tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10525820.post114301047304538987..comments2023-10-18T07:09:20.274-07:00Comments on RatBoy - an online little magazine: grishaxxxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14730729116978062510noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10525820.post-1143775431786653752006-03-30T19:23:00.000-08:002006-03-30T19:23:00.000-08:00Boticelli! That's right...Boticelli! That's right...teh l4m3https://www.blogger.com/profile/10982909927895165627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10525820.post-1143379210302381482006-03-26T05:20:00.001-08:002006-03-26T05:20:00.001-08:00Botticelli - Primavera - i.e., "Spring" - it's in ...Botticelli - <I>Primavera</I> - i.e., "Spring" - it's in the Uffizi, in Florence.<BR/>Yeah, it's a detail.<BR/>What's interesting is that we lost a lot of Botticelli to a wave of Florentine religious mania - sort of a wingnut purge of the time - guided by the notorious Savanarola (see "The Bonfire of the Vanities"). <BR/>I am pretty sure that everyone who loves Botticelli is attracted to his elegant <I>line</I>; to my mind, there's a connection to Raphael, to Poussin and to Ingres - all painters I love. I wish I could draw like that!grishaxxxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14730729116978062510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10525820.post-1143350048699715212006-03-25T21:14:00.000-08:002006-03-25T21:14:00.000-08:00Hey I've seen that before. It's part of a much la...Hey I've seen that before. It's part of a much larger painting -- but I can't remember which one.teh l4m3https://www.blogger.com/profile/10982909927895165627noreply@blogger.com