“It is tempting to see a connection between the breakdown of old styles in music and the visual arts from the mid-to-late 19th century onwards. Were the impressionistic works of Monet and Debussy both expressions of the same spirit?”
Tag: 11.01.07
How Music Influenced Art (Or Is It The Other Way Around?)
“It is tempting to see a connection between the breakdown of old styles in music and the visual arts from the mid-to-late 19th century onwards. Were the impressionistic works of Monet and Debussy both expressions of the same spirit? Were Matisse’s “jazz” cut-out pictures of the mid-20th century linked to the postwar bebop revolution?”
Why Nutcrackers Dominate
“Dance, as an art form, is restricted to certain kinds of narrative and styles of presentation. If its stories, characters and body language have to be more overt than in straight theatre, simplifying these conventions still further for children can lead to them feeling patronised.”
Trafalgar’s Fourth
“Next week, the new artwork to occupy Traflagar Square’s fourth plinth will be unveiled. Eager art enthusiasts or random tourists can get a glimpse of what’s taking place under the tarpaulin right now: Thomas Schütte’s Model for a Hotel 2007.”
Hollywood Writers To Strike
“Writers said the guild board would meet Friday to formally call a strike and decide when it would start. They said guild members would be told Friday afternoon.”
Police Search Art Dealer’s Home In Fraud Case
“Manhattan law-enforcement officials searched the Upper East Side home of Lawrence Salander on Oct. 30 as part of a criminal investigation of the 58-year-old art dealer.”
Why Do People Want To Hear The Really Terrible Orchestra?
“What has become the world’s most famous amateur orchestra is about to perform in London. The Cadogan Hall is the site of this imminent musical disaster, and all 800 tickets vanished in a trice. Which makes one wonder: what is it that makes people want to listen to a group of extremely bad musicians torturing a piece that most of them cannot play? Is there something about failure and its cheerful acceptance?”
The Power Of Literature
“I am not suggesting that reading novels can change the world. I do suggest, and I do believe, that reading novels is one of the best possible ways to understand that all the women, in all the windows, are, at the end of the day, in urgent need of peace.”
The Digital Elephant In The Room
“Every Hollywood studio has a different way of measuring what its digital business is, with Walt Disney Co. right now touting fairly loudly its successes in this area and NBC among those suggesting that the coin is fairly negligible. For their part, analysts in the digital sector are increasingly hinting that the growth in the biz is anything but straight up. Some even hazard that consumers may not for years feel comfortable ditching their DVDs in favor of Internet-delivered movies and TV shows.”
Will Interactive TV Kill Traditional TV?
“Online serials that allow anyone to discuss the plot, write to the characters and vote on their fate are stealing away young viewers and threatening the model that has supported free-to-air television for 50 years.”