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The History of Western Art
- De: Peter Whitfield
- Narrado por: Sebastian Comberti
- Duración: 5 h y 14 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 260
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 227
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 222
What is art? Why do we value images of saints, kings, goddesses, battles, landscapes or cities from eras of history utterly remote from ourselves? This history of art shows how painters, sculptors and architects have expressed the belief systems of their age: religious, political and aesthetic. From the ancient civilisations of Egypt, Mesopotamia and Greece, to the revolutionary years of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the artist has acted as a mirror to the ideals and conflicts of the human mind.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A whirlwind tour of Western art
- De Adeliese Baumann en 11-18-12
- The History of Western Art
- De: Peter Whitfield
- Narrado por: Sebastian Comberti
Merely an outline
Revisado: 04-13-25
This self-published book is art history reduced to an outline, with some chapters lasting mere minutes. The observations and judgments the author makes are not extraordinary, and in the case of modern and contemporary art, he completely misses the mark, even giving provisional weight to the criticism of Matisse and Rothko that “my kid could paint this.” Why is this man writing about art? There are enough inaccuracies in the eras of art history I know to make the rest of the book suspect.
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To Stand and Stare
- De: Andrew Timothy O'Brien
- Narrado por: Andrew Timothy O'Brien
- Duración: 9 h y 41 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 3
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3
In To Stand and Stare, Andrew Timothy O'Brien weaves together strands of botany, philosophy and mindfulness to form an ecological narrative suffused with practical gardening know-how. Informed by a deep understanding and appreciation of natural processes, O'Brien encourages the listener to think from the ground up, as we follow the pattern of a plant's growth through the season—roots, shoots, and fruits—while advocating an increased awareness of our surroundings.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Preachy and condescending
- De SR en 12-19-23
- To Stand and Stare
- De: Andrew Timothy O'Brien
- Narrado por: Andrew Timothy O'Brien
Preachy and condescending
Revisado: 12-19-23
This book is full of beautiful writing, and is read with enthusiasm by the author, who has a lovely speaking voice. His main point is to encourage readers to slow down and reflect while they garden, which gives rise to much armchair philosophy and literary description. The information is rudimentary, marking this as a book for beginner gardeners; but the title must be ignored, because this is not a how-to but a "how to be," with some of the preachiness this implies. It is an encomium and elegy to gardening and to nature, but the author's hand-wringing about global warming, his own effect on nature, and even, briefly, colonialism (!) ruins what could have been a deeper meditation. The elegiac writing fails because the author lacks the character to be able to approach true seriousness. In a subtle but conspicuous way, he wrings his hands, upset to disturb even a spider's web, and calls trampling insects "violence." This is a kind of guilt caused by what can only be called ignorance, itself caused by the lack of a sense of proportion and historical perspective. The result is a book neither useful nor inspiring to experienced gardeners. For beginners, it does not edify, and reinforces ignorance about nature and our place in it. If the author knows better, the book is cynical; but if he doesn't, he's a fool.
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Sexual Personae
- Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson
- De: Camille Paglia
- Narrado por: Emily Durante
- Duración: 35 h y 15 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 122
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 101
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 99
In this brilliantly original book, Camille Paglia identifies some of the major patterns that have endured in western culture from ancient Egypt and Greece to the present. According to Paglia, one source of continuity is paganism, which, undefeated by Judeo-Christianity, continues to flourish in art, eroticism, astrology, and pop culture. Others, she says, are androgyny, sadism, and the aggressive western eye, which has created our art and cinema.
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5 out of 5 stars
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this was brilliant!
- De thomass en 11-10-18
- Sexual Personae
- Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson
- De: Camille Paglia
- Narrado por: Emily Durante
Amazing
Revisado: 09-26-23
Even if you disagree with some of the conclusions that result from her perspective, you've been taken on an amazing, consciousness-expanding ride. Some of her sentences approach poetry in the way they draw disparate objects together. I have not read or seen all the works she talks about, but it is testament to her mesmerizing writing that it is unnecessary.
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