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vtpanther

vtpanther posted The Power of Art History | Jul 9, 2008

"The best history is but like the art of Rembrandt; it casts a vivid light on certain selected causes, on those which were best and greatest; it leaves all the rest in shadow and unseen." Walter Bagehot I just finished watching disc one of Simon Schama's documentary, The Power of Art. I definitely...

vtpanther

vtpanther posted "She left me the way people leave a hotel room." | Jun 7, 2008

I just finished Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye yesterday and I can see why Betsey has given it a place in the CORE curriculum course on aesthetics. One of its central themes is the imposition of the ideal of beauty into the individual psyche. "In equating physical beauty with virtue, she stripped...

bellawilfer

bellawilfer posted Testy | May 19, 2008

I'm certainly bored and hungry. I keep going to lunch earlier and earlier each day, but it's not even 10:00 AM. Also, it seems as if the more sleep I get, the MORE tired I become. I managed to get in just about the requisite 8 hours for three consecutive nights now, but I have no ability to...

bellawilfer

bellawilfer posted Testy | May 19, 2008

I'm certainly bored and hungry. I keep going to lunch earlier and earlier each day, but it's not even 10:00 AM. Also, it seems as if the more sleep I get, the MORE tired I become. I managed to get in just about the requisite 8 hours for three consecutive nights now, but I have no ability to...