tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post8900679574891710618..comments2024-03-27T03:11:58.288-04:00Comments on Kitchen and Residential Design: Up close and personal with a Renaissance master workPaul Anaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05777487147630173644noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post-78273002029910641772010-04-08T18:38:02.770-04:002010-04-08T18:38:02.770-04:00Loving the exchange; love digging into poetry; lov...Loving the exchange; love digging into poetry; love Michelangelo! I loved pulling my book of poems out, too...great follow-up post.Saxon Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11647828858358426236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post-53859412329140255702010-04-08T18:36:45.725-04:002010-04-08T18:36:45.725-04:00That settles it, I'm writing a follow-up with ...That settles it, I'm writing a follow-up with one of his sonnets where he complains about having to paint that ceiling.Paul Anaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05777487147630173644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post-56391502669808427592010-04-08T18:01:22.196-04:002010-04-08T18:01:22.196-04:00I was truly inspired! One of my favorite books is ...I was truly inspired! One of my favorite books is his book of poetry. Here's a verse:<br /><br />Into the ache of laughter from sweet cries<br />I fell,--into a peace that cannot last, <br />From one, eternal; truth away now cast,<br />My senses intervene to tyrannize.<br />Do all these torments from my heart arise,<br />Or from your face? Since they hurt less, the vaster<br />They grow, it must then be that burning-fast<br />Torch of your eyes, stolen from paradise.Saxon Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11647828858358426236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post-48867336614627391782010-04-08T17:54:46.226-04:002010-04-08T17:54:46.226-04:00Carolyn: I don't know about it being the next ...Carolyn: I don't know about it being the next best thing to being there, but it's terribly close. What would be better is a narration by an art historian. The symbolism in Renaissance art runs deep and I mean deep. The work of Michelangelo and his peers operates on a bunch of levels at one time and the effect is utterly mesmerizing.<br /><br />Saxon: Wow. Thank you. I'm honored that you feel comfortable enough to leave an original work as a comment. Wow.<br /><br />Kelly: He considered himself to be a sculptor first and foremost. Among his many talents though, he was an accomplished poet, architect and engineer too. The man was nothing short of amazing. Even so, I can't imagine that he was very good company. That level of brilliance left no room for social skills.<br /><br />Patrick: That's a good one. Wow. I'd never seen that installation before and I can only imagine that its unveiling caused the kind of stir that Michelangelo's Last Judgment did in its day.Paul Anaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05777487147630173644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post-37919659086230044752010-04-08T16:15:18.363-04:002010-04-08T16:15:18.363-04:00Why didn't Michaelangelo consider himself a pa...Why didn't Michaelangelo consider himself a painter?! Holy smokes, I couldn't even begin to even think about creating a piece of art like that!!!!<br /><br />KellyDesignTieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02561438683476880640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post-17872684632580297662010-04-08T11:27:13.238-04:002010-04-08T11:27:13.238-04:00Love this post, Paul. It made me think of one of m...Love this post, Paul. It made me think of one of my favorite poems I wrote years ago. I hope it's okay if I post it here. I love remembering the deeper work in the midst of the daily chaos! <br /><br />ART:HISTORY<br /><br /><br />Who would find me in this life I have created <br />assuming someone else's falsities:<br /><br />the jackal-headed god who plucks at the chain <br />as they weigh my heart against the feather of truth; You — <br /><br />wishing to place the unhasped necklace around my throat, believing<br />that the pavé diamonds will disguise your cross's proclivity?<br /><br />In the Sistine Chapel, God commands Eve to stand upright,<br />while above her head she participates in The Fall of Man.<br /><br />And below, Adam reclines — one hand extended<br />toward the reach of God's articulate finger. <br /><br /> Saxon HenrySaxon Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11647828858358426236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post-17050390149169879862010-04-08T11:24:14.985-04:002010-04-08T11:24:14.985-04:00Too wonderful. Thanks for the link!
Take me back t...Too wonderful. Thanks for the link!<br />Take me back to the good old days when popes had both style AND a sense of humor, and were willing to commission art on a grand scale.<br /><br />Now, the only papal art worth seeing is "the Ninth Hour" and that was John Paul II. It has me wondering what's in the aesthetic hopper for God's Rotweiller.<br />http://www.orbit.zkm.de/?q=node/44patrickgracewoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07809680469780228855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post-9687320430306348812010-04-08T11:19:32.762-04:002010-04-08T11:19:32.762-04:00500 year old jokes by a Pope no less
Thanks again ...500 year old jokes by a Pope no less<br />Thanks again for sharing this - next best thing to being there? <br />CarolynCarolyn Lawson Lowhttp://www.avarchitectsbuild.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post-87716846943095544852010-04-08T10:19:36.941-04:002010-04-08T10:19:36.941-04:00Wow indeed!
Julie: you can pan around and zoom in...Wow indeed!<br /><br />Julie: you can pan around and zoom in with your mouse. It's not the most intuitive control in the world, but then again it's Italian. You can also zoom in with the shift key and pull back with the control key. The trompe l'oeil curtains and niches in the chapel were painted by Botticelli and the rest of the usual suspects from the Renaissance. Michelangelo gets all of the glory, but there were many hands that went into that room. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the walls too, but oh that ceiling sends me into convulsions.Paul Anaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05777487147630173644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post-43325928258999964452010-04-08T09:48:31.954-04:002010-04-08T09:48:31.954-04:00I was just there in the last couple of weeks and I...I was just there in the last couple of weeks and I actually thought the opposite: there are so many things that I can see being here in person that I couldn't from pictures. I couldn't figure out how to pan on that link, so I didn't get to see if I'm still right. There are these figures on the side walls that look 3-D; I stared at them for a good 10 minutes. Completely brilliant.Julie Warnerhttp://blog.warnersstellian.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post-29196226335606881312010-04-08T09:17:35.009-04:002010-04-08T09:17:35.009-04:00Wow!Wow!Sharon Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00374987332093426718noreply@blogger.com