The Frozen Drape
Monday, August 30, 2004
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Tuesday, August 24, 2004
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Thursday, August 19, 2004
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Monday, August 09, 2004
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FAVORITE COMPOSERS
J.S. Bach...of course
Johannes Brahms
Robert Schumann
Franz Berwald
Anton Bruckner
Alexander Glazunov
Wilhelm Stennhammar
Jean Sibelius
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Dimitri Shostakovich
Paul Hindemith
Steve Reich
Howard Hanson
John Corigliano
and of course, particular pieces by a variety of other composers
’gotta add Alberic Magnard. The finales to his 3rd and 4th symphonies are absolutely magnificient.
Saturday, August 07, 2004
Favorite Methods and Styles of Artistic Expression, Art Movements, and Artists
Landscape painting in general
Prints and book illustration (woodcuts, engravings, etchings, and lithographs) – particularly from the 19th century.
Gothic architecture, medieval book illustration and illumination
Northern Renaissance painting and prints
Neo-Classic architecture and interior design
German romantic landscape painting
Hudson River school and Luminist landscape painting
Impressionism
Symbolism
Expressionism
Art Nouveau – in all mediums
Art Deco – in all mediums
Photo realism
Music Video and Television Advertising
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Albrecht Durer
Hans Holbein
El Grecko
Gianlorenzo Bernini
Jacques Callot
Rembrandt
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
John Martin
Caspar David Friedrich
J. William Turner
Arnold Bocklin
Auguste Rodin
Childe Hassam
Maurice de Vlaminck
Franz Kupka
Andrew Wyeth
Charles Mackintosh
John Singer Sargent
George Inness
John Francis Murphy
Martin Heade
Frederic Edwin Church
Albert Bierstadt
Thomas Cole
Ralph Albert Blakelock
Gustav Klimt
Max Klinger
Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema
James Tissot
Lord Frederic Leighton
John William Waterhouse
Gustave Moreau
Odilon Redon
Claude Monet
Camille Pissarro
Alfred Sisley
Tamara de Lempicka
Norman Rockwell
Grant Wood
John Steuart Curry
Thomas Hart Benton
Franz Kline
Louise Nevelson
Richard Diebenkorn
It may be noted, if not obvious, that I appreciate many academic styles where technique has been mastered thoroughly. Though I appreciate originality there can be no doubt that much of modern art, though original, lacks the profundity of spirit that truly results in great art. I hate almost all art styles, movements, and "artworks" originating in the 60's and 70's although some can be entertaining or appreciated for their mastery of gimmick. It may also be noted that I've missed some truly great artists or individual works. In retrospect I'm sure I'll later attribute such errors to lapses in memory and not inability to appreciate the finer expressions of human creativity.
If an elitist intellectual leftist art snob says they love a particular artist, the chances are that I'll hate that particular artist's work.
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