tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1725975489373372070.post8432211395374114475..comments2024-03-02T17:35:58.818-08:00Comments on Spike is Best: AltarpiecePaul Stilwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04446241126728692642noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1725975489373372070.post-58032036959452718342013-01-10T21:46:20.826-08:002013-01-10T21:46:20.826-08:00Hear! hear!Hear! hear!Paul Stilwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04446241126728692642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1725975489373372070.post-13024947266729144082013-01-10T18:48:08.615-08:002013-01-10T18:48:08.615-08:00Speaking properly (as I was taught recently by a g...Speaking properly (as I was taught recently by a good friend) <i>we are still in the Middle Ages</i> (of Middle Earth, as it were) falling between the Revelation of our Redemption and His return in glory. If any work of art now <i>is good</i>, then it is <i>good Medieval art</i>.<br /><br />Seriously, doesn't calling now "medieval" make more sense than calling it "modern"? Back in MCCC they <i>really were</i> forward-looking.Belfry Bathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00514867101036143597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1725975489373372070.post-88788113062923014512013-01-10T13:26:44.981-08:002013-01-10T13:26:44.981-08:00I was going to say da bomb. Really, I was.I was going to say da bomb. Really, I was.Paul Stilwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04446241126728692642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1725975489373372070.post-78081405006776432652013-01-10T06:03:05.440-08:002013-01-10T06:03:05.440-08:00We're more refined in Canada, or at least part...We're more refined in Canada, or at least part and we spell "Da" "the" unless we mean Father Bomb and then we hearken back to Gaelic/Celtic roots.<br /><br />I took no offence and was joshing from the git go (and or the get go) but was taken seriously (re "not" and re "hopeful") and even when I continued to josh and well, Paul is right, "We're all doomed."<br /><br />It's Da Doom.owenswainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00540186205959897960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1725975489373372070.post-21100953644834061782013-01-09T23:54:09.546-08:002013-01-09T23:54:09.546-08:00+JMJ+
I certainly didn't mean to denigrate m...+JMJ+ <br /><br />I certainly didn't mean to denigrate modern artists! =) There must be more tactful ways to say that medieval art is Da Bomb (<i>Yes, Stilwell, <b>that's</b> how you spell it. =P</i>) without throwing all modern art under the bus. Enbrethilielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03414765854670926854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1725975489373372070.post-10442501245658683542013-01-09T13:58:26.172-08:002013-01-09T13:58:26.172-08:00"hopefully" the peace that passes unders..."hopefully" the peace that passes understanding passes mineowenswainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00540186205959897960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1725975489373372070.post-3862528510355403322013-01-09T13:51:16.410-08:002013-01-09T13:51:16.410-08:00You don't understand my comments?
I'm jok...You don't understand my comments?<br /><br />I'm joking around. I'm on your side here.<br /><br />Since we're all "post-medievel", we're all doomed according to the belief that only the Medievel makes for the "sort of condensing of vision, that ordered conflation".Paul Stilwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04446241126728692642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1725975489373372070.post-33600371022271806362013-01-09T13:44:58.859-08:002013-01-09T13:44:58.859-08:00I don't understand.
Thanks be to God.I don't understand.<br /><br />Thanks be to God.owenswainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00540186205959897960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1725975489373372070.post-82550412323542380852013-01-09T13:35:32.977-08:002013-01-09T13:35:32.977-08:00We're all doomed.We're all doomed.Paul Stilwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04446241126728692642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1725975489373372070.post-37144991872472672202013-01-09T13:30:11.243-08:002013-01-09T13:30:11.243-08:00yeah, except that "hopefully" negates my...yeah, except that "hopefully" negates my art, and yours and leaves us with only the bomb medieval as possibly the only art that is any good. Medieval is the bomb but perhaps not exclusively THE BOMB. Poor Arvo is post medieval for instance.owenswainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00540186205959897960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1725975489373372070.post-27075525098407697572013-01-09T13:23:11.698-08:002013-01-09T13:23:11.698-08:00I prefer "hopefully note".I prefer "hopefully note".Paul Stilwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04446241126728692642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1725975489373372070.post-78274240145784615392013-01-09T13:13:53.692-08:002013-01-09T13:13:53.692-08:00It's bodacious.
Michelangelo's David is a...It's bodacious.<br /><br />Michelangelo's David is a prime example of that "sort of condensing of vision, that ordered conflation".<br /><br />Also his Battle of the Minotaurs.<br /><br />Tons of examples within and without the Medieval.Paul Stilwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04446241126728692642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1725975489373372070.post-65698213663373924852013-01-09T13:12:10.494-08:002013-01-09T13:12:10.494-08:00ooopz...
above, I meant to type "hopefully n...ooopz...<br /><br />above, I meant to type "hopefully not" not "hopefully note"owenswainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00540186205959897960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1725975489373372070.post-38596485237617887292013-01-09T13:04:04.454-08:002013-01-09T13:04:04.454-08:00It's the bomb.It's the bomb.Paul Stilwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04446241126728692642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1725975489373372070.post-48005513934429917822013-01-09T10:29:21.656-08:002013-01-09T10:29:21.656-08:00" possibly only medieval art" hopefully ..." possibly only medieval art" hopefully note or my own art is out. But yes, medieval art is the bomb.owenswainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00540186205959897960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1725975489373372070.post-75198292607807913172013-01-09T03:53:44.656-08:002013-01-09T03:53:44.656-08:00+JMJ+
Only art, yes, and possibly only medieval ...+JMJ+ <br /><br />Only art, yes, and possibly only medieval art. <br /><br />A few weeks ago, I learned that the medieval symbol for Temperance was a woman mixing water with wine. How about that? <br /><br />Daniel Mitsui's blog is a treasure.Enbrethilielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03414765854670926854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1725975489373372070.post-82935865776988314922013-01-08T14:35:07.302-08:002013-01-08T14:35:07.302-08:00I'd lost track of that blog. I am glad to have...I'd lost track of that blog. I am glad to have rediscovered it. Thanks.owenswainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00540186205959897960noreply@blogger.com