I prefer to die.” Who knew art appreciation could be so dark?Įyes detail of ‘Mona Lisa’, via Wikimedia Commons 3. Artist Luc Maspero allegedly took this fervour to a new high – and then low – in 1852, diving off a hotel balcony because “For years I have grappled desperately with her smile. Over the years many have fallen prey to the portrait’s ‘limpid and burning eyes’, leaving her offerings of flowers, poems and, yes, love notes. The Mona Lisa has her own mailbox in the Louvre because of all the love letters she receives Medal winner Jean Jacoby’s ‘Corner’, left and ‘Rugby’, right. Thanks to him, between 19 medals were given out for sporting-inspired masterpieces of architecture, music, painting, sculpture and literature. The founder of the modern Games, the Baron Pierre de Coubertin, was enamoured with the idea of the true Olympian being a talented artist and sportsperson. The Olympics wasn’t always about abs and doping scandals. Your new compliment generator? Unspoken Radiance by Annette Spinks 1. There will, of course, be compliments galore on your impeccable taste and “the feel of the space”, but why let the ego-boosts stop there? A casual mention of these cultural tidbits will see you being fought over at the next trivia night and cement your position as “the artsy one”. So, you’ve just hung your new Bluethumb masterpiece and you’re having some friends around.
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