So what do you find interesting in Velasquez' ptg. Las Meninas? WC
--- On Sun, 11/9/08, GEOFF CREALOCK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: GEOFF CREALOCK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Learning experiences > To: [email protected] > Date: Sunday, November 9, 2008, 12:30 PM > Chris: ; - ) You spelled similarity incorrectly. > More seriously, I read about "Las Meninas" within > the past five years. No > similar experience of recent vintage comes to mind. Other > experiences that > do, date to my youth, one a tv documentary on, I presume, > an American > network, on Michelangelo and his painting of the ceiling of > the Sistine > chapel. I was impressed both with the program and that all > my aunts and > uncles arranged chairs in front of the tv and shut up while > the program was > on. (You can guess that it was early days for tv.) > In university I was impressed by the four-levels-of-meaning > in T.S. Eliot's > poetry. (It didn't spur me to read more poetry than I > had to - but I was > impressed with what I read, and have since been alert to > levels of meaning > in literature). > So? > Geoff C > > >From: "Chris Miller" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: Right reasons and appreciating art > >Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2008 17:18:42 GMT > > > >No great surprise -- that an experienced artist like > Mando would not > >acknowledge any reasons for liking an artwork as being > righter than his > >own. > > > >I feel the same way -- at least concerning those arts > with which I am most > >familiar -- although such confidence diminishes as > familiarity does. > > > >For example -- in the company of those who know and > love Indian Classical > >music -- I would be very open to hearing about whatever > fine qualities they > >may have noticed, and certainly would not dispute with > them. Even more so > >with Chinese opera --which still sounds to me like cats > being tortured. > > > >And yet ... if I still can't notice what they have > noticed - I have no > >problem with continuing to like (or dislike) that > music in my own way. > > > >And come to think of it -- I just can't remember > any specific features -- > >regarding any of the arts -- which I only enjoyed after > they were pointed > >out > >to me. (I think Cheerskep has said the same thing) > > > >So now I'm wondering, Geoff -- you have told us > about how reading/hearing > >about "Las Meninas" increased your liking and > appreciation of it -- have > >you > >had a simmilar experience with any literature or music > ? And ... are these > >learning experiences confined to your youth -- or are > you still having them > >? > > > > > > ********************** > > > > > >GEOFF CREALOCK > >Sat, 08 Nov 2008 09:11:28 -0800 > >Mando: No list of right reasons that I know of. On the > other hand, > >reading/hearing about "Las Meninas" by > Velasquez, added to both my liking > >and > >appreciation of the painting. Through understanding > more of what I was > >seeing, > >and recognizing the thinking that must have gone into > the presentation of > >the > >artist's perception led me to enjoy/vaule the > painting more than i would > >have > >without the added knowledge. That may not apply in > every case, it's true. > > > >Geoff C > > > > > > > > From: armando baeza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > CC: armando baeza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: Appreciating art > > Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2008 08:37:44 -0800 > > > > Is a list of the the "right" reasons > really important? > > Is there such a list" > >_____________________________________________________________ > >Get educated. Click here for Adult Education programs. > >http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2211/fc/Ioyw6ijmiXmQ0OKE2RyNgzRZ9TKF9d > >sqmtKBAeO2MZrFIKoDh2BWx2/?count=1234567890
