tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post3300300115330401818..comments2024-03-28T11:05:13.404-05:00Comments on Althouse: "To be survived by sculpture in bronze — what a responsibility!"Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-50534066505626836092011-08-23T14:11:59.862-05:002011-08-23T14:11:59.862-05:00Oops, thought this was a thread about the new mayo...Oops, thought this was a thread about the new mayor of Chicago.Third Coasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18164034977282528857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-29547016906843061532011-08-23T14:07:49.645-05:002011-08-23T14:07:49.645-05:00They all need to move to Texas. Problem solved.
T...They all need to move to Texas. Problem solved.<br /><br />The White House can be made larger, and a National Church erected with pomp and circumstance filled rituals appropriate to the new King of Kenya-America.<br /><br />As for bronze statues, who knew that the world's largest owner of T-Bills wanted that Chairman Mao Colossus to be erected on the former sight of Mt Vernon which they had recently purchased.traditionalguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05706120413005530014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-44374516283262276062011-08-23T13:11:29.730-05:002011-08-23T13:11:29.730-05:00Degas is dead.
He can't care what anyone is d...Degas is dead.<br /><br />He can't care what anyone is doing with stuff he once touched.<br /><br />I think I'll go get plastered tonight.<br /><br />And I agree with Palladian. The scuplture in question is ugly.gerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07865564381083435425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-77719479013730793332011-08-23T12:27:19.907-05:002011-08-23T12:27:19.907-05:00I'll cancel out Palladian. I like bronze very ...I'll cancel out Palladian. I like bronze very much, whether as a pure, alloyed metal or as sculpture. <br /><br />If I could--and had a car engine that could cope with it--I'd drive a cast bronze automobile.John Burgesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11979918255430186425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-10590323422666369062011-08-23T12:05:07.679-05:002011-08-23T12:05:07.679-05:00The indestructibility of bronze may have bothered ...<i>The indestructibility of bronze may have bothered Degas, but these buyers and sellers today are tormented by the endless reproducibility of the thing that is not bronze. (It's wax!)</i><br /><br />From reading the article, I think the really controversial claim is that Degas authorized plaster casts to be made of his wax original(s). But if not, do the plaster casts date from the 19th century? That's what I find most curious.Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14480329783749187372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-6176875796133229982011-08-23T12:00:42.124-05:002011-08-23T12:00:42.124-05:00And I hate the "Little Dancer", from her...And I hate the "Little Dancer", from her snotty little face and spindly little legs, to <a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/images/hb/hb_29.100.370.jpg" rel="nofollow">her creepy Miss Havisham-like decaying skirt and ribbon</a>.Palladianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01105490715666718993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-58613976600217615782011-08-23T11:58:58.644-05:002011-08-23T11:58:58.644-05:00Litigation-free zone?
Not in this country.Litigation-free zone?<br /><br />Not in this country.edutcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15033144261502435196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-47284092337337283062011-08-23T11:55:50.675-05:002011-08-23T11:55:50.675-05:00Bronze sculpture immediately causes scales to rise...Bronze sculpture immediately causes scales to rise before my eyes. Little is less interesting than a big, brown lump of metal that someone else cast. I'd rather see the wax or the plaster.<br /><br />Anyway, bronze sculpture eventually gets turned into cannon in difficult times. For real indestructibility, go for some common stone. It says a lot more about one's abilities as a sculptor as well.Palladianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01105490715666718993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-39108863023186881082011-08-23T11:42:31.164-05:002011-08-23T11:42:31.164-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.com