tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post661715458083548693..comments2024-03-23T20:37:37.891-07:00Comments on First Known When Lost: A Lost World, Part One: "The Backward Glance"Stephen Pentzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-11771746911526698992011-03-03T22:44:13.457-08:002011-03-03T22:44:13.457-08:00zmkc: well, that is good timing! Please report bac...zmkc: well, that is good timing! Please report back on how it looks -- I'm interested to find out how well-preserved it is.Stephen Pentzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-23751264191593373252011-03-03T18:51:54.689-08:002011-03-03T18:51:54.689-08:00Fantastic - I'm going to Madrid in June. I sha...Fantastic - I'm going to Madrid in June. I shall seek it out.zmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-34276239159450006542011-03-02T08:34:55.055-08:002011-03-02T08:34:55.055-08:00Tim: thank you very much for stopping by again, an...Tim: thank you very much for stopping by again, and for the kind words.Stephen Pentzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-41654896006950605192011-03-02T08:31:59.052-08:002011-03-02T08:31:59.052-08:00PAL: thank you very much for the wonderful quote f...PAL: thank you very much for the wonderful quote from E. P. Thompson! I agree that what he describes is 'a characteristic vice of our age.' (To the extent that there is even an awareness of the past, which is another matter in itself.)<br /><br />Your point about seeing the originals is well taken -- I often wonder about the accuracy of what is reproduced on the page (or in this context). <br /><br />I'm pleased that you like the Spencers -- I've been discovering that there is much by him that I haven't seen.Stephen Pentzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-85264798718971462872011-03-02T08:13:52.281-08:002011-03-02T08:13:52.281-08:00zmkc: yes, the progression from van Eyck to Warhol...zmkc: yes, the progression from van Eyck to Warhol to Damien Hirst says it all, I think. Warhol and Hirst are easy targets, of course, but the evidence, as they say, speaks for itself. <br /><br />I envy you having seen the van Eycks in the flesh. As for the painting in the post, it is located in the Prado -- I have never seen it, but perhaps there is still time.<br /><br />As ever, thank you for the visit and comment.Stephen Pentzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-57689108799469528812011-03-02T02:22:21.497-08:002011-03-02T02:22:21.497-08:00Great quotation from C S Lewis. Great painting.
R...Great quotation from C S Lewis. Great painting.<br /><br />Roger and out.Tim Kendallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17917270014209480898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-10344458784174190012011-03-01T02:04:45.103-08:002011-03-01T02:04:45.103-08:00Mr P: "Primitives" - who thinks up these...Mr P: "Primitives" - who thinks up these labels? I know the painting - wonderful, tho I always have the feeling with these painters that you really do have to go and see the originals. <br /><br />In his criticism too, Lewis was good on what the historian EP Thompson called "the infinite condescension of posterity". I have the feeling it's a characteristic vice of our age.<br /><br />Please keep putting up less well-known Stanley Spencers. I like him, but you've already shown several of his I've never seen before.PALhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16213913134351463538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-18083037312115270342011-03-01T01:12:57.252-08:002011-03-01T01:12:57.252-08:00van Eyck - a primitive? 'Some mistake surely, ...van Eyck - a primitive? 'Some mistake surely, ed.', to quote Private Eye. Artists of today are primitive in the extreme beside his moving and remarkable achievements. His self portrait (if it is him) in the National Gallery is one of the few things I miss about London. And there is a magnificent painting by him in the Louvre - but I must stop; just thinking about his paintings makes me feel peculiarly emotional. A wonderful painter and in no way primitive - art-jargon, pshaw. I look forward to further musings from you on this subject.zmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.com