Friday, 23 April 2010
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Fine Art Friday:Constable
Cloud Study: Stormy Sunset (1821-1822) 8 x 10 3/4 inches
by John Constable, British painter (1776-1837 Oil on paper on canvasConstable keeps cropping up on my landscape; and that's why his work is the topic of this week's FineArtFriday entry. There is a host of information available to me (and you) via the internet. That means that we dont have to lament that we missed our National Gallery of Art's Constable's Great Landscapes: The Six Foot Paintings.
Last August when I visited The Frick and The Met, his Salisbury Cathedral captured my attention. There are several renditions and this link to an Australian one is well worth the listen. Something about the stormy clouds and impending controversy in the church.
Furthermore, there is a fine poem, Constable's Clouds, which I've highlighted today in honor of National Poetry Month. Read more about it on my other blog.
And finally, remember playing the Cloud Game? Just looking at the sky and seeing what you could see in the white formations? It's not just for children
What do you see?
Today?
In the clouds above where you are?
Currently
The Book of Clouds
By John A. Day
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@LauraLLD - blue skies here, too. And I suspect that you will experience the storm clouds that are predicted for our tomorrow weather.
Generally speaking, I am not fond of reproductions of sunsets or sunrises. They are just so beautfil to the naked eye that I dont *need* artistic renditions. That said, I am intrigued by the idea that I need to learn to see *more* than what meets the eye, when I first regard a painting.