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Tuesday, January 26, 2016
"Green and pleasant Land".
And did those feet in ancient time - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Blake lived in London for most of his life, but wrote much of Milton while living in the village of Felpham in Sussex.
Amanda Gilroy argues that the poem is informed by Blake's "evident pleasure" in the Felpham countryside.
The phrase "green and pleasant land" has become a collocation for identifiably English landscape or society.
It appears as a headline, title or sub-title in numerous articles and books.
Sometimes it refers, whether with appreciation, nostalgia or critical analysis, to idyllic or enigmatic aspects of the English countryside.
In other contexts it can suggest the perceived habits and aspirations of rural middle-class life.
Sometimes it is used ironically, e.g. in the Dire Straits song "Iron Hand".
Blake lived in London for most of his life, but wrote much of Milton while living in the village of Felpham in Sussex.
Amanda Gilroy argues that the poem is informed by Blake's "evident pleasure" in the Felpham countryside.
The phrase "green and pleasant land" has become a collocation for identifiably English landscape or society.
It appears as a headline, title or sub-title in numerous articles and books.
Sometimes it refers, whether with appreciation, nostalgia or critical analysis, to idyllic or enigmatic aspects of the English countryside.
In other contexts it can suggest the perceived habits and aspirations of rural middle-class life.
Sometimes it is used ironically, e.g. in the Dire Straits song "Iron Hand".
Sunday, January 24, 2016
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Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Jean Arp, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Marguerite Arp.
- Google marks 127th birthday of Swiss Dada artist Sophie Taeuber-Arp - Telegraph
So who was Sophie Taeuber-Arp?
Born in Davos, Switzerland in 1889 as Sophie Henriette Gertrude Taeuber, Taeuber-Arp is now recognised as one of the key figures in the Dada artistic movement, though in her lifetime she fought for her less figurative style of art to be recognised as fine art.
Taeuber-Arp studied drawing and attended the School for Applied and Free Art in Munich before leaving for Zurich in 1915, where she met and later married French sculptor, painter and collagist Hans Arp in 1922.
The pair famously created vast, abstract multimedia works under the umbrella Duo Collages.
As well as a skilled artist, Taeuber-Arp was also a lauded dancer, and performed at the Cabaret Voltaire nightclub which was a firm favourite with the Dada crowd.
She died in Zurich in 1943 of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning (a faulty stove), and remains the only woman to date to feature on Swiss banknotes.
The Dadaist movement was an art movement of the European avant-garde in the early 20th century
- Fondazione Marguerite Arp / Marguerite Arp
Дадаи́зм, или дада — авангардистское течение в литературе, изобразительном искусстве, театре и кино.
Зародилось во время Первой мировой войны в нейтральной Швейцарии, в Цюрихе (Кабаре Вольтер).
Существовало с 1916 по 1922 годы.
Дадаизм — Lurkmore
So who was Sophie Taeuber-Arp?
Born in Davos, Switzerland in 1889 as Sophie Henriette Gertrude Taeuber, Taeuber-Arp is now recognised as one of the key figures in the Dada artistic movement, though in her lifetime she fought for her less figurative style of art to be recognised as fine art.
Taeuber-Arp studied drawing and attended the School for Applied and Free Art in Munich before leaving for Zurich in 1915, where she met and later married French sculptor, painter and collagist Hans Arp in 1922.
The pair famously created vast, abstract multimedia works under the umbrella Duo Collages.
As well as a skilled artist, Taeuber-Arp was also a lauded dancer, and performed at the Cabaret Voltaire nightclub which was a firm favourite with the Dada crowd.
She died in Zurich in 1943 of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning (a faulty stove), and remains the only woman to date to feature on Swiss banknotes.
The Dadaist movement was an art movement of the European avant-garde in the early 20th century
- Fondazione Marguerite Arp / Marguerite Arp
Дадаи́зм, или дада — авангардистское течение в литературе, изобразительном искусстве, театре и кино.
Зародилось во время Первой мировой войны в нейтральной Швейцарии, в Цюрихе (Кабаре Вольтер).
Существовало с 1916 по 1922 годы.
Дадаизм — Lurkmore
Thursday, January 14, 2016
The Stranger (1968)
- The Stranger Movie Review & Film Summary (1968) | Roger Ebert
- My Secret Life: Ciaran Hinds, actor, 57 | Profiles | News | The Independent
"A book that changed me... When I was young I read L'Étranger by Camus, and it made me aware of the strangeness of life."
- My Secret Life: Ciaran Hinds, actor, 57 | Profiles | News | The Independent
"A book that changed me... When I was young I read L'Étranger by Camus, and it made me aware of the strangeness of life."
Ж.-П. Сартр. Объяснение «Постороннего».
Thursday, January 7, 2016
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