Posted in review, Classic painting on Feb 12th, 2009 No Comments »
Part 4 - The Rake’s Progress - Arrested for debt…
Oh dear, things are not going well for Rakewell Esq. Must be a bit of a credit crunch on…
For that sedan-chair read a Ferrari, spilling its Z lister celeb onto the street. Hoping to become rich and famous, he would have gone on Big Brother had […]
Posted in painting, review on Feb 10th, 2009 No Comments »
The Tavern Scene by Hogarth, Part 3 of The Rake’s Progress.
Where’s he got to on his spiral of decline?
Drinking, partying, the life of the Z list celebrity is our hero’s chosen path… Being fleeced by his companions – a watch is being stolen as we watch! The smashed mirror and wine-glasses and […]
Posted in Collectors, review, Classic painting on Feb 8th, 2009 No Comments »
THE YOUNG HERO TAKES POSSESSION OF THE MISER’S EFFECTS
So in plate one we have the young man -thoughtless, extravagant, and licentious. The effects of his behaviour are set up for us to see the coming destructive consequences of his conduct. Here Hogarth contrasts two opposite passions; the unthinking negligence of youth, and the avaricious rapacity […]
Posted in review on Feb 7th, 2009 No Comments »
For an espresso aesthete pitching one coffee against another is like
telling your two favourite sons to bare knuckle fight in the basement.
It’s hard to do. But not as hard as giving one of them a gold medal. It
can be put off no more, I can hear the Bialetti calling.
First, a vital word about utensils. Coffee […]
