15 March, 2016
Posted by Socrates in art, Socrates, White art/architecture at 3:34 pm |
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Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675)
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21 February, 2016
Posted by Socrates in art, Socrates, White art/architecture, White beauty at 5:50 pm |
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Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665).
10 August, 2015
Posted by Socrates in art, Socrates, White art/architecture at 11:39 am |
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Asher B. Durand (1796-1886), Landscape, 1850
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7 June, 2015
Posted by Socrates in art, Socrates, White art/architecture at 1:08 pm |
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Nicolas Poussin. “Winter (The Flood)”
3 May, 2015
Posted by Socrates in architecture, Bauhaus, White art/architecture at 9:52 pm |
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(Above: the type of good architecture that you don’t see much of anymore. This building in Savannah, Georgia, was constructed in the 1880s. Modern buildings are just rectangles with lots of windows) […] “Indeed, in the United States we have the situation in which one of the most literate countries in the world is rapidly […]
19 March, 2015
Posted by Socrates in art, Socrates, White art/architecture, White beauty at 7:24 pm |
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This type of beautiful bronze sculpture (above) was common in living rooms in American and European households circa 1925, but you rarely see it today. Now, you see various cheesy, plastic junk made in China (e.g., an artificial flower arrangement, complete with a plastic vase!).
2 March, 2015
Posted by Socrates in art, Socrates, White art/architecture at 9:04 pm |
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(The artist’s website is here)
3 February, 2015
Posted by Socrates in art, Rembrandt, Socrates, White art/architecture at 7:56 pm |
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(Above: an early Rembrandt, titled “Portrait of Marten Looten,” 1632) Late Rembrandts are too dark and abstract. But early Rembrandts can’t be beat. The detail and the coloring are fantastic.
21 November, 2014
Posted by Socrates in art, Socrates, White art/architecture at 5:33 pm |
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John Constable (1776–1837). More [Here].
3 November, 2014
Posted by Socrates in art, Socrates, White art/architecture at 5:36 pm |
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Jean-Honoré Fragonard. The great thing about Fragonard’s art is how idyllic and serene it is. His paintings are like dreams come to life.