Just winding down after a really busy week.
What really made my week was T.V. critic Matthew Collings virtually stopping by to comment on my piece about his Piero della Francesca programme. His interesting comments are below. I agree with all he says, especially his point about the continuity between pre-modern and modern art. Thanks to MC for stopping by. Who says that blogs don't get read by influential art history figures!
"The series is not academically naive, it's just not coming from an academic place (or not only). I've never been disillusioned with modern art, and in fact have always thought of modern and pre-modern as profoundly continuous. The discontinuity is between modern and a certain type of post-modern, namely populist institution post-modern The aim of the series is to criticise that kind of thing."
A couple of other things. Glennis McGregor has told me about her great site Renaissance for Real. It looks at the renaissance and the virtual amongst other things. Definitely worth bookmarking and exploring.
I was also contacted by Accredited Online Colleges who have an article on 50 Amazing Museum Exhibits You Can Enjoy Online.
Right, I'm off to get a beer, listen to some music and relax.
Congrats David, though I'm not hugely suprised! I imagine quite a few significant personages in the art world follow AHT, you are among the only blogs recommended by the Art History Newsletter after all.
I personally would love to see you interview some of these people - that would be a fascinating read.
I realy enjoyed Collings series too - anything that zeroes in on Bosch or Raphael is unmissable in my book. I wished there were more episodes though!
I'd really love to see another film on Giorgione, the only documentarian brave enough to go near him so far was Waldemar Januszczak.
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Posted by: H Niyazi | 11/12/2010 at 05:12 AM
Many thanks for the recommendation! It is much appreciated.
Posted by: Glennis McGregor | 11/12/2010 at 09:54 AM