Bits And Pieces
Jan. 21st, 2007 11:31 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
poliphilo1. Yesterday's tutorial was fun. Mainly we sat around and looked at reproductions of landscape paintings and tried to classify them according to the 18th century categories of "the beautiful"," the sublime" and "the picturesque".
2. I see Peter O'Toole is likely to be nominated for an Oscar. I hope he wins. I spotted him on a train once about ten years ago. He was sitting in a corner drinking Coca Cola and hiding behind the Times. He looked frail even then. I pretended I hadn't seen him.
3. It's my birthday. They said it might snow, but it hasn't yet. I'm 56.
4. Here's a painting by Joseph Wright of Derby. It isn't "beautiful" because the forms are too rugged. And it's too far removed from the norms of 18th century landscape painting to be called "picturesque". So I guess we'll have to settle for "sublime".
2. I see Peter O'Toole is likely to be nominated for an Oscar. I hope he wins. I spotted him on a train once about ten years ago. He was sitting in a corner drinking Coca Cola and hiding behind the Times. He looked frail even then. I pretended I hadn't seen him.
3. It's my birthday. They said it might snow, but it hasn't yet. I'm 56.
4. Here's a painting by Joseph Wright of Derby. It isn't "beautiful" because the forms are too rugged. And it's too far removed from the norms of 18th century landscape painting to be called "picturesque". So I guess we'll have to settle for "sublime".
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Date: 2007-01-21 12:59 pm (UTC):)
According to Wikipedia, O´Toole has been nominated for an Oscar 7 times, the last in 1982! I haven´t seen "Venus" (yet) but on principle, I do hope he finally gets more than an honorary Oscar.
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Date: 2007-01-21 03:14 pm (UTC)Did you see O'Toole in the TV Casanova?- playing alongside David Tennant as his younger self. He was terrific
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Date: 2007-01-21 03:59 pm (UTC):)
No, I haven´t seen the TV Casanova. I´m going to see if I can find it on dvd since I´ve heard quite a few good comments about it. It hasn´t been on Spanish TV as far as I know. They´re usually several years late getting the best stuff. I´m going to be in London next month and it´s now on my "to get in London" list. Barring that, I see that amazon uk has it at a decent price.
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Date: 2007-01-21 08:19 pm (UTC)