tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post8399060495412623914..comments2024-03-26T07:58:59.761+00:00Comments on I'll think of something later: Tiddely-om-pom-pomDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-5533083860352746252010-10-03T22:21:42.573+01:002010-10-03T22:21:42.573+01:00Re Victoriana, well, generalisations are always tr...Re Victoriana, well, generalisations are always tricky, aren't they? In the round, you may be right. But I'm sure we can all come up with our own candidates making the same exception you claim for Russian literature (I can think of several, but I won't bore on now).Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-53336466032526263832010-10-03T21:12:40.168+01:002010-10-03T21:12:40.168+01:00One fears that today St George would be prosecuted...One fears that today St George would be prosecuted for killing a member of an endangered species. St Michael might be granted Seraphic immunity.David Damantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-1026214496266073602010-10-03T21:06:18.627+01:002010-10-03T21:06:18.627+01:00I see no reason for a spat, no reason indeed for a...I see no reason for a spat, no reason indeed for a disagreement. There is nothing wrong with enjoying Victoriana but one hopes it to be agreed that that era encapsulated a decay of taste, and a decay in the right approach to the human predicament ( except of course for Russian literature). A lot not a little too much. Thank goodness for Picasso, Betrand Russell and others who blew the whistleDavid Damantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-38309857935917997322010-10-01T10:52:11.587+01:002010-10-01T10:52:11.587+01:00Welcome, Elizabeth and Andrew, and good to see you...Welcome, Elizabeth and Andrew, and good to see you back again, Will. Let's hope your (and my) Victorian penchant doesn't lure Sir David out of the woodwork to fulminate - though on second thoughts, let's have a friendly spat!<br /><br />Looking at Bermejo's St Michael, one of my favourite paintings in the National Gallery, I see the wings aren't quite as spectacular as I (mis)remembered. But the crystal shield and the bitsnpieces devil-monster are both fabulous.<br /><br />More good wings on the angels in Cavallini's Giudizio Universale in S. Cecilia in Trastevere, which Willym has no doubt visited. Only viewable on select days with nuns to guide you.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-45117991245018256782010-10-01T06:13:44.491+01:002010-10-01T06:13:44.491+01:00I WAS going to comment appreciatively and intellig...I WAS going to comment appreciatively and intelligently on your lovely guide to this sedate seaside town... till I got to the comments. Must now google various seraphic "pairs." And this Saint Michael does look as if he's been to Vidal Sassoon recently.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11889294120616809157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-88358528234722091512010-09-30T20:00:10.155+01:002010-09-30T20:00:10.155+01:00Drop a gilded onion dome on that town hall tower a...Drop a gilded onion dome on that town hall tower and you'd have a good example of nineteenth century Russian Renaissance Revival. Although it sometimes gets to be a little too much, I have a soft spot in my heart for Victorian exuberance.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14279473113628377106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-9420623328512042822010-09-30T17:25:17.835+01:002010-09-30T17:25:17.835+01:00Check out Breughel's or Bermejo's St Micha...Check out Breughel's or Bermejo's St Michael for a really lovely pair.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-90830046797397703222010-09-30T14:16:16.869+01:002010-09-30T14:16:16.869+01:00Thank you for the piccie of that extraordinary win...Thank you for the piccie of that extraordinary window. A kind of seraphic<br />Marilyn-on-the-grating moment. It reminds me of that classic Peter Cook and<br />Dudley Moore sketch, where PC is Arthur Shepherd, who had been watching his<br />flocks by night, and DM is the reporter Matthew from the Bethlehem Star. It's<br />priceless. Of the angel's wings, 'I have never seen such a pair, on a man'.Andrew CRHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01641809180319527172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-16631620094415169652010-09-30T08:32:51.301+01:002010-09-30T08:32:51.301+01:00Well, Paul, I couldn't find the witty article ...Well, Paul, I couldn't find the witty article which exploded the myth, but another confirms that what Debussy did during that summer month with Emma Bardac was to adjust La Mer's orchestration and correct proofs. So in a sense he did 'finish' it there. <br /><br />The Grand Hotel has a room which they think was the one used by Claude-Achille.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-82059346246471436312010-09-30T00:28:34.401+01:002010-09-30T00:28:34.401+01:00Oh no,another illusion shattered-I always enjoyed ...Oh no,another illusion shattered-I always enjoyed telling people that 'La Mer' was written at the Grand Hotel.<br />The 'Yowmen of England' was a favourite of my father's-specially for bathroom singing. Mr L's version was a proms highlight-of a kind.Paul Cannonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-82915187126407256782010-09-29T19:26:35.704+01:002010-09-29T19:26:35.704+01:00Pure serendipity, Will, I have to confess - I need...Pure serendipity, Will, I have to confess - I need to check out the saints' days on your site. So it's Michael AND the Archangels, right? Reminds me of an October visit we made some years ago to his grotto at Monte Sant'Angelo in the Gargano.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-81219177240500397602010-09-29T17:07:32.535+01:002010-09-29T17:07:32.535+01:00How appropriate the window of St Michael on his Fe...How appropriate the window of St Michael on his Feast Day - you did that on purpose didn't you?Willymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03652532356102638621noreply@blogger.com