tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post4098436719238584386..comments2024-03-28T20:35:00.265+11:00Comments on ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly: Norman Rockwell Museum - a lifetime of special artHelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-31431301475426458972018-06-13T10:00:45.055+10:002018-06-13T10:00:45.055+10:00Parnassus
Rockwell was, beyond doubt, a very tale...Parnassus<br /><br />Rockwell was, beyond doubt, a very talented artist. And negative emotions in art would have turned viewers off his painting, not attracted them. So the question remains: was sentiment and wholesomeness enough? Did Rockwell take his delightful scenes from the small town locals he knew well, at the expense of a more in-depth analysis of his community? <br /><br />On those grounds, we would reject my favourite artist in all the universe, Vermeer. He saw his task as depicting the interior of middle class lounge rooms, focusing on parents raising their children well, families dressing well, pianos, flowers, paintings and household staff.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-30445281917923528902018-06-13T09:51:37.246+10:002018-06-13T09:51:37.246+10:00Hilary
I hope you do visit the museum. Although I...Hilary<br /><br />I hope you do visit the museum. Although I have visited Massachusetts a number of times, I would not have made a trip Stockbridge, had there not been this special attraction.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-45238823308154427882018-06-13T09:46:24.274+10:002018-06-13T09:46:24.274+10:00Student
It is interesting that Kellogg's thou...Student<br /><br />It is interesting that Kellogg's thought that art from another century and from a different nation would do well here. But it was clearly popular. Perhaps it reminded my generation of their childhood in the post-WW2 era.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-76417534650220065962018-06-13T04:20:35.083+10:002018-06-13T04:20:35.083+10:00Hello Hels, I have always liked Norman Rockwell, ...Hello Hels, I have always liked Norman Rockwell, although I know that some people complain of the sentimentality. However, I think that sentiment and wholesomeness are not bad attributes to have in art, as long as they are done well. (Thomas Kinkade is an example of sentiment gone to the extreme of schlock.) Art can, but doesn't have to incite extreme or negative emotions.<br />--Jim Parnassushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08958901307538141468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-49163141618866480562018-06-13T02:00:57.471+10:002018-06-13T02:00:57.471+10:00Hi Hels - thanks for this informative post about N...Hi Hels - thanks for this informative post about Norman Rockwell ... I'd love to visit the museum one day ... cheers HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-21480402091441921522018-06-12T19:24:57.116+10:002018-06-12T19:24:57.116+10:00You may not believe this, Hel. Last year Kellogg&#...You may not believe this, Hel. Last year Kellogg's created a Cornflakes box with a Rockwell Father Christmas on one side. Kellogg's hoped that old-fashioned art would gladden Australians' holiday excitement. They may have also done that many years before, while the artist was still alive.Another Studentnoreply@blogger.com