Proving Frank, that even back then the people didn't care enough about the Arts to support it on the open market.
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "asburycheech" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "dfsavgny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "bluebishop82" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > As for your invite to go through the budget and pick out other > > > things I dislike, I intend to. I intend to cut completely, PBS, > > NPR > > > and the National Endowment of the Arts. Let these freeloaders > > work > > > for a living like the rest of us. > > > > > > > > Tom > > Thank God the popes through the ages, even the most corrupt, maybe > especially the most corrupt (see "The March of Folly", I don't > remember the author), were patrons of the arts and subsidized them > liberally. We have them and their talented artists to thank for most > of the wonders residing in the very crowded museums of Rome and > Florence. Had Papa Tomasso, formerly Il Vescovo Azzurro, been around > at the time, Michelangelo would have been a house painter or sculptor > of ice swans for the banquets of the nobility. And spare me the > nonsense about some modern "artists" defacing religious artifacts, > etc. The popes paid for a lot of dreck, too. Fortunately for them, > they could always rely on the Inquisition to take care of the really > bad stuff. > > Frank D'Alessandro ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/Y2tolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
