tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post7716133310697318426..comments2024-03-27T21:43:02.451-04:00Comments on NEW SAVANNA: Thread to Thread: Nina Paley's 4 ElementsBill Benzonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08360044945265178991noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-63614689091489539552011-04-17T09:20:20.780-04:002011-04-17T09:20:20.780-04:00Darin, perhaps so, but each quilt in the series is...Darin, perhaps so, but each quilt in the series is in a different style. The first, earth, is early modernist in vibe (think Matisse, but also Rousseau), the second, water, is East Asian, while the third, Fire, is South Asian.Bill Benzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08360044945265178991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-16596044354417614342011-04-16T22:46:53.579-04:002011-04-16T22:46:53.579-04:00That is breathtaking.
It also seems a very Ameri...That is breathtaking. <br /><br />It also seems a very American medium, traditional and very different.<br /><br />The four humours is a fav. historical subject of mine. A particular fav. artistic represention is the four seasons. A series of very strange late 17th century pictures that are held in the medical collection of Duke University. They are like a childrens pop up book or flap book that Jebhttp://sbej.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-52952240063427081032011-04-16T16:44:30.356-04:002011-04-16T16:44:30.356-04:00The white nude is gorgeous, to be sure, but to my ...The white nude is gorgeous, to be sure, but to my eye it doesn't at all look like it belongs with the previous three in the 4 Elements series. It's like Nina no longer felt like working in that style, but she still felt the nagging absence of the fourth quilt.Darinnoreply@blogger.com