tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054785923214156833.post8706156028681613297..comments2024-02-03T17:02:45.046-08:00Comments on Giorgione et al...: Giorgione and Giovanni BelliniDr. Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08469403843869655063noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054785923214156833.post-61311454634780898912011-06-06T10:55:03.920-07:002011-06-06T10:55:03.920-07:00H:
What can I say? the man has his back to the ci...H:<br /><br />What can I say? the man has his back to the city. In both the Tempest and the Francis the city in the background, despite its beauty, is a place of danger both physical and spiritual.<br /> <br />You're right that Francis is shown as a hermit exemplifying the value of the ascetic life. That's Fleming's point. Obviously, there are major differences in the two paintings but I just wanted to point our some similarities.<br /><br />I was surprised by the failure to accept Fleming's views in both the wall notes and the online analysis by the Frick. About Elkins, I don't know. He promised a follow up to his original article but I have not seen it. He suggested that it was scholarly analysis that turned him off on the painting. Was he referring to Fleming's religious interpretation?<br /><br />FrankDr. Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08469403843869655063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054785923214156833.post-25738588290784903242011-06-06T05:03:31.684-07:002011-06-06T05:03:31.684-07:00Hello Frank - Is the Fleming interpretation reall...Hello Frank - Is the Fleming interpretation really that far removed from schoalrly consideration? When James Elkins <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-elkins/the-most-beautiful-painti_b_833672.html" rel="nofollow">covered</a> this piece at the Huffington Post, I raised this point with him and he seemed more than aware of it. <br /><br />Of course, it isnt something that you will see in survey texts, but such volumes are never anything more than an overview. <br /><br />Also, I'm curious about your decription of the figures having "turned their backs" on the city. In the aspect of a monk, St Francis can defnitely be said to depicted in the manner of a hermetic existence - something seen even in literature from antiquity. <br /><br />The characters in Tempesta seem less ascetic, particularly the man whom is depicted in the garb of a fashionable Venetian youth. We can hardly say he has turned his back on the city?<br /><br />HAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02091875643921165081noreply@blogger.com