Victoria Street, Melbourne, late afternoon, early winter. A reflected view of the city baths, RMIT, and the Melbourne Central. tower. I do like a good reflection, or borrowed façade, as I also like to refer to them.
One of the most elusive—but most important—topics in the study of art is that of the relationship between the beholder and the image. Think of how we speak of our relationships to pictures: liking, loving, knowing about, hating, being excited, being bored, being puzzled. These are not just about the object, they are also about how we experience it. I’m going to talk about ‘the quality of relationship’ between a person and a picture—what makes for a good relationship.
This might seem like an unconventional topic. Mostly we talk about the works—and try to find out more about them. But surely that’s all in the service of individual relationships to individual pictures. But the leading edge in intellectual thinking is now paying much more attention to issues of evaluation: what is it to like a picture, to need it in your imagination? Why is it a good object? And this is of deep importance in cultural transmission. Culture isn’t only a matter of knowledge: it’s also to do with liking, loving and caring.
I want to explore how this picture, painted over 250 years ago continues to live, not just as a memento of another time and place, but as a living force in the present.
The delicate stuccoed ceiling of a room in the Villa Doria Pamphilj, or the 'Bel Respiro.' The imagery and design are based on classical motifs.
The fine coffered ceiling of the Church of Santa Maria in Trastevere. This ceiling was designed by the artist Domenichino in 1617, the church structure itself dates to the twelfth century.
And the Empire State Building, which I find a little underwhelming.
Until we make Kev a garden variety PM, he won't be a patch on the Obamas - Michelle Rowe, May 23, 2009.
IF it's good enough for the Obamas, it's good enough for our Kev.
Australian food doyenne Stephanie Alexander has challenged Australia's "first family" to set up a vegie garden at the Lodge following Michelle Obama's much-publicised move to introduce paddock-to-plate eating at the White House.
Hot on the heels of winning the Vogue Entertaining + Travel Outstanding Contribution to Australian Food award for her most recent initiative, the Kitchen Garden Foundation, the restaurateur and author tells Food Detective that a vegetable garden at one of the PM's official residences would be a potent symbol of the importance of eating fresh, seasonal food.
Image Uplands Gallery Website.
Good window, bad air-conditioner. Corner of Hodgson and Smith St (you can notice it as you leave the Smith St Safeway). I like the massing of forms in this door frame. The two layer pediment and stocky pilasters seem to float, held up by nothing. Very mannerist. Actually I have been noticing a lot of mannerist-style architecture (Melbourne Mannerism?) in Melbourne buildings from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. However, it isn't a often discussed in descriptions, just generally referred to as 'Italianate' or 'Classical'.
Trees and shadows on a white house on Gore St.
