The Gleaners by Jean François Millet A little bit of history Date: 1857 Located in the Museé D’Orsay, Paris. Jean Francois Milliet was part of the "Barbizon School", a group of landscape and figure painters who settled near the village of Barbizon in the forest of Fontainebleau. Paul Johnson calls him "the Raphael of the peasants", since his paintings portray peasant life with...
Lindsey from The Motion Pictures posted this tag and you guys know how much I love making lists so I need to explain no further. Actually, I do. The tag is movies that "play with my emotions". A movie that makes me feel happy: Le Petit Nicolas Please tell me you've seen this, otherwise I'll have to stop typing and play the Dvd for...
Untitled, 1970 by Robert Morris "Of course, works of art should 'call into question' - what else does the tradition of tragedy from Antigone to Hedda Gabler do? But they need to do so in far more complex and enduring ways than we find in most recent postmodernist art." Christopher Butler in Postmodernism I usually have two difficulties when studying about Postmodernism: to...
"Tecnhique is a just a mean of arriving at a statement" - Jackson Pollock I was very happy to have found the video below. In 1951, Hans Namuth shot a film of Jackson Pollock painting and showing his new "drip" technique. It's amazing to see him paint through glass. (Plus his paint-covered shoes are very cool.) The making of this film also appears...
I don't consider myself a Bill Murray fan but he's such an indie icon these days. I don't even know if he's still considered a comedian. He developed this sad and melancholic aura which made me stay clear of his more recent movies such as Moonrise Kingdom. But whether I like it or not, he is setting himself apart. His career path is...
"If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot." - Stephen King Despite being terrified of Stephen King's books*, I need to buy a copy of his On writing urgently. I can't tell you how many times I have seen authors and bloggers recommending it. i'm not a big fan of...
