BangZoom Posted August 7, 2009 Author Share Posted August 7, 2009 Check out the article in the New York Times: Link Don't forget to take a look at the slideshow: Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 Check out the article in the New York Times: Link Don't forget to take a look at the slideshow: Link Bon Jour! Not a very nice review. They like him better in Belgium I bet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selegue Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 Check out the article in the New York Times: Link Don't forget to take a look at the slideshow: Link Bon Jour! Not a very nice review. They like him better in Belgium I bet. They were pretty flattering about Burrough's artwork on that one Sunday page though. Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tb Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 Talking about France and NYT articles, there was a very interesting piece on visitors at the Louvre earlier this week. The author observed how the vast majority of guests were walking quickly through the exhibits, pausing briefly to shoot pictures with their cell phone cameras. He contrasted that with two young girls who walked slowly between the paintings and sculptures, observing them for some time without taking any pictures. It was very insightful (the last sentence was absolutely brilliant) and I've spent a lot of time afterwards thinking about how the popularity of handheld recording devices and social networking are changing the experience of going to a museum. Relating to our hobby, I am trying to decide whether sites like CAF are raising the awareness of originals or whether they are inflating them by making digital copies so easily accessible. I don't want to derail the thread; just a pointer to an article I found unusually interesting. Last I checked, it had prompted 418 comments. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/03/arts/design/03abroad.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=louvre&st=cse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 I was in the Louvre in May and the museum is (and has always been) a zoo. Yes, many visitors never look straight at a painting but only sees them through a digital device ... BUT, that's more than 50% the museum's fault. There are zilch information about the painting near them and the collection is somewhat disorganized. At least, across the Seine, at the Musée d'Orsay, the collection is presented in chronological thematic order, is less cramped and the painting aren't hung 10 feet up in the air and thus impossible to enjoy. People enjoy d'Orsay much more and take their time through the collection. Embarassment of riches for the Louvre? Schlerotic curating? Possibly and they can get away with it. Now to go read the article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 Put me in the "spend time staring" camp as I no longer have interest in snapping pics, even when they let me. I was at the Huntington Library last week and no picture can capture seeing a Gutenberg Bible, the Ellesmere Chaucer or the brilliant colors and brushstokes of the Blueboy. From the comments on the NY Times article. Rothko's paintings inexplicably brought me to tears True for me as well, though perhaps for a different reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Black Hand ® Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted August 9, 2009 Author Share Posted August 9, 2009 Betty Boop made her first appearance on August 9, 1930 in the cartoon Dizzy Dishes,the sixth installment in Fleischer's Talkartoon series. The character was originally created in the mode of an anthropomorphic French poodle. Happy Birthday, Betty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flee-Marquette Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 Was that a "Mickey" crossover appearance at 4:15? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selegue Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 I was in the Louvre in May and the museum is (and has always been) a zoo. Yes, many visitors never look straight at a painting but only sees them through a digital device ... BUT, that's more than 50% the museum's fault. There are zilch information about the painting near them and the collection is somewhat disorganized. At least, across the Seine, at the Musée d'Orsay, the collection is presented in chronological thematic order, is less cramped and the painting aren't hung 10 feet up in the air and thus impossible to enjoy. People enjoy d'Orsay much more and take their time through the collection. Embarassment of riches for the Louvre? Schlerotic curating? Possibly and they can get away with it. Now to go read the article. On my one and only trip to Paris I decided to skip the Louvre for lack of time, but really enjoyed having more time to spend in the wonderful Musée d'Orsay. I did zip quickly through Notre Dame, but that was so I could spend more time in the smaller but (in my opinion) more intense Sainte-Chapelle. (I've got to get back!) Thanks for the link -- interesting article. I suppose the comic-book equivalent is looking only at covers. Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 (edited) I was in the Louvre in May and the museum is (and has always been) a zoo. Yes, many visitors never look straight at a painting but only sees them through a digital device ... BUT, that's more than 50% the museum's fault. There are zilch information about the painting near them and the collection is somewhat disorganized. At least, across the Seine, at the Musée d'Orsay, the collection is presented in chronological thematic order, is less cramped and the painting aren't hung 10 feet up in the air and thus impossible to enjoy. People enjoy d'Orsay much more and take their time through the collection. Embarassment of riches for the Louvre? Schlerotic curating? Possibly and they can get away with it. Now to go read the article. On my one and only trip to Paris I decided to skip the Louvre for lack of time, but really enjoyed having more time to spend in the wonderful Musée d'Orsay. I did zip quickly through Notre Dame, but that was so I could spend more time in the smaller but (in my opinion) more intense Sainte-Chapelle. (I've got to get back!) Thanks for the link -- interesting article. I suppose the comic-book equivalent is looking only at covers. Jack I have had a couple of chances to visit Paris but found other things that interested me more while in Europe. However, while I was in Belgium, I found that the art museum in Brussels is very nice. It wasn't crowded and they had a nice display with easy access. You start at the top, which is ground level and then you go down into the basement, like the Guggenheim. It was a great place to visit. Now if I could only find a some place that made good waffles... bb Edited August 10, 2009 by BB-Gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted August 11, 2009 Author Share Posted August 11, 2009 Generally I don't think the covers of Detective Fiction Weekly are particularly memorable, but occasionally they had covers that are striking. August 25, 1934 (Cover artist John A. Coughlin) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted August 11, 2009 Author Share Posted August 11, 2009 September 17, 1938 (Cover artist Rudolph Belarski) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forbush-Man Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 September 17, 1938 (Cover artist Rudolph Belarski) Yeah! Now THAT's a cover! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 September 17, 1938 (Cover artist Rudolph Belarski) Yeah! Now THAT's a cover! Common as dirt! Get yourself a copy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forbush-Man Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 Sell me yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tb Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 Thanks for the pulp pictures, bz. I was reading through the New York Times archive from the 1920s and 30s. It was fun to see the heated criticism of pulp covers at the time and the passionate replies from the editors to some of that criticism. --- One unrelated question to the animation fans: does anyone know of other examples in the following sequence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted August 12, 2009 Author Share Posted August 12, 2009 Thanks for the pulp pictures, bz. I was reading through the New York Times archive from the 1920s and 30s. It was fun to see the heated criticism of pulp covers at the time and the passionate replies from the editors to some of that criticism. I'd like to read that. Are the archives a resource only available to subscribers of the paper? The controversy regarding pulp covers also raged in pulp's letter columns. Amazing Stories (April 1929) Weird Tales (December 1933) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tb Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 I hope the NYT won't mind me copying this 1935 editorial and the reply from the publisher. What I think is interesting is the tone of the reply to the condescending article which clearly struck a nerve. The last few paragraphs, which predict what future historians will think of pulps, are well worth the read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theagenes Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 Thanks for the pulp pictures, bz. I was reading through the New York Times archive from the 1920s and 30s. It was fun to see the heated criticism of pulp covers at the time and the passionate replies from the editors to some of that criticism. I'd like to read that. Are the archives a resource only available to subscribers of the paper? The controversy regarding pulp covers also raged in pulp's letter columns. Amazing Stories (April 1929) So the "Scientification logo" cover sold more copies than the awesome Robot vs. Lion cover or the legendary flying man Skylark cover. Obviously tastes change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
