Comments on: Art as emblems of a peoples http://artandperception.com/2007/05/art-as-emblems-of-a-peoples.html a multi-disciplinary dialog Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:32:18 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Antonia http://artandperception.com/2007/05/art-as-emblems-of-a-peoples.html/comment-page-1#comment-22727 Antonia Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:57:57 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2007/05/art-as-emblems-of-a-peoples.html#comment-22727 Sunil: Not a problem. I was glad to provide the information about Anthony van Dyck's influence on the British school of portraiture. But as mentioned, also the American painter John Singer Sargent was heavily influenced by the Flemish painter. As soon as I have more time, I will add a few references to books that particularly address van Dyck's significance for Anglo-American art. Here's a nice link, in the meantime: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Anthonyvandyckselfportrait.jpeg All the best, Antonia Sunil:

Not a problem. I was glad to provide the information about Anthony van Dyck’s influence on the British school of portraiture. But as mentioned, also the American painter John Singer Sargent was heavily influenced by the Flemish painter. As soon as I have more time, I will add a few references to books that particularly address van Dyck’s significance for Anglo-American art.

Here’s a nice link, in the meantime:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Anthonyvandyckselfportrait.jpeg

All the best, Antonia

]]> By: Steve Durbin http://artandperception.com/2007/05/art-as-emblems-of-a-peoples.html/comment-page-1#comment-20331 Steve Durbin Tue, 12 Jun 2007 21:23:17 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2007/05/art-as-emblems-of-a-peoples.html#comment-20331 Tree, Thanks, that will really help me in looking at the de Kooning, as soon as I get hold of a good reproduction of it. I'll look up the bio you mentioned, too. I'm slowly learning more about painting of this period, and de Kooning seems to be growing on me. Tree,

Thanks, that will really help me in looking at the de Kooning, as soon as I get hold of a good reproduction of it. I’ll look up the bio you mentioned, too. I’m slowly learning more about painting of this period, and de Kooning seems to be growing on me.

]]> By: Tree http://artandperception.com/2007/05/art-as-emblems-of-a-peoples.html/comment-page-1#comment-20260 Tree Tue, 12 Jun 2007 13:00:20 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2007/05/art-as-emblems-of-a-peoples.html#comment-20260 Hi Steve, I chose Excavation because DeKooning exposed while at the same time surpassed the Modern masters in this work. Look closely and you see the lines of Ingres, Mondrian, and others which have been dissected by Dekooning. It was a major step forward for him, a letting go of past influences and it points towards a new future. Hmmm...hope that doesn't come off too corny! LOL It all may be a bit too self conscious, but I think it's a great work. I gained an appreciation for the work after reading the DeKooning biography by Stevens and Swan. By the way, choosing just three works is really hard! Hi Steve, I chose Excavation because DeKooning exposed while at the same time surpassed the Modern masters in this work. Look closely and you see the lines of Ingres, Mondrian, and others which have been dissected by Dekooning. It was a major step forward for him, a letting go of past influences and it points towards a new future. Hmmm…hope that doesn’t come off too corny! LOL It all may be a bit too self conscious, but I think it’s a great work.
I gained an appreciation for the work after reading the DeKooning biography by Stevens and Swan.
By the way, choosing just three works is really hard!

]]> By: Jay Hoffman http://artandperception.com/2007/05/art-as-emblems-of-a-peoples.html/comment-page-1#comment-20129 Jay Hoffman Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:11:33 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2007/05/art-as-emblems-of-a-peoples.html#comment-20129 Sunil: If the stipulation is a connection to the Union, then I'm going to throw in for De Kooning, that Dutchman. Sunil:

If the stipulation is a connection to the Union, then I’m going to throw in for De Kooning, that Dutchman.

]]> By: Steve Durbin http://artandperception.com/2007/05/art-as-emblems-of-a-peoples.html/comment-page-1#comment-20127 Steve Durbin Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:50:02 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2007/05/art-as-emblems-of-a-peoples.html#comment-20127 Tree, Could you explain why you would choose Excavation? To someone like myself with meager art history knowledge? I like it and it's interesting to see an affinity with Pollock which I don't recognize in other de Kooning work, but I'd like to know more about its significance. Tree,

Could you explain why you would choose Excavation? To someone like myself with meager art history knowledge? I like it and it’s interesting to see an affinity with Pollock which I don’t recognize in other de Kooning work, but I’d like to know more about its significance.

]]> By: Tree http://artandperception.com/2007/05/art-as-emblems-of-a-peoples.html/comment-page-1#comment-20121 Tree Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:17:52 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2007/05/art-as-emblems-of-a-peoples.html#comment-20121 OK...DeKooning was Dutch but...you know... OK…DeKooning was Dutch but…you know…

]]> By: Tree http://artandperception.com/2007/05/art-as-emblems-of-a-peoples.html/comment-page-1#comment-20120 Tree Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:17:25 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2007/05/art-as-emblems-of-a-peoples.html#comment-20120 Overall, the art works chosen for the EU celebration aren't very original choices but most are very nice. If I was lucky enough to choose three works to represent America, I'd choose a work by Copley, preferably the portrait of his half-brother with the squirrel; a work that represents the Westward push of the 19th century, maybe by one of the Hudson River School artists; and DeKooning's Excavation. Overall, the art works chosen for the EU celebration aren’t very original choices but most are very nice. If I was lucky enough to choose three works to represent America, I’d choose a work by Copley, preferably the portrait of his half-brother with the squirrel; a work that represents the Westward push of the 19th century, maybe by one of the Hudson River School artists; and DeKooning’s Excavation.

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