Reinventing the Wheeldon Sep 23, 2007
William Forsythe's Slingerland Pas de Deux (1989) is a fast-moving duet which draws back from the extreme, deconstructed style of earlier Forsythe works like Impressing the Czar to a more conventional classicism. The designs are weird enough, though, and Aesha Ash draws the evening's shortest straw: a deeply unflattering patterned tutu which looks like a lampshade. (The Observer)
Napa Valley ArchitectureNapa's houses of wine Aug 25, 2007
" In real life, the winery tries to be ironic and awe-inspiring at once, a pompous spoof of classicism that includes a single enormous column at the entry. That said, stop by. The sculpture collection, with work by Henry Moore and Richard Serra, is dazzling. The procession of well-framed views and spaces show the ingenious care you expect from a serious architect - although the faded stucco could use freshening up. Napa is also home to the only building in the United States by Friedensreich... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Cut, cut but leave some fat Aug 15, 2007
Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. Elizabeth FarrellyAugust 15, 2007. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Paradise regained Aug 13, 2007
Follies like this are usually seen in England on aristocratic estates, and this has tainted the image of neoclassicism as a gentleman's art ... His classicism has hidden affinities for Burns's demotic verse, as it vindicates the good sense of local folklore. (Guardian Unlimited)
Hungarian art is a highlight at Maltz Museum Aug 10, 2007
Spanning 100 years of turbulent history from monarchy and socialism to communism and democracy, the plethora of styles, from Cubism and Impressionism to Neo Classicism and Surrealism mirror a country in search of both its political and artistic identity. Abstract Composition, Lajos Vajda, 1928, charcoal on paper. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
The unheard violinist Aug 6, 2007
To be sure, the hindsight granted us by the 20th century makes the innocence of his noble classicism feel distant indeed. And yet despite all of this, Joachim's musical goals are still the ones that, when honored, make for the most powerful experiences in the concert hall. (Boston Globe -- Living)
In The Spotlight Jul 15, 2007
The music is rhythmically complicated, and Seiwert is tireless in her experiments with the logic of classicism, but that doesn't fully explain why she's working so hard. "Assembled Normality," as the new ballet is titled, will premiere on a program with three other Seiwert works on July 22 as part of the 16th annual West Wave Dance Festival. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Historic Sights in Austria Jul 15, 2007
The beautiful city was the leading European music centerer from the age of Viennese Classicism though the beginning of the 20th century. Vienna has a historic centre with great architecture, baroque castles and gardens. (Suite101.com)
* Sold on Soviet charm Jul 11, 2007
Want a bit of pompous classicism mixed in with Empire style and Moscow baroque. Then head for Komsomolskaya on the circle line. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
William Blake Jul 8, 2007
It was a rejection of the concepts of order, calm, balance, rationality, and the idealization that exemplifies Classicism and the Age of Reason. William Blake typified the Romantic viewpoint. (Suite101.com)
An inspector calls Jul 7, 2007
Gothic was the authentic architecture of France, whereas Classicism was a foreign interpolation. Viollet-le-Duc, who began as M;rim;e's prot;g;, and later became the most famous architect and restorer in 19th-century France, wrote that "Our country is closer to medieval France than to classical Rome. Our religion and our climate have remained the same. The building materials have also remained the same, and we would feel more at home in a 13th-century French mansion than in any palace of... (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Major Raphael exhibition unveiled Jul 6, 2007
Exhibition curator Carol Plazzotta said: "A monographic Raphael show, particularly one devoted to the transition from the artist's fresh early style to the assured classicism of his Roman maturity, is long overdue in this country. "Its aim is to reintroduce the public to an extraordinarily versatile artist, whose facility and unparalleled grasp of design revolutionised the art of painting. " Many of the loaned paintings have never been seen in Britain, while others return for the first time... (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Two Famous 18th-Century Painters Jun 10, 2007
Tiepolo embraced artistic status quo, stating that painters should "please noble, rich people." Valuing the traditional skills of draftsmanship, realism, and classicism, this master aligned himself with traditions still found vital and desirable. 2. (Suite101.com)
Light at the Museum Jun 2, 2007
What Holl has produced, working with his senior partner, Chris McVoy, is something that doesn't merely mimic the classicism of the older museum building but reformulates it in 21st century terms. As Holl puts it, he promised Wilson and the museum's trustees that "the new will be as new as can be, but the old will be preserved." If anything, he amplified the classicism of the space behind the old building by positioning the longest and most conventionally rectangular of his lenses at a... (Time.com)
Contemporary vs. traditional May 13, 2007
Hes an abstractionist, New York Times architecture critic Paul Goldberger says in the film, and at a time when architecture is moving back toward much more traditional and conventional elements, as we would find in classicism, Rudolph will have none of that. He still believes in the values of abstraction. (Herald-Tribune)
- Tristram Hunt Apr 22, 2007
Moreover, classicism was Liverpool's house style. The city thought of itself as a modern Athens, a port city of wealth, culture and political autonomy. (Guardian Unlimited)
Met's roamin' empire Apr 20, 2007
It was, to be fair, a beautiful restaurant, designed by Dorothy Draper in her signature blend of Art Deco and classicism. Bronze boys and dolphins cavorted across the black pool that glossed the center of the court, and billowing white fabric softened the glare from the skylights. (Newsday -- Entertainment)
Read more... Mar 23, 2007
The inaugural exhibit, A Conversation with Color: Karl Benjamin, Paintings 1953-1995, will feature 46 paintings spanning 42 years that trace Karl Benjamins career, from his early experiments with cubism to works that represent his role as one of the founders of abstract classicism. The permanent collection, Building a Legacy: Founding a Museum, Building a Collection, will occupy the smaller of the two museum galleries with works exhibited on a rotating basis. (PNN Online)
A list with serious design flaws Feb 8, 2007
It likes classicism, but it also likes modernism, though it clearly favors expressionistic modernism, like Saarinen's Gateway Arch or Santiago Calatrava's birdlike Milwaukee Art Museum addition (No. 59), over Mies' sober steel and glass. (FOX59, IN)
Guilty of distinction Feb 3, 2007
By using squarish columns around the outside, the architects created an abstract classicism. For that traditional feel, the columns have rough-cut gray granite at the base. (Charlotte.com, NC -- Living)
The pattern peddler Feb 1, 2007
ONLINE EXTRAS SITE SERVICES. Thursday, Feb 01, 2007 Home ning Posted on Wed, Jan. 31, 2007. (Charlotte.com, NC -- Living)
Chapter Two of Louvre exhibit: Poussin Jan 31, 2007
"It is the embodiment of classicism in French painting," says High Museum chief curator David Brenneman. "We were thrilled when they agreed to lend it.". (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Matthew Fort's top 10 UK restaurants Jan 31, 2007
If only Rolls Royces ran as smoothly as the service under the watchful eye of that master of matre dhotels, Silvano Giraldin, and if only other kitchens matched the balance of inventiveness and classicism of Michel Roux Jrs cooking. 43 Upper Brook Street, London W1. (Guardian Unlimited -- Travel)
• Designer finds inspiration internationally Jan 13, 2007
Designer finds inspiration internationally. Saturday, January 13, 2007. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Matisse show looks at artistic process Jan 13, 2007
"By contrast, the Rodin is more about a sort of classicism, the surface is much more refined," said Jay Fisher, deputy director for curatorial affairs at The Baltimore Museum of Art, a co-organizer of the exhibit with the Dallas Museum of Art and the Nasher. Matisse's sculpture of the man, though, is not as worried about precise detail, Fisher said. (Yahoo News -- Art and Museums)
A painter captures the stillness of a winter's morning in Oakland Dec 25, 2006
But Machinery Hall's lofty classicism was a guise; the building housed the school's power plant and for many years it was a rite of passage for freshmen to shovel the coal. The painting, which seems not to have been exhibited or published in living memory and perhaps longer, came to light when Pittsburgh Post-Gazette publisher John Robinson Block and executive editor David Shribman visited Carnegie Museum of Art in search of a Pittsburgh winter scene to feature on the cover of the Christmas Day... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
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Others will see it as part of the maturing director's embrace of classicism, if undercut by a hint of stodginess, even with all the vibrant color schemes. The picture hasn't a single rough edge. (CTNow.com)
Biedermeier's avant-garde spirit Dec 9, 2006
Moving through the galleries in Milwaukee, visitors can almost feel the heat as the temperate classicism of the late eighteenth century is warmed by the Romantic individualism of the early nineteenth century. The result is a subtle but powerful shift in the language of form, a convergence of disparate philosophical and psychological inclinations that inspires the voluptuous asceticism of Biedermeier furniture, with its exquisitely crafted surfaces and its dynamic silhouettes. (New Republic)
- AS Byatt celebrates the great Willa Cather Dec 9, 2006
Cather's classicism, her fresco-like structures, and her violence, represent the same collision. Chavannes's faraway, mysterious figures influenced the classicism of some of Picasso's early representational paintings. (Guardian Unlimited)
How to fox an audience Nov 20, 2006
Hans van Manen s Frank Bridge Variations is beautifully shaped to Benjamin Britten s music; while William Forsythe s The Second Detail (to Thom Willems) builds up a fearsome momentum of massed forces, with the rigour of his characteristic deconstructed classicism. The partnership of Tamara Rojo and Carlos Acosta, in the Royal Ballet s The Sleeping Beauty at Covent Garden, was a collector s item (and they are coming back). (The Sunday Times)
Bravo Barcelona! Nov 19, 2006
Picasso, in fact, may be seen as one leitmotif -- appearing early with Parisian club scenes in Impressionist mode; followed by intimate ink and watercolor portraits of fellow artists at the Barcelona gathering place for progressives and intellectuals, Quatre Gats cafe; to his first sculpture, of 1902; through the towering presence of the incomparable "La Vie" and other works of his Blue Period; on to paintings inspired by a revival of classicism; and finally his cubist work. But it is the... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Boston sampler Nov 10, 2006
This from Beekman Winthrop, the Washington, D.C., cousin of Jonathan Winthrop, president of the Beacon Hill co-op board that has blocked the chief executive of Elizabeth Grady salons from buying a unit in the building: "Jonathan Winthrop may be a chip off the ancestral block who said, 'A democracy is, amongst civil nations, accounted the meanest and worst of all forms of government,' but most of the descendents of Governor John Winthrop are small-d democrats who do not share the views of the 68... (Boston Globe)
Dutch National Ballet Nov 10, 2006
The ballet, for 13 dancers, uses Thom Willems s driving electronic rhythms to push classicism to extremes. Speed and daring, turned-in distortions, off-kilter balances, lashing spidery limbs: Forsythe does everything to pull ballet off its perch while keeping every corner of the excellent ensemble thriving. (The Sunday Times)
- 20 works of art to see before you die Oct 30, 2006
Cliche has it that classicism is calm and ordered, yet the very pulse of life is caught in the muscles of struggling centaurs, riders proudly controlling horses, a beast being led to sacrifice that raises its head in protest. Henri MatisseThe Dance II (1910)Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. (Guardian Unlimited)
Styling California as an Eden Oct 29, 2006
To decorate the interior of a piece of architecture with painting and sculpture took far greater skill than that of an artist painting on an easel," Jones said. Arthur Mathews was born in Wisconsin but came to California as a boy and grew up in Oakland, where his father began an architectural practice. Instead of following his brothers into the field, Mathews turned to drawing. He headed to Paris in 1885, in pursuit of serious artistic training, and spent four years studying at the Acadmie... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Design divas demand attention Oct 26, 2006
"This could be called the "Happy Endings" reading of "Italian Arts n," along the lines of the happy ending that La Rondine tries for but doesn't quite pull off. A darker take on the ROM exhibition finds two of Italian opera's other great themes: regret and revenge.You'd never know this at the start, from the up-beat sound "themes" which divide the exhibition into its several parts. Boundless Optimism, the first section, is followed by Monumentality and Rationalism, Reconstruction and the... (Toronto Star -- Life)
Exhibit of Mapplethorpe photographs opens today Oct 23, 2006
In addition, writer and cultural critic Dave Hickey will give a talk, "Classicism as a Beard," at 7 p.m. Nov. 17 at The Venetian, 3355 Las Vegas Blvd. South. Tickets are $7 for museum members, $10 for nonmembers and $5 for students with valid ID. Reservations are recommended by calling 414-2108. (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Life)
Herpes gets more headlines than architecture Oct 17, 2006
And there's an unsolved formal question, about combining the civic and the personal; alloying the grunt and gravitas of classicism with modernism's gossamer delight. That'd be innovative; is it even possible. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Imaginative Development Brings New Homes, Resort Living, Event Center and 4-Diamond Lodge to Wimberley, Texas Oct 11, 2006
Designed by award-winning Cornerstone Group Architects of Austin, RiverRock embodies an inspired fusion joining Colorado lodge aesthetics and new Hill-Country classicism. River rock, timbers, and board and batten treatments distinguish the homes and give the community a mountain retreat sensibility both fresh and well-suited to the development's unique site which overlooks Wimberley's striking hills and valley vistas. (PR Newswire)
Ambiguity and unreason Oct 10, 2006
He collides the wild imaginative play of the baroque with the rational, straight-lined classicism of Tate Modern. Borromini went mad, and H. (Guardian Unlimited)
Embassy Row (James Morrison) Oct 5, 2006
Greece's journey "Odyssey: The Journey," a series of images painted in wax, captured the mood of classicism, as Greece inaugurated its new embassy and reopened the old one as the ambassador's residence. A text accompanying the paintings by Thomas Stamatis Xenakis read, "Odysseus exemplifies that god/man duality in many ways," emphasizing the virtues that are "god-like and human at the same time, such as heroism, leadership, accountability for one's missteps.". (Washington Times, DC)
Metaphors of Humanity Aug 30, 2006
A good example of this would be how many artists in the '40s swung back to the order of classicism in order to regroup itself from the disorder of modernism of the early 1900s. I think that is why I find the retrospect of Hopper pleasing. (Up & Coming Magazine, NC)
Exotic Spain: Blending tradition and modernity Aug 6, 2006
An important symbol of modern Madrid is the Gran Via, which was designed with the intention of connecting the historical center with the new districts of Arguelles and Salamanca, where classicism and modernity make their appearances. The longest and most controversial avenue was developed in a mixed architectural style based on a 19th-century tradition and a strong French influence following the 1910 Great Exhibition in Paris. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Humour returns to German literature Jul 20, 2006
"But I could have the Latin American atmosphere and playfulness and absurdity and anything could happen."I've written a Latin American novel about Germans and German classicism. "What distinguishes Measuring the World from previous German novels is its delightful authorial irony, whether describing the failed seduction of Humboldt by a 15-year-old servant girl - the book suggests that Humboldt is probably gay - or his adventures up the Orinoco river. At one point an alien spaceship makes an... (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Read Indepth Article Jul 6, 2006
Her paintings transcend classicism by applying a clear and overriding contemporary aesthetic. Dutch artist Paula Evers brings her Barbazon school sensibilities to create exquisite, open figurative and abstract works. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Love it or hate it, we must save the Commonwealth Institute Jun 18, 2006
Certainly from the tone of Radical Classicism, the new monograph that Terry will be promoting in the institute, nothing has been forgiven, or forgotten. The Cambridge art historian David Watkin's text couldn't be clearer. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Boris slams 'pastiche' work of Charles's top architect Jun 11, 2006
I can't stand pastiche classicism. I don't like the half-heartedness of it all. (Guardian Unlimited)
Looking at the Louvre Jun 2, 2006
Beginning with the 17th-century galleries, you will get a panoramic survey, from the serene classicism of Nicolas Poussin to the flirty sensuousness of the rococo and on to the masters of the 19th century, such as Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Jacques Louis David and Eug;ne Delacroix. The grand history paintings of the 19th century are show-stoppers. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Agency's Glitzy Offices Now for Rent May 30, 2006
"I wanted people to walk in and know they were in CAA. We built it not for power but classicism.". Ovitz, now largely out of the entertainment business, owns the building through a controlling interest in W&S Properties (as in Wilshire and Santa Monica), which also includes three of his former CAA colleagues Universal Studios President Ron Meyer, producer Bill Haber and former Chief Financial Officer Robert Goldman. (Los Angeles Times)
Jazz greats show and tell May 22, 2006
Thompson (on piano) and Handy offered a wonderful study in contrasts on Basin Street Blues, with Thompson's elegant classicism throwing Handy's intensely abstracted blues into bold relief, while later, Thompson (on bass), Clarke and Hall resurrected their trio vibe on My Funny Valentine, which was a masterpiece of understated virtuosity. But there were also performances that had nothing to do with Thompson's past, and everything to do with the potential posed by so much talent on one stage. (Globe and Mail)
Picasso's spirit reaches Korea May 18, 2006
Generally, art critics classify Picasso's works in six periods: The blue period, the rose period, the cubism period, the classicism period right after the World War I, the surrealism period, and his most creative period from World War II until his death ... They are "La Famille Soler" of the blue period, "Le Pigeon (The Pigeon)" of the cubism period, "Trois Femmes a la Fontaine (Three Women by the Fountain)" of the classicism period, "La Danse (The Dance)" of the surrealism period, and of course... (Korea Herald, Korea)
Go ahead you just try and walk away, Eileen Apr 30, 2006
Listen again) hasn't taught you that five spins of this sort of Beatle-y pop classicism is usually enough and, in performance on Thursday, provided a stirring tether to the psych/shoegazer credentials that initially set him apart from the domestic major-label herd. But, to go totally solipsistic and honest here, aside from the singles and the swaying "Taj Mahal," (which I know, because I am also fond of the Stones' "You Can't Always Get What You Want") there wasn't a note from the 2 1/2-album... (Toronto Star)
Eye on Art: Digital video debuts at PJC student art exhibition Apr 22, 2006
Surprising for a college show is Harriet Williams's hark back to classicism with an oil of a boggy landscape. Its Arcadian tranquility and expansive sky hallmarks its style. (Pensacola News Journal)
Ian Hamilton Finlay Mar 28, 2006
It was also a mark of Hamilton Finlay's attachment to classicism, and of his contempt for many of the concerns of the modern art world and the bureaucracy around it, that many artists and critics antipathetic to conceptual art were vocal supporters. Described by The Sunday Telegraph's John McEwen in 1993 as a "libertarian revolutionary", Hamilton Finlay later became a passionate advocate of the principles that inspired the French Revolution, reserving a special place in his pantheon for... (Telegraph.co.uk)
Art | The photographers who captured and captivated Jan 22, 2006
The large mixed-media prints, made in 1982-84, are wonderful; they're colorful, animated and deftly balanced between classicism (the cones and pillars) and expressionism. But narrative. (Philly.com -- Entertainment)
On the trail of Cézanne: Modern art in the south of France Jan 14, 2006
"C;zanne did not regard himself as a revolutionary but as someone who was going to reinvent classicism," he explains. "The Impressionists wanted to burn down the Louvre. Not C;zanne. He wanted to rival the great figures of the past - Titian, [Jacques-Louis] David, Poussin. "C;zanne thought that Impressionism was inadequate, ephemeral. (The Independent, UK)
ALPHONSE MUCHA: Modern, not ModernistBy Matthew Larking Jan 12, 2006
The exhibition illustrates his return to Classicism with a handful of paintings dating from 1915, and the "Slav Epic" with preparatory sketches and photographs. Mucha's Art Nouveau posters and his later uptake of an already outmoded style of painting offered no real possibilities for development. (Japan Times Online, Japan)
