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Narnia
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Oh you definitely should!!! It's by Irving Stone. Have you read the Agony and the Ecstasy about Michelangelo? Same author. [Smile]
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Rodin for sculpture, and currently Chagall for everything else. The windows in blue at the Chicago Art Institute are breathtaking.

And (for aka), my mother introduced me to Constantin Brancusi's Sleeping Muse.

[ January 17, 2004, 08:24 AM: Message edited by: ClaudiaTherese ]
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Thanks CT! I hadn't seen those windows. I know where I'm goin' if I ever get to Chicago!
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That art museum is AMAZING Erik. You really do need to get your hiney over there. The weapon room and the miniatures are TONS of fun, but I love those windows and the retro furniture too. [Smile] (And there's a Bennigan's right across the street, the Sear's Tower a straight ahead and on your way, you'll pass the Chicago Symphony Orchestra hall. TONS of fun places to go.)
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Hot Nathan
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My favorite artist is whoever is currently taking pictures of me looking hot.
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That's not art, that's photography.
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Shows what you know. Photography is art. But more importantly, I'm art.
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Narnia
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[Roll Eyes] Puh-lease.

You won't be art in the brown jacket!!

(just kidding, I love the jacket!!)

[Wink]
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Somebody's going to have to deflate his ego before it pops and gets all over the place.
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Narnia
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*hands Annie a straight pin*

Ready?

[Evil Laugh]
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on the count of three....

one...

two...

THREE!
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<Wipes bits of Hot Nathan's exploded ego out of her eyes>
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Did I read that last post correctly?
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[Big Grin]

(I didn't have the guts, eslaine.)
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CT! You are incorrigible! eslaine! Is this the way a nice acolyte thinks of his adulatee? <mortified>
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Narnia
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Oh, where's Papa Moose when you NEED him?

*high fives Annie* That was fun! [Smile]
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[Eek!]

Skip a thread cuz you thought you'd read most of it, and see what you miss? Eep!
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I'm sorry, I just wanted to know if it was what it looked like!
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Oh, don't worry. I always keep a spare.

*replaces deflated ego*
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Intriguing.
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Anyone read Dave Barry today? It's great.

silly artists
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*shameless bump*

For a mildly interesting story.

I was in DC this weekend, ostensibly to see my cousin, who is in Iraq and has been there for ten months. He got two weeks leave and was to come to DC because his mother lives there. I and a mutual friend purchased dirt cheap tickets (nonrefundable, nonexchangable) three weeks ago, only to find that his leave was canceled one week ago. So, we end up in DC with our primary purpose stripped from us. I'm back there twice a year or so because half my family lives and works in the District, but Andrew (the mutual friend) has never been, so I take him on a tour of the city.
Anyway, this all boils down to Sunday afternoon, when we are quietly touring the National Gallery, and stumble across this:
http://www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/pinfo?Object=12214+0+none

And I stare at it for a moment and think "Holy Moses, I spelled Zurbaran's name wrong on Hatrack."

So, I apologize for the misspelling in my above post, and as per request, I offer Cecily the following fantastic Zurbaran monk paintings.

This is my favorite, _Saint Francis in Meditation_.
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/Manet_Velazquez/85.L.htm

But this is also good:
http://www.artsender.com/gallery/details.asp?PaintingID=1545

And these are among most devastating crucifixions I've seen, though the only link of the first I could find is not the best reproduction.
http://www.juntaex.es/consejerias/clt/eco/eco17/f1709e.jpg

http://citd.scar.utoronto.ca/VPAB04/VPAB04_98/student/Matijcio/xZurb.COC.html

Zurbaran is great, I think, because of the sheer quiet and heavy stillness of his paintings. They're silent, but there's a terrific energy there.
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(glances up) You know you're an addict when....
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