder what a sculptor might infer from the David-Apollo. Perhaps there is some hidden artistic dead-end to it, & that was the reason Michelangelo abandoned it.
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Post by htmb on Mar 1, 2013 23:28:25 GMT
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Post by htmb on Mar 1, 2013 23:47:56 GMT
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Post by htmb on Mar 2, 2013 14:48:12 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 4, 2013 4:34:37 GMT
Ah, you made it back to the National Gallery in time to see the David/Apollo. Interesting piece, especially since your pics allow us to view it in the round. There is something leaden about it in comparison to the finished David, isn't there? Love the Calder photos, with the points of light, the delicate shadows, and the sparks of color. What a wonderful job you did on the skating pictures ~~ you managed to capture joy and glee even in the figures with faces turned away from the camera!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2013 18:13:10 GMT
I am surprised at how few skaters there are (I write this just because the free Paris winter skating rinks are so crowded.).
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Post by htmb on Mar 5, 2013 22:40:55 GMT
Well, it was a school day and was also near closing time for the garden.
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