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Where there's muck, there's Monet (Scientists study paintings to determine 19th century smog levels)
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| Wed Aug 9, 2006
Posted on 08/11/2006 9:19:39 AM PDT by presidio9
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To: presidio9
I was very serious about painting in college. Well, then you can speak with some authority. Although I have taken Art History classes I have no expertise in the subject, but I know B.S. when I smell it. It is obvious to anyone not afraid to be labeled an ignorant hick by the precious elite that the modern art world is largely a personality-driven scam.
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posted on
08/11/2006 12:11:34 PM PDT
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Jeff Chandler
(Peace begins in the womb.)
To: Jeff Chandler
Chuck Close: "Self Portrait" 1980's
David Hockney "Portrait Of An Artist (Poll With Two Figures)" 1973
Vincent Desiderio "The Progress of Self Love" 1990
All are hanging in the MOMA in NYC.
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posted on
08/11/2006 12:13:20 PM PDT
by
presidio9
(“The term ‘civilians’ does not exist in Islamic religious law.”)
The Hockney work should be "(Pool With Two Figures)." Incidently Hockney is gayer than Barney Frank, but he still creates wonderful paintings.
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posted on
08/11/2006 12:15:39 PM PDT
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presidio9
(“The term ‘civilians’ does not exist in Islamic religious law.”)
To: presidio9
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posted on
08/11/2006 12:38:33 PM PDT
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Jeff Chandler
(Peace begins in the womb.)
To: Jeff Chandler
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posted on
08/11/2006 12:39:36 PM PDT
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presidio9
(“The term ‘civilians’ does not exist in Islamic religious law.”)
To: Jeff Chandler
BTW, I was trying to give a culture crash course, so the next time some knucklehead started putting on airs about modern art you could say "I like some contemporary artists like Chuck Close & Vince Desiderio, but splatter paintings are for kindergarden." I'm afraid I may have failed.
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08/11/2006 12:43:31 PM PDT
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presidio9
(“The term ‘civilians’ does not exist in Islamic religious law.”)
To: presidio9
I don't know much about art, but I know what makes me laugh.
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posted on
08/11/2006 12:47:39 PM PDT
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Jeff Chandler
(Peace begins in the womb.)
To: presidio9
Besides the Mona Gorilla, I like Duchamp's Gorilla Descending a Staircase and Picasso's Gorillica. I also own the original manuscript of Kant's Critique of Pure Gorilla, a recording of Schubert's Unfinished Gorilla and a videotaping of Sir Kenneth Clark's cultural series Gorillisation.
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posted on
08/11/2006 12:52:56 PM PDT
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Jeff Chandler
(Peace begins in the womb.)
To: Jeff Chandler
You are referring of course, to the controversial Simian School. I think it proves your point about the elitist art community that the Simianists are not widely recognized within the greater community. A hundered years from now, we'll see if that's still the case.
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posted on
08/11/2006 1:06:37 PM PDT
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presidio9
(“The term ‘civilians’ does not exist in Islamic religious law.”)
To: tumblindice
I have several Monet posters at home, as do my adamantly conservative parents. The French are scum (and I'm saying this even though I have French ancestry on both sides of the family), but they do do art well. They also do wine and food well.
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08/11/2006 1:34:20 PM PDT
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kellynch
(Expecto Patronum!)
To: presidio9; frogjerk
I like McGriddles better...
McGriddles are foul.Please don't cause this to degenerate into another ugly pro/anti-McGriddles thread.
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posted on
08/11/2006 2:24:28 PM PDT
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Jeff Chandler
(Peace begins in the womb.)
To: presidio9; martin_fierro; mikrofon
To: presidio9
At the turn of the century, the most common source of heat was coal and wood. As I remember my childhood (when most of the people in town also used coal and wood) we had a layer of smoke and haze over the town from about October until about May.
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posted on
08/11/2006 3:39:41 PM PDT
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R. Scott
(Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink)
To: presidio9
If Monet was going for a faithful and accurate rendition of how London looked, he could've used fewer impressionist techniques in his painting.
The attempt to glean information about the atmospheric conditions in 19th century London from Monet's paintings is a waste of time. While they're at it, they might as well try to determine the pollution in the Thames from the same imagines.
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08/11/2006 3:43:00 PM PDT
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coconutt2000
(NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
To: presidio9
James Abbott McNeill Whistler The Last of Old Westminster
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