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Madame Grès (Musee Bourdelle)
Last year’s exhibition of 80 key pieces by the couturier Madame Gres (Germaine Emilie Krebs) was a revelation. Curated by Olivier Saillard, it was integrated into the museum dedicated to the sculptures and studio of Antoine Bourdelle (1861-1929). I had been aware that Madame Gres had originally trained as a sculptor which meant that her… →
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“ The work of art is a complex but continuous single system within which parts fall into place, and without which the particular judgements can have no validity.” →
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SUBLIME: Work it Out
In the opening chapter of his biography, Dickens, Peter Ackroyd points out the parallels between our time and the Victorians “… The death of Dickens came as evidence of a giant transition; in these last decades of the nineteenth century, the English people were witnesses to the fatal disruptions of an old order and the… →
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“The ability of humans to create and respond to the cultured environment is a cornerstone of the dual human nature. Whether biology or culture takes precedence is almost a moot point, as the two are so intimately intertwined to the point of being inseparable” →