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CTyankee

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19. Not everyone experiences that feeling, of course.

Reply to progressoid (Reply #10)

Fri Dec 5, 2014, 08:11 PM

Dec 2014

I like Schjeldahl because he isn't an academic art reviewer. He never went to college and yet he has a sense of art that is exquisite, which you have to have if you review art. And he has a talent for writing about it.

Rothko is not for everyone, like many artists. It just is what it is.

I'm with you on the Harvard murals. I can't believe what abuse Harvard allowed to happen, really awful, renting out the room where they were hung to parties and having drunken people write on them! At HARVARD of all places. Good god...

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The Rothko Murals: Lightning in a (Seagram�s) Bottle [View all] CTyankee Dec 2014 OP

A fascinating bit of art history, my dear CTyankee! CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2014 #1

You're so welcome, Peggy! CTyankee Dec 2014 #2

This is soo interesting. Thanks for posting! octoberlib Dec 2014 #3

Add Rothko Chapel in Houston, TX. yallerdawg Dec 2014 #4

Yes, he got the offer on the Chapel after the Seagram deal fell through... CTyankee Dec 2014 #5

Well, the Seagram deal didn't fall through: he withdrew them frazzled Dec 2014 #13

Yes, of course, he voluntarily decided against them which is what I mean by "fell through". CTyankee Dec 2014 #21

Wonderful post, thank you. betsuni Dec 2014 #6

Glad you like it! CTyankee Dec 2014 #7

I've wanted to yell after sitting in front of one of the orange and red ones. betsuni Dec 2014 #8

Very moving. I have a deep, dark sense of something (don't know what) when I gaze on CTyankee Dec 2014 #17

His last painting no? panader0 Dec 2014 #12

which one? Van Gogh or Rothko? CTyankee Dec 2014 #22

Wheatfield With Crows was once thought to be Van Gogh's last painting. July 10, 1890 panader0 Dec 2014 #28

There are more than one wheat field with crows or just a crow by van gogh... CTyankee Dec 2014 #30

Bookmarking for later cyberswede Dec 2014 #9

Please let us know what you think! CTyankee Dec 2014 #18

Those murals really do look like you would feel heat if you stood near them. cyberswede Dec 2014 #26

�the concentration required exhausts me and leaves me jangled and anxious"? progressoid Dec 2014 #10

Not everyone experiences that feeling, of course. CTyankee Dec 2014 #19

Interesting bit of history panader0 Dec 2014 #11

They have to be seen in person. A photo just gives a general representation. In person, KittyWampus Dec 2014 #15

I have found that this is true. I saw View of Delft by Vermeer in the Hague and it was like CTyankee Dec 2014 #20

Fantastic post, dear CT Yankee. I have a passion for Rothko cali Dec 2014 #14

I like to think of his work as "color therapy". KittyWampus Dec 2014 #16

I dunno. His fascination was part of him and his passion and ultimately his destruction. CTyankee Dec 2014 #23

Thank you so much for posting this. pangaia Dec 2014 #24

so glad you joined in tonight. CTyankee Dec 2014 #25

thanks for the political backstory on the Rothkos--fascinating! n.t librechik Dec 2014 #27

I recall seeing Rothko art work at yuiyoshida Dec 2014 #29