On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 11:41 PM, joseph berg <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 11:36 PM, joseph berg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 7:34 PM, joseph berg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 11:56 PM, joseph berg <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 3:44 AM, saul ostrow <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Seemingly art historically the period of change and transition we now >>>>> call >>>>> the Baroque can be thought of as analogous to our ownfor instance >>>>> might we >>>>> not rewrite the following: >>>>> >>>>> Baroque style featured "exaggerated lighting, intense emotions, release >>>>> from restraint, and even a kind of artistic sensationalism". Baroque >>>>> art >>>>> did not really depict the life style of the people at that time; >>>>> however, >>>>> "closely tied to the Counter-Reformation, this style melodramatically >>>>> reaffirmed the emotional depths of the Catholic faith and glorified >>>>> both >>>>> church and monarchy" of their power and influence. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Contemporary art features "exaggerated means, intense cynicism and >>>>> irony, >>>>> a release from the restraints of reason, and artistic sensationalism". >>>>> While Contemporary Art does not really depict the life style of the >>>>> people >>>>> of our times; however, it is "closely tied to the crisis of >>>>> Capitalism and >>>>> as such this style melodramatically reaffirms the arrogant depths of >>>>> Capitalist ideology and glorifies both power and influence corporate >>>>> greed >>>>> and cultural influence < >>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroque#cite_note-8> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> When it comes to music, the baroque composers did not sound as >>>> different from each other as the later romantic composers did: >>>> >>>> - The curse of the romantic is a greed for dreams, an intensity of >>>> expectation that, in the end, diminishes the reality. >>>> >>>> Marya Mannes >>>> >>> >>> Also in baroque music, the forms may have been exaggerated, intensified >>> and sensationalized, but not beyond recognizability. >>> >>> We live in times where extreme individualism has destroyed any consensus >>> which might have existed. >>> >> >> Also, wasn't the baroque initiated from the top down, i.e., from the >> centers of power down to the masses? >> >> Is that the case in our times?: >> > > - Television is the first truly democratic culture - the first culture > available to everybody and entirely governed by what the people want. The > most terrifying thing is what people do > want.<http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/29613.html> > [image: [info]] <http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/29613.html>[image: > [add]] <http://www.quotationspage.com/myquotations.php?add=29613>[image: > [mail]] <http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/29613.html#email>[image: > [note]] <http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/29613.html#note> > *Clive Barnes* > > If you are serious about cooking, this is what you have to deal with in these times: http://www.radaronline.com/sites/radaronline.com/files/imagecache/350width/teresa-guidice-cookbook.jpg
