Daily Slow Art: Lee Krasner at the Tate Modern
Friday’s Slow Art object – Lee Krasner’s “Gothic Landscape” at the Tate Modern in London.
Look at this for a few minutes today, Friday, February 12, 2010. (hint: click on the thumbnail to see the larger version)
If you are in the London area, then please sign up for Slow Art Day April 17, 2010 at the Tate Modern:
http://SlowArtLondon2010.eventbrite.com/
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About Slow Art and Slow Art day
Run by volunteers, Slow Art and Slow Art Day are designed to help the general public have a *good* experience looking at art in museums all over the world.
Facebook list of 40+ cities/museums participating in Slow Art Day April 17, 2010
Web list of 40+ cities/museums participating in Slow Art Day April 17, 2010
Slow Art and Slow Art Day were started by Phil Terry and the Reading Odyssey, a nonprofit dedicated to making lifelong learning accessible and fun for everyone.
Daily Slow Art: Charles Demuth at Boca Raton Museum of Art
Thursday’s Slow Art Object – Charles Demuth’s “Bathers” at the Boca Raton Museum of Art.
Look at this for a few minutes today, Thursday, February 11, 2010. (hint: click on the thumbnail to see the larger version)
If you are in the Boca Raton area, then please sign up for Slow Art Day April 17, 2010 at the Boca Raton Museum of Art here:
http://slowartbocaraton2010.eventbrite.com/
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About Slow Art and Slow Art day
Run by volunteers, Slow Art and Slow Art Day are designed to help the general public have a *good* experience looking at art in museums all over the world.
Facebook list of 40+ cities/museums participating in Slow Art Day April 17, 2010
Web list of 40+ cities/museums participating in Slow Art Day April 17, 2010
Slow Art and Slow Art Day were started by Phil Terry and the Reading Odyssey, a nonprofit dedicated to making lifelong learning accessible and fun for everyone.
Daily Slow Art: Francis Guy at Brooklyn Museum of Art
Wednesday’s Slow Art Object – Francis Guy’s 1819 “Winter in Brooklyn.”
Look at this for a few minutes today, Wednesday, February 10, 2010. (hint: click on the thumbnail to see the larger version)
Then listen to this audio from the Brooklyn Museum of Art about Guy’s painting.
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About Slow Art and Slow Art day
Run by volunteers, Slow Art and Slow Art Day are designed to help the general public have a *good* experience looking at art in museums all over the world.
Facebook list of 40+ cities/museums participating in Slow Art Day April 17, 2010
Web list of 40+ cities/museums participating in Slow Art Day April 17, 2010
Slow Art and Slow Art Day were started by Phil Terry and the Reading Odyssey, a nonprofit dedicated to making lifelong learning accessible and fun for everyone.
Daily Slow Art: Cezanne at MoMA
Tuesday’s Slow Art object – Cezanne’s “Chateau Noir” at MoMA. Look at this for a few minutes today, Tuesday, February 9, 2010.
See Cezanne’s “Chateau Noir” here on the Slow Art Facebook wall:
http://www.facebook.com/SlowArt?v=wall
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About Slow Art and Slow Art day
Run by volunteers, Slow Art and Slow Art Day are designed to help the general public have a *good* experience looking at art in museums all over the world.
List of 40+ cities/museums participating in Slow Art Day April 17, 2010:
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/SlowArt?v=app_10442206389
Web: http://showsupport.typepad.com/odyssey/slow-art-day.html
Slow Art and Slow Art Day were started by Phil Terry and the Reading Odyssey, a nonprofit dedicated to making lifelong learning accessible and fun for everyone.
Daily Slow Art: Gustav Klimt at MoMA
Monday February 8, 2010 Slow Art object – Gustav Klimt’s The Park at MoMA.
Look at this for a few minutes today.
See Klimt’s The Park here on the Slow Art Facebook wall:
http://www.facebook.com/SlowArt?v=wall
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About Slow Art and Slow Art day
Run by volunteers, Slow Art and Slow Art Day are designed to help the general public have a *good* experience looking at art in museums all over the world.
List of cities/museums participating in Slow Art Day April 17, 2010:
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/SlowArt?v=app_10442206389
Web: http://showsupport.typepad.com/odyssey/slow-art-day.html
Slow Art and Slow Art Day were started by Phil Terry and the Reading Odyssey, a nonprofit dedicated to making lifelong learning accessible and fun for everyone.
Xenophon’s Hellenika Books I – II.3.10 Study Guide Questions
Xenophon Reading Group 2010
Book I – II.3.10 Study Guide Questions
1. Alcibiades – You’ve got to either love him or hate him…or both. Xenophon tells of his role in the latter years of the Pelopponesian War throughout our reading assignment for this discussion. As in Thucydides, we see Alcibiades’ career ebb and flow. In our reading of Book I, how does Xenophon portray this ‘renegade’ Athenian? How responsible is Alcibiades for Athens’ fortunes at the end of the war? According to Xenophon, how much blame or praise should he get? [For readers of Thucydides, how does Alcibiades compare in both authors?]
2. Hellespont – A critical region as the Pelopponesian War draws to a close. According to Xenophon, how important is control of the Hellespont in terms of winning the war? Why? What are the most important bases/allies in the Eastern Mediterranean mentioned by Xenophon for the Spartans? Athenians?
3. Doreius – Xenophon’s overall style is pretty straightforward, so when he digresses, it is somewhat noticeable and sometimes abrupt. The Doreius digression is one which stood out to me. Why does Xenophon take the time to mention Doreius’ story in I.5.18-19? What is so important about Doreius’ example in terms of Xenophon’s narration of the end of this war?
4. Kallikratides – The arrival of this Spartan admiral seems to shake up the narrative a bit in Book I.6. At this point, I started getting flashbacks of Thucydides! How does Xenophon portray the Spartan Naval Command through the central figure of Kallikratides in I.6? For example, is there a unified approach in the Spartan Naval Command or is there unnecessary dissension?
5. Trial of the Generals – Xenophon gives us a very important account of a trial in Athens following the Athenian naval victory at Arginousai. As a matter of fact, the battle is scantily described in comparison to the trial that followed. Euryptolemos’ interesting speech (I.7) presents important elements related to the defense of the accused Athenian generals. What are these key elements and how do they represent the state of Athenian politics at this time? What might Xenophon be implying about Athenian democracy and its ability to wage a major war?
6. Lysander – Although he was mentioned in Book I, Book II opens with momentous events involving Lysander. How much of Lysander’s success is due to circumstance? his own cleverness? Spartan strategy as a whole? Which does Xenophon emphasize? What do you think?
7. Theramenes – In II.2.16-19, why would Theramenes allow the Athenians to languish and suffer in this most critical time? Why would the Athenians send him off again to Sparta to make peace?? Who is Theramenes and what else did he do for or against Athens that we know of?
8. News from Sicily – In Book II and elsewhere, what do the Sicilian updates (example in II.2.24) really have to do with the events narrated concerning Athens and Sparta? Do you consider them ‘interpolations’ or not? Why?
Slow Art Day update
This week we added the following cities to Slow Art Day April 17, 2010:
– Berlin, Germany
(registration site being set up now)
– Laguna Beach, California
http://SlowArtLagunaBeach2010.eventbrite.com/
– Serbia, Belgrade
(registration site being set up now)
– Strasbourg, France
http://SlowArtStrasbourg2010.eventbrite.com
– West Midlands, UK
(registration site being set up now)
And we have leads for Geneva (Switzerland), Minneapolis (Minnesota), Paris (France) and several other cities. We are still looking for hosts in Rome, London and many other cities around the world.
To see all the 35+ cities set up, click here:
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/SlowArt?v=app_10442206389
Web: http://showsupport.typepad.com/odyssey/slow-art-day.html
– Phil
Slow Art Chelsea Gallery Tour
New York Slow Art Day cohost Kate Gutman led me on a Chelsea gallery tour yesterday, January 23, 2010.
Kate showed me:
(1) wonderful and unusual photos from Diane Arbus “In the Absence of Others” at Cheim & Read, 547 W. 25 St (see below)
(2) indescribable Buddha in Zhang Huan’s “Neither Coming nor Going” at PaceWildenstein, 545 W. 22 St
(3) small delightful group show called “Connecticutt” at D’Amelio Terras, 525 W. 22 St
(4) simply stunning show called “Primary Atmospheres” at David Zwirner at 525 W. 19th St
(5) iconic photos of Robert Longo at Metro Pictures at 519 W. 24 St
and wonderful creatures…
(6) … in “The War” by LA-based artist Jon Pylypchuk at Friedrich Petzel 535 W. 22 St.
Phil
Slow Art Day at Gemäldegalerie?
Know anyone in Berlin who might want to host Slow Art Day April 17, 2010 at Gemäldegalerie?
Michael Kimmelman describes this museum today in the New York Times:
“In room after room of Giotto and Raphael, Titian and Rembrandt, Dürer and Holbein I find myself alone, save for the sandal-clad guards spending quiet days of monkish solitude…”
Perfect for Slow Art Day.
We have almost 30 cities from around the world participating – from New York to Sao Paulo to Melbourne, Jakarta but no Berlin.
Links:
– New York Times article
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/21/arts/design/21abroad.html?hp
– How to host Slow Art Day
http://www.facebook.com/SlowArt?v=app_4949752878
Happy 201st birthday, Charles Darwin
Happy 201st birthday, Charles Darwin.
About a year ago, the Reading Odyssey started a Facebook group to celebrate Darwin and his great book, “On the Origin of Species.”
In that year, we have accomplished many things with our global volunteer community.
The Facebook group now has over 250,000 members, we have produced a live web/phone-based lecture series with great scholars, and we have run one of our phone-based reading groups on “On the Origin of Species.”
Scholars who have participated in our lecture series include:
* Professor Sean Carroll, University of Wisconsin
* Professor Jonathan Weiner, Columbia University
* Professor Emeritus Mendelsohn, Harvard University
* Dr. George Amato, American Museum of Natural History
and many others…
Join us for continued learning and discussion in our Darwin Facebook Project.
Thanks to volunteers like Kendall Crolius, who produced the fall 2010 lecture series (and did a GREAT job), and scientists like Quinn O’Neill, Chris Farnet, James Falvo, Gerardo Camilo and many others, who keep the discussion and learning going on a daily basis.
Happy birthday, Charles!
Phil
12. February 2010 by Arrian
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