tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051081973896563723.post6253369807470523066..comments2023-10-23T12:52:23.144-07:00Comments on CoopRenner: Tarxien and sundryCooper Rennerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13822147149062401856noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051081973896563723.post-19986717043510959832007-05-26T00:25:00.000-07:002007-05-26T00:25:00.000-07:00That was a good read cooper The overriding impress...That was a good read cooper <BR/>The overriding impression I acquired from your recent entries was that of time <BR/>Inclusive of the odd anomaly that would seem to come from time yet not <BR/>I see no point in you wasting the price of a stamp by sending a post card to the museum <BR/>Of creation in Kentucky <BR/><BR/>The dainty toes sculpture was a joy <BR/>One felt and impending sense of movement towards dance <BR/>Much like a modern cartoon <BR/><BR/>These depictions of Spirals seem to occur in many past cultures across the world <BR/>And no answer is found for why which is intriguing <BR/>Given our mathematical understandings <BR/><BR/>There is an argument that Stonehenge represents both the worship of moon followed by then sun<BR/>And signifies the painful transition from hunter to farmer <BR/>From the maternal to the male god <BR/>This came to mind as I read your description <BR/><BR/>That sketches of the little inner room and a derived feeling form your description <BR/>For some reason brought to mind a small purpose built gallery <BR/>That housed some very large Rothko’s <BR/>It was built by two collectors whilst Rothko was living and I believe for ideas I am not sure it is the Dallas area<BR/><BR/>Now this is the anomaly of time you have hit on in Malta<BR/><BR/>Essentially the Nazarene painters were a group of 19th century German romantic painters <BR/>Who whish to renew spirituality in Christian art they influenced the pre Raphaelites in England <BR/><BR/>We view their paintings from our time and see the antique<BR/>Yet in many respects they were retro in their own time <BR/><BR/>Is not strange that in the antique a sense of the future is felt <BR/>Yet retro appears only to convey a single idea that’s soon to perish <BR/>In its emptiness <BR/><BR/>Its is the penitent Magdalene you have discovered <BR/>Teary eyed her nakedness covered by flowing hair <BR/>Naked depictions more often represent purity in renaissance paintings <BR/><BR/>The discoloration of the virgin is more likely the aged varnish <BR/>And if striped the original color would be seen <BR/><BR/>Cain and Abel painting is more commonly found in the church paintings of northern Europe <BR/>Where we see The death of Abel as a shepherd this is regarded as an early type of the death of Christ <BR/><BR/>Very stimulating read cooper I like that <BR/>I hope you don’t mind my two pennies worth of notations <BR/>alek sent a picture of me how odd I would not like to spoil your day <BR/>when I look in the mirror unlike narcissus I feel visually afflicted by the reflection <BR/><BR/>warm regards jack lindusjackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812529717425705717noreply@blogger.com