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Charles Lancaster retweeted
Behold I will bring upon you a nation from afar, a strong nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou shalt not know, nor understand what they say.
And they shall eat up thy corn, and thy bread: they shall devour thy sons, and thy daughters: they shall eat up thy flocks and thy herds: and with the sword they shall destroy thy strong cities wherein thou trustest.
Charles Lancaster retweeted
Let's test the current theory about the new X algorithm.
Here are the ruins of Dunalastair House, a Victorian mansion in the Scottish Highlands. Its verdant walls are a haunting reminder of changing times and the power of nature.
Charles Lancaster retweeted
"Whatever happens to you has been waiting to happen since the beginning of time. The twining strands of fate wove both of them together: your own existence and the things that happen to you."
~ Marcus Aurelius
Charles Lancaster retweeted
If you like Greek or Roman classics, you can thank a monk.
Just as much as on any battlefield, Western civilization was safeguarded within the quiet confines of a monastery.
After the fall of Rome and into the medieval era, monks copied thousands of texts, ensuring their survival over the centuries. It’s very likely we would know a lot less about classical civilization without their work.
Charles Lancaster retweeted
Everybody loves circulating this clip because it allows them to imagine that someone might scream this at them, tell them that they have failed because of an ironic fear of failure or perfectionism or whatever, which is usually far from the case!
Charles Lancaster retweeted
Vamos a analizar los daños que ha sufrido el cuadro vandalizado del Museo Naval.
Porque, tal como temía en un primer momento, son daños muy preocupantes y no será ni fácil ni barato revertirlos para garantizar la conservación de la obra.
HILO
Charles Lancaster retweeted
¿Sabes cómo Vertumno consigue enamorar 💘a Pomona?
En el tapiz “Vertumno transformado en agricultor”, que puedes ver en la #Galería, el dios utiliza un disfraz para adentrarse en su huerto y seducirla.
👁️Inés Urquijo, paisajista y artista floral, nos cuenta todos los detalles.
Charles Lancaster retweeted
Poor execution of trite sentimentalist schlock.
For an ostensibly Catholic school to commission some this awful is just sad.
Charles Lancaster retweeted
Hay daños irreparables en el cuadro de Colón expuesto en el Museo Naval, atacado ayer por un par de taradas anormales, y existen otros daños cuya reparación costará mucho dinero y tiempo.
Si esto no tiene consecuencias penales contundentes, habrán más tarados y más ataques.
Charles Lancaster retweeted
Americans, too, have their share of beautiful churches
This one is the Church of Our Lady, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral in Toledo, Ohio
Charles Lancaster retweeted
If there is to be genuinely vital monumental sculpture made in this moment, we are going to have to take considerable time experimenting in a deliberate and dynamic way.
The default and may I add, rather visionless approach is just to attempt a superficial remake of the Greeks/Romans/Renaissance. This notion is heavily fuelled by AI today.
If this schematic is actually followed, you will have a Disneylandification taking place, a sort of ham-fisted artefact for entertainment purposes. Something akin to the decoration seen on a merry-go-round for children- from a distance and with eyes squinted it may just about pass, but when you get up close you see the peeling faux bronze paint and the ugly sun damaged plastic peering back at you.
Bringing great statues forward into this moment is not a problem that is solved by a few entrepreneurs over coffee, it equally isn't just a case of throwing buckets of money at well-equipped fabrication companies either. It will be a process of rebuilding tight-knit institutions that can nurture the required artistic talent and visionary genius to propel sculpture beyond the trappings of the mundane: an elite grouping of artists capable of getting into the aesthetic vocabulary of the past and then dreaming a fresh synthesis in our moment now. It will require time, dedication and honest aesthetic research and development.
Charles Lancaster retweeted
In 1863, deep in the countryside north of Rome, workers unearthed a marble statue in the villa of Livia, wife of the first emperor.
It would become the defining image of Roman power:
The Augustus of Prima Porta 🏛️🧵
Charles Lancaster retweeted
It took 7 centuries for the German Catholics to build this beautiful cathedral in Cologne.
