tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702704691528115190.post8515899698804684042..comments2023-11-05T00:54:02.116-07:00Comments on Not Sweating the Small Stuff: Alex de Ravinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02451670815693819558noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702704691528115190.post-91984898519309301452008-03-08T03:11:00.000-08:002008-03-08T03:11:00.000-08:00they most definitely were the colours - the west ...they most definitely were the colours - the west has imposed a (false) aesthetic on the sculpture. they were more realistic painted and so away from the abstraction we admire - a feature of our imagination! big hugs my friend.nickwallacesmithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18264274719820605716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702704691528115190.post-86672516499378091192008-03-08T03:02:00.000-08:002008-03-08T03:02:00.000-08:00Given that cycladic sculpture was mostly produced ...Given that cycladic sculpture was mostly produced between 2-3 thousand bc, reckon you are pretty right about the influence being the other way! and as you say, it's beautiful to a modern sensibility - lucky to have seen some pieces - i've seen some in athens and in le louvre and in the british musuem - and each time i am bowled over by it! take care.nickwallacesmithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18264274719820605716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702704691528115190.post-25926441920977726892008-03-08T02:32:00.000-08:002008-03-08T02:32:00.000-08:00Hi Nick!!I saw Cycladic marbles in Athens, a few y...Hi Nick!!<br>I saw Cycladic marbles in Athens, a few years ago: 1st thing I thought was: They copied Modigliani!!<br>LOL LOL LOL!!!!<br>Really speaking I'm reasonably sure the opposite thing happened: Modi was inspired by Cycladic art!!<br><br>1kiss!!<br><br>gj<br><br>(I luv naked men, but I like these cultural posts too!!)gay jerkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702704691528115190.post-2759384663769649962008-03-07T07:28:00.000-08:002008-03-07T07:28:00.000-08:00Thanks again, Nick!...and stop that! Those were th...Thanks again, Nick!<br><br>...and stop that! Those were the colours, right? I am much in tune with the colourless (i.e., marble-white) contemporary interpretation of these works of art, but I must confess they gave me an inferiority complex (since I was 11) along the lines of "neutral/colourless/one-toned" is Beautiful, colours are just so like 'our day and age'. But I love them as they originally were. Not camp at all. Just a first attempt at *enhanced* realism, perhaps?<br><br>Hugs,<br><br>PeterAntipodeanPthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12983272762749721542noreply@blogger.com