This doesn't seem to indicate a very open mind.One of the sayings attributed to Cosmo Medici is "The painter paints his own portrait." What medici meant was that if the painter could not perceive truth then the the painter couldn't paint truth. KAte Sullivan In a message dated 12/19/09 11:04:39 AM, [email protected] writes:
> But I do find Berger to be a somewhat humorous character, so I think I'll > enjoy reading "Fictions of the Pose" as a non-fictitious self portrait > of > his own fussy, pompous self and his "palimpsestuous relations with > precursors" which he will "even at times wear them like ostrich plumes" > (just > like "Rembrandt" in the example shown above) > > And since Berger is so thorough in documenting his sources, "Fictions of > the > Pose" may also serve as a non-fictitious portrait of his "priveleged > site of > interpretation", i.e. early 21st C. academia.
