Well, Winter has FINALLY arrived and it could not have occurred soon enough. There’s something very disconcerting about having to utilize an Air-Conditioning unit in October -the beginning of Winter. That’s what happens when you’ve faced down a Summer filled with weeks and weeks of relentless 120 degree weather. Life in Hell. Grumpiness is the result of excessive heat-the heat will be the main contributor to street fights and jousts. Iceland never experiences such warm climates. And the people seem so relaxed and even-tempered. It must be nice to be energy-independent. Lucky bastards. An observation is in order here: Extreme temperatures elicit extreme behaviors. Except in Iceland.
The Church: Priest=Aura. A great album by a great band-worthy of repeated listenings. A few years ago many were convinced that this was the Perfect Album of all time and listened to it endlessly. Then they moved to Ireland and were never heard from again. Life is peculiar like that.
Many years ago before she became the media heavyweight that she is now and the proprietor of the Huffington Post, Arianna Huffington published an extremely insightful biography on Pablo Picasso. The book emphasized the tempestuous relationships that Pablo maintained with his many wives and mistresses. The revelation was at times sickening. In this regard a female author has many obvious advantages in powers of deduction, knowledge of complex relationships and most important of all, empathy. An excerpt from biography.com on our favorite Artist:
Picasso's paintings and drawings of the late teens often seem unexpectedly naturalistic in contrast to the Cubist works that preceded or sometimes coincided with them (Passeig de Colom, 1917). After his travels to Italy and a return to Barcelona in 1917 (Parade was performed there in November), a new spirit of Mediterraneanism made itself felt in his work, especially in the use of classical forms and drawing techniques.
This was reinforced by a conscious looking back to Ingres (for example, in Picasso's portrait drawings of Jacob and Vollard, 1915) and to late Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Even the direction of Picasso's Cubist work was affected. By clarifying planes, forms, and colour, the artist imparted to his Cubist paintings a classical expression (Saint-Raphal still lifes, 1919; two versions of the Three Musicians, 1921).
This was reinforced by a conscious looking back to Ingres (for example, in Picasso's portrait drawings of Jacob and Vollard, 1915) and to late Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Even the direction of Picasso's Cubist work was affected. By clarifying planes, forms, and colour, the artist imparted to his Cubist paintings a classical expression (Saint-Raphal still lifes, 1919; two versions of the Three Musicians, 1921).
Picasso's only legitimate child, Paulo, was born in 1921. As part of his new status as darling of the socialites (encouraged particularly by his wife and Jean Cocteau) Picasso continued his collaborations with the Ballets Russes and produced designs for Manuel de Falla's Three-Cornered Hat (1919); Igor Stravinsky's Pulcinella (1920); De Falla's Cuadro Flamenco (1921); and Satie's ballet Mercure (1924). André Breton called Picasso's designs for this ballet “tragic toys for adults” created in the spirit of Surrealism.
That excerpt should be sufficient to encourage further exploration into all things Artistic.
No comments:
Post a Comment