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Saturday, May 24, 2008


Provenzo on Art
By Paul Hsieh @ 3:38 AM PermaLink

When Diana and I visited Washington DC last month for a conference, we had a special treat of an impromptu tour of local sculpture by Nicholas Provenzo.

For those who want to get a taste of the aesthetic analysis Nick is capable of, I'd like to refer you to his recent blog post, "Four Great American Paintings (Part 1)". It's a very nice discussion of the meaning of the work in a Romantic school vein.

I look forward to reading his next 3 commentaries!

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Saturday, May 24, 2008 at 11:26:55 mst
Comment ID: #1
Name: Diana Hsieh
E-mail: diana(at)dianahsieh.com
URL: http://www.dianahsieh.com/blog

In particular, that painting is soooo much better than the creepy Boy Scout Memorial we saw with Nick in DC.

Here's a pretty good picture: <>http://dcmemorials.com/index_indiv0000750.htm>

And here's a funny (and apt) description: <>http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1285169>


Sunday, May 25, 2008 at 13:01:28 mst
Comment ID: #2
Name: Jeff Montgomery
E-mail: jamontgom(at)hotmail.com

That is psychologically odd, isn't it? Looks to me like more of a Canteen Boy monument (http://tinyurl.com/3l85sn). It also makes me think of the Ab Lounge (http://tinyurl.com/3shtkn).


Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at 15:06:35 mst
Comment ID: #3
Name: Jonathan

Provenzo may have tried to come from what he imagines is a "Romantic school vein" in commenting on the Rockwell painting, and good for him, but I doubt that Rand would have agreed that the painting, or much of anything else by Rockwell, fit her view "romanticism" in art. She much more likely would have seen it as representing the average, the everyday, the folks next door -- a humble man doing altruistic work in a rural landscape painted in muddy colors.

J


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