The two quotes below should convince you to take 10 minutes to read this marvelous excerpt from "Artful Tom: A Memoir" by Thomas Hoving, a former director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This chapter includes an archeological expedition to the churches of Ravenna and has the most amusing account of Galla Placidia's life I've read yet. I'm not certain of the timeframe; post WWII for sure.Oh -- and he clearly GETS mosaics. As in:
"It looks like a fireworks display frozen for all time."
But, I think this may be my favorite line of the chapter:
"Enzo confided to me that Berlitz was okay but the best way to learn Italian was to have a minor auto accident and/or get an Italian lover."
Click here to see the full article on artnet.com
Enjoy -- Nancie
Guys,
ReplyDeleteHow do you pull all these things together the way you do? I think you are amazing and doing a marvellous job creating a 'place' for mosaic art in the conscious mind. An excellent idea Bill and Nancie because you can harness the whole endeavour through the medium of your magazine as well. One source for the lot. Brilliant... and I won't have to spend as much time browsing..;there's work to be done.