tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post5908250729700367988..comments2024-03-22T21:02:55.051+13:00Comments on Bat, Bean, Beam: Caravaggio's Lost PaintingGiovanni Tisohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-47219177737901540212009-01-16T23:28:00.000+13:002009-01-16T23:28:00.000+13:00Giovanni - yes I see he writes about Luria. My int...Giovanni - yes I see he writes about Luria. My interest isn't so much in memory - I'm not sure - I see his books as kinds of "novels" or texts that go beyond information or science...but I only have read about 3 of his books. What I loved was the way he talked on television - or the way he interacted.<BR/><BR/>The Moravia story sounds a bit more like something by Calvino. (I suppose Calivno had Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10272507198753290435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-38177074942369305892008-12-14T08:24:00.000+13:002008-12-14T08:24:00.000+13:00Thank you Richard, I'll follow up the blog links f...Thank you Richard, I'll follow up the blog links for sure. And I too find Sacks' writing quite illuminating, although the book of his that I consider most formative - <I><A HREF="http://www.oliversacks.com/voices.htm" REL="nofollow">Seeing Voices</A></I><BR/> - has got nothing to do with my topic. But I do have a post in the pipeline on "The Landscape of His Dreams", and it was Sacks who put me Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-66290854743174845252008-12-13T21:46:00.000+13:002008-12-13T21:46:00.000+13:00Giovanni - this is an interesting Blog - I was int...Giovanni - this is an interesting Blog - I was interested in your discussion of Caravaggio - I see your interest is in memory and you wrote on Borges. Jack Ross (who is linked to Scott (Maps) Hamilton's blog - and mine) is interested in this area in his strange but quite challenging "trilogy" (called the REM Trilogy by his friend Gabriel White) - the first book is called nights with Giodorno Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10272507198753290435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-23107706806555054412008-12-12T11:43:00.000+13:002008-12-12T11:43:00.000+13:00I'm pleased by discovering your love for Caravaggi...I'm pleased by discovering your love for Caravaggio, what an interesting character in his personal life too!ZiglioNZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11225949019754263070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-49265693089387701342008-12-11T14:20:00.000+13:002008-12-11T14:20:00.000+13:00I saw the film, but twenty or so years ago - when...I saw the film, but twenty or so years ago - when my English was pretty poor - and without subtitles, so I chiefly remember the visuals, which were stunning. I remember a long sequence about the martyrdom, do you recall if it had anything about the first Saint Matthew? Aw, I just need to get it out and watch it again. That, and Wittgenstein. What a loss Jarman was.<BR/><BR/>Thanks Taramoc for Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-30314163471765250312008-12-11T13:52:00.000+13:002008-12-11T13:52:00.000+13:00I trust you have watched "Caravaggio" by Derek Jar...I trust you have watched "Caravaggio" by Derek Jarman?Hans Versluyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15331809478789352312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-65838551019619844382008-12-11T13:47:00.000+13:002008-12-11T13:47:00.000+13:00Sorry, my first comment was rather rushed and ill-...Sorry, my first comment was rather rushed and ill-considered; the library was closing as I wrote.<BR/><BR/>On the whole, I think we should digitise, for the reasons you give. I doubt that anyone in pre-War Italy could have imagined the Capella Scrovegni being bombed or that every bridge in Verona would be destroyed. They were but, fortunately, they could be rebuilt. We might not be so fortunate Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08024440694895271805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-35743158397085805632008-12-11T04:23:00.000+13:002008-12-11T04:23:00.000+13:00In the context of physical representation alongsid...In the context of physical representation alongside to conservation of the real thing, it's interesting what happened to Warsaw in a pre-digitalized era.<BR/><BR/>The historic center of the Polish capital was bombarded and completely destroyed in War World 2. After the war, the communist regime decided to rebuild an exact copy of it, only photographs weren’t as common, so they relied heavily of Taramochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04997006655488913070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-65051798481804675862008-12-10T21:49:00.000+13:002008-12-10T21:49:00.000+13:00Matthew went to Antioch,as did the people who made...Matthew went to Antioch,<BR/>as did the people who made him their book;<BR/>they wrote it after Titus took<BR/>or rather, took out, Jerusalem.<BR/><BR/>This new-made gospel, I was taught, <BR/>was built on a bed of I-told-you-sos;<BR/>the temple that expelled the cult, <BR/>now ashy rubble on the hill.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-15858188058648353762008-12-10T18:57:00.000+13:002008-12-10T18:57:00.000+13:00I like your idea of preserving art works on Intern...<I>I like your idea of preserving art works on Internet, but I think our main efforts should be to preserve the originals: paintings are not just images; they are objects</I><BR/><BR/>I’m not disputing that, not for a moment. But it’s hard to protect artwork against bombs. Not impossible, mind: as a matter of fact, it’s what they did in Iraq - the initial panic about the scale of loot of the Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-31561550693086878662008-12-10T17:51:00.000+13:002008-12-10T17:51:00.000+13:00It is interesting to see that, when you talk about...It is interesting to see that, when you talk about books, you get lots of commentary; but silence falls when you talk about pictures. Ah well, an Art Historian rushes in where angels fear to tread.<BR/><BR/>I like your idea of preserving art works on Internet, but I think our main efforts should be to preserve the originals: paintings are not just images; they are objects. I am also wondering Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08024440694895271805noreply@blogger.com