Comments on: Hardy on art in general and JMW Turner in specific http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/01/hardy-on-art-in-general-and-jmw-turner-in-specific.html a site about everything Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:27:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: alek http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/01/hardy-on-art-in-general-and-jmw-turner-in-specific.html/comment-page-1#comment-15161 alek Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:52:30 +0000 http://wp.patrickburleson.com/?p=7864#comment-15161 especially: Art is the secret of how to produce by a false thing the effect of a true. . . this would have been useful when i was trying to explain to my friend stamati the 2 dimensional illusion that humans seem so capable of perceiving that the perception is taken for granted... he had asked me if i had shown my dog the photograph that i took of her. a long way removed from Turner i know. especially:
Art is the secret of how to produce by a false thing the effect of a true. . .
this would have been useful when i was trying to explain to my friend stamati the 2 dimensional illusion that humans seem so capable of perceiving that the perception is taken for granted… he had asked me if i had shown my dog the photograph that i took of her. a long way removed from Turner i know.

]]> By: Sheila Ryan http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/01/hardy-on-art-in-general-and-jmw-turner-in-specific.html/comment-page-1#comment-15160 Sheila Ryan Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:35:09 +0000 http://wp.patrickburleson.com/?p=7864#comment-15160 Hardy's use of the word <i>charm</i> I very much like. Poor <i>charm</i> -- "charm school", "charm bracelet", "works like a charm", "charmed, I'm sure" . . . . That art might <i>charm</i> us -- why, what could that old fool have been thinking? That art may enchant us, enthrall us, transport us. Indeed. Thank you, Mr. Renner, for these two <i>morceaux choisis</i>. They are tasty and offer a great deal to chew on. Hardy’s use of the word charm I very much like. Poor charm — “charm school”, “charm bracelet”, “works like a charm”, “charmed, I’m sure” . . . . That art might charm us — why, what could that old fool have been thinking?

That art may enchant us, enthrall us, transport us. Indeed.

Thank you, Mr. Renner, for these two morceaux choisis. They are tasty and offer a great deal to chew on.

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