tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post1624800901488885285..comments2023-12-28T13:11:06.666+00:00Comments on Pics and Poems: Easter TreatsDave Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-74908146486070317342008-03-24T08:58:00.000+00:002008-03-24T08:58:00.000+00:00Hi Lucy,Thanks for that. The George Rodger anecdot...Hi Lucy,<BR/>Thanks for that. The George Rodger anecdote actually introduces a very profound point, I think. It is one that has been raised in various guises over the years, but perhaps never resolved - the question of a photographer recording some horrific and on-going abuse, for example, and making no effort to step in and stop it. I think in the Belsen case that you could argue that he was fulfilling the obligations of his role to a greater extent by looking for the best composition. My dad was in what he always referred to as the "second wave" of allied forces entering Belsen and, although he never spoke of anything he saw, he did talk a bit about the impossibility of trying to carry out normal duties in such an abnormal situation.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-18243060253710432752008-03-23T11:04:00.000+00:002008-03-23T11:04:00.000+00:00A thought-provoking, fascinating cultural wander, ...A thought-provoking, fascinating cultural wander, thanks.<BR/><BR/>The moral point of photography reminded me of something I was reading just yesterday in Michael Freeman's 'The Photographer's Eye', about reporting photography, and how it calls for 'straight treatment - practical rather than unusual composition', and about George Rodger entering Belsen and being distressed that he still found himself photographing with a view to 'nice composition'. Photography does have a job to do as well as make interesting pictures.<BR/><BR/>The Dali Christ of St John is the only Dali I think I like. I would like to go to Assisi and see the Giottos. I like the idea of treating oneself to certain works of art according to the season.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-61031787786561689222008-03-23T10:46:00.000+00:002008-03-23T10:46:00.000+00:00Yes, I can well imagine the effect that must have ...Yes, I can well imagine the effect that must have had, Jim, approaching it up a flight of stairs.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-88454084782704612742008-03-23T09:44:00.000+00:002008-03-23T09:44:00.000+00:00I've seen Dali's Christ of Saint John of the Cross...I've seen Dali's <I>Christ of Saint John of the Cross</I> many times but it was the first time that I will always remember It was when it was still housed in Kelvingrove Museum (it's since moved to the St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art in the east of the city). It was at the top of a flight of stairs. Now it's a big picture anyway – unlike a lot of Dali's work I was surprised to discover on a trip to an exhibition in Edinburgh – but coming up the stairs really emphasised the effect of the piece.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-7055101502735602222008-03-23T09:10:00.000+00:002008-03-23T09:10:00.000+00:00Fascinating comments, all three. many thanks for t...Fascinating comments, all three. many thanks for them. It never ceases to amaze how artworks. even from the distant past, can transcend time and space and how we can all get something different from them, yet find in them the same underlying unities.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-25879403093071961572008-03-22T18:48:00.000+00:002008-03-22T18:48:00.000+00:00I'll visit The Arena Chapel in Padua after this. I...I'll visit The Arena Chapel in Padua after this. I vividly remember Giotto's works in Assisi.<BR/>And going forward in time you have renewed my desire to go the Accademia in Venice, actually twenty minutes walk from my home, to see the late Titian.<BR/>What has always fascinating me about him is the travel I imagined ( I even wrote a poem about this) from Venice to his home in the mountains, in Pieve di Cadore, in an age so different from now.Tommaso Gervasuttihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17137499390434949734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-79036027228658757212008-03-22T18:18:00.000+00:002008-03-22T18:18:00.000+00:00What gorgeous images, Dave. Like Allan, I was remi...What gorgeous images, Dave. Like Allan, I was reminded of my travels and my amazement and awe at seeing such gorgeous art work first hand. Photos never do it justice.<BR/><BR/>An artist friend of mine once said: "A piece of art always possesses a piece of the artist's soul."Conda Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12972790965426924941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-88861872702599057622008-03-22T16:10:00.000+00:002008-03-22T16:10:00.000+00:00I remember as a young art student entering the Are...I remember as a young art student entering the Arena Chapel and the picture you posted brought that experience back. It was thrilling to see in person the reality of all those slides you looked at in Art History, not only Giotto, but so many of Italy's treasures. <BR/>Thanks for this revisitation and for your compliments on my poem in Qarrtsiluni. There are two more to come in this issue and there were three in the last.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com