21 November, 2014

White Art

Posted by Socrates in art, Socrates, White art/architecture at 5:33 pm | Permanent Link

John Constable (1776–1837). More [Here].


  • 8 Responses to “White Art”

    1. torrence Says:
      22 November, 2014 at 3:26 am

      I’m tellin ‘ya — gazing at traditional Western Art does it for me every time. It rejuvenates and replenishes.
      Western Idealism is where I wish to live – be it through its art, music, philosophy, literature, social manners – it doesn’t matter. Just get me there. Thanks for these aesthetic reminders each and every time, Socrates.

    2. Tim McGreen Says:
      22 November, 2014 at 2:19 pm

      Pastoral landscapes that are idealized but without the cloying sentimentality. Such tranquility! And at a time when the Napoleonic Wars were raging, as was tuberculosis, cholera and malaria. Not a trace of Semitism to be seen in any of Mr. Constable’s works.

    3. Tim McGreen Says:
      22 November, 2014 at 2:52 pm

      But you know, Art, Beauty and Truth can be found anywhere, not just in pastoral scenes of early 19th century England. If I take up painting again this is the kind of landscape that I will tackle with my brushes and palette: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3162/2295046007_88e084a72f.jpg

    4. Thom McQueen Says:
      24 November, 2014 at 9:11 am

      Tim, stick in a fleet of Venusian scout ships, with glowing lights around the rims of the craft, and you got a winner.

    5. Tim McGreen Says:
      24 November, 2014 at 3:51 pm

      Funny thing, Thom…that’s exactly what I was going to do! I like the idea of painting a scene that looks very ordinary but features something really weird and unexpected in it somewhere.

    6. Thom McQueen Says:
      25 November, 2014 at 9:14 am

      Yes, Tim. Ant and I know you like the back of our hand! Didn’t know you were an artists. Maybe that explains it.

    7. Antagonistes Says:
      26 November, 2014 at 9:02 am

      Thom, if Tim could get past his visciousness, he could be a better artist. As you know, we love the female form, so we like to airbrush women, and we make good money because the women can tell that we are trustworthy and interested in making them beautiful. Tim, like Holden Caulfield, does not like anything.

    8. Thom McQueen Says:
      27 November, 2014 at 11:36 am

      Ant, yo are right. The man is consumed by a viciousness that is almost supernatural. He was much friendlier as John PM