tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post2894848321799656013..comments2024-03-28T06:33:54.252-04:00Comments on Studio and Garden: At the Boston Museum of Fine Arts: Paintings, and a SculptureAltoon Sultanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16743040814034732581noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-16482137755505401902010-05-04T10:08:44.040-04:002010-05-04T10:08:44.040-04:00liked your poetic writing Altoon...
"gave ...liked your poetic writing Altoon...<br /><br /> "gave a great deal of attention to small growing things--even little snails--endowing them with such touching beauty" I must admit I was most drawn to the small living things in the 2 particular works where you showed the detail.Sophie Munnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02797068983613314554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-54905539865762079722010-05-04T09:05:25.466-04:002010-05-04T09:05:25.466-04:00What an varied group of images touched you on the ...What an varied group of images touched you on the trip. Yesterday I was behind a car with a bumper sticker that said: "Compassion is the radicalism of our time," the Dalai Lama. It deeply struck me at the time and even more so after seeing that first image.<br /><br />And, of course, I love all those Northern painters with those touches of recognizable flowers and creatures. I just put a book on Northern painters on my pile for our garage sale ... maybe I should pull it back again!LINDA from EACH LITTLE WORLDhttp://eachlittleworld.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-13311496085257198042010-05-03T20:50:07.020-04:002010-05-03T20:50:07.020-04:00rappel, it's great that the Mondrian sings to ...rappel, it's great that the Mondrian sings to you even at this remove. As for the Virgin and Child, I'm not sure how we're supposed to see it, but I do think it is full of aching tenderness, and a look of pity in the Madonna's face. Perhaps I should use the word 'caritas', which is larger than individual human love.Altoon Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16743040814034732581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-47608621508312188852010-05-03T20:19:13.069-04:002010-05-03T20:19:13.069-04:00hmmm, virgin & child. child looks very adult, ...hmmm, virgin & child. child looks very adult, and indeed loving. but I think we're not supposed to be seeing it quite like this!<br />as for the Mondrian - even here so far removed from the original it sings. <br />the older I get the more I hear.rappelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03569445602513667186noreply@blogger.com