tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8882454.post383901155391496915..comments2023-09-08T03:48:17.672-07:00Comments on Shorn Again Believers: Fashion and the Renaissance we are inhabitingkeylawkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04134596750620373075noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8882454.post-55153837594080043892007-12-23T17:26:00.000-08:002007-12-23T17:26:00.000-08:00MUSEUMS. The Getty is doing full-scale research an...MUSEUMS. The Getty is doing full-scale research and resurrecting ancient crafts, such as Chinese glazes, Italian/Roman glass, Armenian/Pythian textiles.<BR/><BR/>In other art museums, HAS THERE EVER BEEN such a roster of Southern California home-grown artists? Francis Alys, Karl Benjamin, Dan Flavin, Mary Heilmann, Robert Irwin, Kim Jones, Gordon Matta-Clark, Takashi Murakami, Rufino Tamayo, Richard Tuttle. <BR/><BR/>FILMS. 2007 had a torrent of intense and widely-varied films: Into Great Silence, and Terror's Advocate, and Sicko, three exceptional documentaries; No End in Sight, despairing of America, and In the Shadow of the Moon, celebrating it. Lars and the Real Girl, a community around a mannequin. Lust, Caution - psychological sexual intricacy. Michael Clayton, smart legal thriller. Ratatouille, animated upwardly-mobile rat. There Will be Blood, darkly unique epic. Once, musical story mix. Across the Universe, 60's Beatles retrospective. Remarkable variety.<BR/><BR/>BOOKS. J.K. Rowling hand-printed seven copies of Tales of Beedle the Bard and sold them for millions each to benefit a children's reading program. That has to be a record. My point here is that books continue to fill unique needs.keylawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04134596750620373075noreply@blogger.com