Now, back to the self portrait... let’s see if I can do better ...
Here we are. All right, I’m moving my way downward, and have arrived at Bernini. Oh, Bernini, how I love you! I was so excited to meet your work in person when we were in Roma, and my love for you has not dimmed! Michelangelo did a great work. You built upon that work. You took the idea of his gorgeous figures further by adding emotion and muscle tension. Your sculptures are alive with emotion and feeling, right down to their very toes! I love this book as well because, well, it’s a Phaidon book, and Phaidon knows how to do things right. You can count on Phaidon to produce beautiful stuff. It even smells good. Don’t you just love a book that smells good? Also, I use this book almost every year in my art classes. Soo handy for so many reasons.
The Complete Van Gogh. I love his work. I sympathize with his lot in life, which, try as he would he could not seem to improve. That he could create such beauty - it’s just a wonderful thing. Also he’s Dutch. So am I. We Dutch artists have to stick together. Visiting the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam, home of MY PEOPLE is a memory that I cherish.
Down on the far right you see a little Latin dictionary. I know I already covered Latin earlier, but Latin is really just so important to me, that it’s an ongoing thing. Just today I was reading semi-historical fiction about 14th century Norway, and so much Latin comes up in it. It’s everywhere, and nice to understand it when it comes along.
Enough for this post! We are getting there! I believe I now have four books and a wooden toad left to explain. See ya in Part the Fifth!
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