So, what did you think about last night's show, Joseph ? (for whose who missed it, most of the content can be found here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/26/arts/design/26picasso.html ) It made me think of Ian McKellen's "King Lear" (shown last week on Public Television) -- except that Shakespeare was only 50 when he wrote poetic rantings for an old lunatic. Did you buy John Richardson's pitch ? Was this a "great late period" ? (I didn't -- but then, I don't think Titian's last works were very good either -- i.e., if he weren't Titian, nobody would care.) Since these later works are mostly unfamiliar to us -- this would be a good opportunity to run a version of the Miller test. Show the collection to a first year art student, and ask her to do a bunch of work in the same style. Then, test to see whether anyone can tell the difference. BTW -- does anyone know much about John Richardson? Has he ever written about art instead of the lives of those who make it? ____________________________________________________________ Click now for low cost, approved defensive driving courses! http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2231/fc/BLSrjnxP7fz75XtFqgybcDWywX3Eqs QkIzmJBS8khyotFjXcBHIoS1aCchi/
