tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11904671.post271746968682293959..comments2023-08-25T03:21:41.842-07:00Comments on The Petch House: I’ve Decided To Find It CharmingGreghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02807710209656158413noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11904671.post-18001024348359824332007-05-12T18:29:00.000-07:002007-05-12T18:29:00.000-07:00I have a very large arse.I didn't even consult wik...I have a very large arse.<BR/><BR/>I didn't even consult wikipedia, repository of all knowledge!!!<BR/><BR/>Well WIKIPEDIA does say that Vermeer was ridiscovered by an 1860s French art critic who published a big work on him. Woo-hoo! <BR/><BR/>http://www.whistler.arts.gla.ac.uk/biog/Thor_EJT.htm<BR/><BR/><BR/>(That almost certainly means that Vermeer played a cultural role in the 1860s+ French identity and esthetic and in the historic preservation movement. Woo hoo!). <BR/><BR/>This art critic liked Whistler too.<BR/><BR/>Ruskin was one of the English dudes to advocate the Gothic revival (1830s?), and went all gaga for the Pre-Raphaelites.<BR/><BR/>He didn't like Whistler.<BR/><BR/>So whatever that means.<BR/><BR/>Anyhoo, the re-discovery of Vermeer was one of many rediscoveries of Medieval-Renaissance stuff in France in the 1830s to 1870s (woo hoo!). Which is where Ruskin fits in 'cause he was one of the elitist re-discoverers.<BR/><BR/>With Vermeer, it's like Shakespeare. You are looking at him thru the lense of the 19th century romantics who thought he was worth looking at. <BR/><BR/>(IOW You can't have Shakespeare without having The Hunchback of Notre Dame and the Three Mousquetaires).<BR/><BR/>I think.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11904671.post-55546763771558887142007-05-12T15:04:00.000-07:002007-05-12T15:04:00.000-07:00Alicia,Well, if you are talking out your arse, tha...Alicia,<BR/><BR/>Well, if you are talking out your arse, that's some of the best arse talking I've ever heard. I actually think you have a very good point.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02807710209656158413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11904671.post-72483109931811715532007-05-12T14:07:00.000-07:002007-05-12T14:07:00.000-07:00I'm mainly talking out of my arse to mention this,...I'm mainly talking out of my arse to mention this, but Vermeer was a favorite of Proust, and Proust was obsessed with Ruskin, and IIRC Ruskin was one of the big names in the Aesthetic movement that gives you Eastlake etc., right? What I mean is, the same stylistic of Vermeer might has something to do with why you like your house and that period.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11904671.post-36222486634625176202007-02-22T14:12:00.000-08:002007-02-22T14:12:00.000-08:00There is a new novel about Vermeer’s early years a...There is a new novel about Vermeer’s early years as an apprentice called FAITH.<BR/><BR/>In April of 1653, Joannis Vermeer married Catharina Bolnes. He was twenty and she just twenty-one. The marriage had been opposed for numerous reasons: He was still an apprentice; He had no money; He came from a social class which was beneath hers and he was not a Catholic. Still, their marriage endured until his untimely death at the age of forty-three. FAITH is the story of three winter months before his marriage, the most important months of his life. It was a time when his ideas about art, technique and 'reality' were being formed, ideas that would be developed and reflected in all his later work. FAITH is also a love story, a 'probable' love story since nothing is known about the artist's life during this period. The people and events around him in this story are real. There is nothing in this book that could not have happened. Most of it must have. <BR/><BR/>Available at Lulu.comDPH Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03249669795935700292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11904671.post-47670482228247240182007-02-16T15:43:00.000-08:002007-02-16T15:43:00.000-08:00I didn't comment but I would have kept the paintin...I didn't comment but I would have kept the painting also. It does have a folk art feeling and I like that as well. <BR/><BR/>I think what you are describing about art is the best way to interact with it.Jocelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13570623978361702328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11904671.post-45104321332888398732007-02-16T13:20:00.000-08:002007-02-16T13:20:00.000-08:00Mmm, if I was fabulously wealthy I would have a Jo...Mmm, if I was fabulously wealthy I would have a John Singer Sargent ... or 12.Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14419829266401536453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11904671.post-65101158301770796692007-02-16T11:57:00.000-08:002007-02-16T11:57:00.000-08:00I love the way Vermeer portrayed light in his pain...I love the way Vermeer portrayed light in his paintings. They never looked dark and depressing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11904671.post-38458583079841495032007-02-16T07:01:00.000-08:002007-02-16T07:01:00.000-08:00"When I started judging paintings on how they affe..."When I started judging paintings on how they affected me on a more emotional level though, I started to see things differently. Now I’ve found that I can appreciate a lot of different styles of paintings and still not be willing to hang them on my wall. Is that odd?"<BR/><BR/>Not at all. Actually, I would say that it is a pretty strong indication that you "get" art. One of the things that has always bothered the hell out of me, are the snotty art academics who spend a considerable amount of time belittling the average person's taste in art. There are a few exceptions to this, but most of the art history classes I had should have been called, "Why You Should Like My Favorite Artists or You're Stupid, 101." I think this attitude has a lot to do with why most people actively avoid art.<BR/><BR/>And, you may be interested to know that the next big, avant-garde movement in art is a return to the classical western painting techniques like Vermeer. Sure there are still people stuffing dead animals into glass boxes, but their time has past. If you can believe it, painting like Vermeer is an act of rebellion in a lot of art schools.<BR/><BR/>In any case, I really enjoyed this post. I've always thought highly of Vermeer, but I haven’t studied him nearly as much as you. Thanks for giving me a reason to revisit him.<BR/><BR/>And thanks for steering folks my way; if I end up rich and famous, I'll see if I can't steer one of those Vermeer paintings your way, an original of course.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01111893364147445374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11904671.post-51124019159355737702007-02-15T23:55:00.000-08:002007-02-15T23:55:00.000-08:00Yeah...its a little off perspective. The far side ...Yeah...its a little off perspective. The far side of the house is too high...etc. But then, its not a draughting exercise...its art. The idea is to convey the "feel" of your place, and I think it does that just fine. <BR/><BR/>Back when your house was first built, people would come around to various properties, make sketches and try to sell finished paintings to the home owners. These sketches often form a priceless record of a community. Most that I have seen tend to be idealized "elevations", but many of them are very nice pen and ink drawings. And a few look remarkably like the painting you got.STAGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06198646624631167489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11904671.post-3417885568803326862007-02-15T20:56:00.000-08:002007-02-15T20:56:00.000-08:00Ditto the thought that your house painting has a c...Ditto the thought that your house painting has a cool folk art feel. It looks very nice.<BR/><BR/>One of my favorite paintings is Dali's Girl in the Window. For emotion, Picasso's Guernica.StuccoHousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10608839109697874015noreply@blogger.com