Art and Craft

Art and Craft

Brian Neimeier discusses how actual art lasts [https://www.brianniemeier.com/2020/10/art-lasts.html] - and that craft, such as carpentry and plumbing, is, indeed, art. > The ancient Romans had a saying, Ars longa, vita brevis. Moderns take it to mean that life is short, but works of art last. We post-Renaissance types get the, "Life is short," part right. But ancients and Medievals didn't restrict the meaning of ars to "fine art". For them, it could apply to any craft. The equivalent Greek wo…

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Moritz von Schwind

Moritz von Schwind

A bit of art for the beginning of the week. Moritz von Schwind [https://infogalactic.com/info/Moritz_von_Schwind]. The Prisoner's Dream is what captured my attention.…

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Way to Calvary

Way to Calvary

While it's about a week late, subject matter wise, this particular image came up courtesy of Infogalactic's featured picture on the main page [https://infogalactic.com/info/Main_Page] a few days back. The Way to Calvary [https://infogalactic.com/info/File:5_Andrea_di_Bartolo._Way_to_Calvary._c._1400,_Thissen-Bornhemisza_coll._Madrid.jpg] , by Andrea di Bartolo [https://infogalactic.com/info/Andrea_di_Bartolo]. Yes, it is stylized instead of realistic, in the sense that posture, perspective, an…

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Cult of the Child

Cult of the Child

So discussing the ugliness [https://thelastredoubt.com/beware-the-bandersnatch/], the propaganda and "sophisticated" writing faults [https://thelastredoubt.com/modern-entertainment/], and the ugliness disguised as beauty [https://thelastredoubt.com/while-the-ugliness-is-fairly-new/] as I have been, I thought one more item needed to be looked at. I'm not sure where I most recently heard it, but was reminded of the expression "cult of the child" in regards to several tendencies, mostly parents ca…

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