January 2012
4 posts
Second Coming - Horus forgets to bring Osiris!
Osiris and Horus are coming back! Father and Son, devouring their enemies and putting Egypt back on top, for eternity. Isis will be with them; no holy family is complete without a strong woman. When, you ask? All we have to do is be pure of heart and patient … of course, two thousand years have passed and Horus is no longer needed, his influence diminished if not wiped out. A returning...
Piet Mondrian thinks he's better than you.
Piet Mondrian, מונדריאן, пит мондриан, موندريان,
Mondrian is too popular. Don’t get us wrong, we love his work. It’s easily consumed; his mastery and genius making color, shape, and line joyful. Eye candy! But Mondrian has taken over Trivium, and we’re not sure why. Mondrian gets more hits than Goya, Turner, Picasso, and VanGogh together. Our top three searches? Piet...
Thought process side tracked by Art History...
Most people geek out about something. We geek out about art history, and the overwhelming nature of how much damn art there is! So when we come across a great article defending the role of art history in society we get side-tracked from our tagging and cataloging.
Virginia Postrel writes in defense of the Art History major, which seems to have replaced English as the butt of society’s...
What is this world coming to?
How and why did art history become so dang important? More to come but we’re stewing on this here at Trivium.
Is Van Gogh really important? Maybe we’re wrong about Van Gogh and the art heroes the canon of art has pimped as the granddaddies of art since the beginning of time. What have we missed, who have we missed, what can we do about it, how should we think, where and when has art...
