Chicago Best Price DirectoryYou are here » Chicago Best Price » Links Directory » Arts
Arts RSS FeedsWhen the Floods Came · James Meek on England's Water - Looking through the photographs I took in Tewkesbury in May, I found two pictures of Chuck Pavey and his floodwater hand. There's Pavey, a 66-year-old retired electrician in a Manchester United hooded top, a wispy white pageboy haircut and dark glasses, standing by a wall on the bank of the River Avon. He's holding his right hand horizontally in the air, about thirty centimetres above the top of the wall, which comes up to his waist. The olive-co...Feed Source: lrb.co.uk The Iron Rule · Jacqueline Rose: Bernhard Schlink's Guilt - Towards the end of Bernhard Schlink's best-known novel, The Reader, the narrator is pondering his future after taking his state exam in law. He has just seen his former lover, Hanna Schmitz, convicted of war crimes: she had been a concentration camp guard, something he hadn't known when she seduced him as a 15-year-old boy. None of the roles he saw played out in court appeals to him: 'Prosecution seemed to me as grotesque a simplification as defe... Diary · Jenny Diski tries to stay awake - If you set aside the incomparable cruelty and stupidity of human beings, surely our most persistent and irrational activity is to sleep. Why would we ever allow ourselves to drop off if sleeping was entirely optional? Sleep is such a dangerous place to go to from consciousness: who in their right mind would give up awareness, deprive themselves of control of their senses, volunteer for paralysis, and risk all the terrible things (and worse) that ... Not My Fault · John Lanchester: New Labour's Terrible Memoirs - New Labour's exes are a hard-publishing lot. So far we have had diaries from two of its central figures, David Blunkett and Alastair Campbell, and from a spin-doctor hanger-on (Lance Price); a memoir by its most senior diplomat, the former ambassador to Washington Sir Christopher Meyer; and now memoirs by the former prime minister's wife, his deputy and his bagman. The granddaddy of them all, Blair's own memoirs, are still to come. It is an unpre... Diary · Sean Wilsey Goes Slow - In the fall of 2002, in the company of a dog named Charlie Chaplin and an architect named Michael Meredith, I set out to drive a 1960 Chevy Apache 10 pick-up truck, at 45 mph, from far west Texas to New York City: 2364 miles through desert, suburbs, forests, lake-spattered plains, mountains, farmland, more suburbs and the Holland Tunnel. I got to know both of my travelling companions during a brief period living in the town of Marfa, Texas, which... Men in White · Benjamin Kunkel: Another Ian McEwan! - 'Netherland' is an ambiguous word. It evokes, of course, the Netherlands inhabited by the Dutch, one of whom, Hans van den Broek, tells this story of a few late years spent in that New World city founded almost four hundred years ago on Manhattan Island as New Amsterdam, in what was then the territory of New Netherland. But 'netherland' could also mean any faraway place, as in those 'nether regions' of the city where Hans's teammates from the Sta... Saved and Depoliticised at One Stroke · Jeremy Harding on the Dangers of Intervention - 'Humanitarian intervention' has little to show for its brief appearance on the international stage. It arrived too late for Rwanda, gestured helplessly at Bosnia and, at last, in 2003, it was discovered in the arms of Shock and Awe, where it died of shame. Only Kosovo Albanians, about 1.8 million people, still applaud the violent expulsion of Slobodan Milosevic from their province in 1999. However they are less sure about the legacy of interventi... Gazillions · Neal Ascherson: Organised Crime - Karabas was gunned down in 1997. He and his mob had taken over the port city of Odessa as law and order disintegrated in the wake of the Soviet Union's collapse. One might call his reign a comprehensive protection racket. But, looked at in another way, Karabas became the only reliable source of authority and social discipline. He arbitrated the city's commercial disputes (10 per cent of net profits was his price); he kept the drug peddlers to one... Letters - The letters page from London Review of Books Volume 30 issue 15... Table of contents - Table of contents from London Review of Books Volume 30 issue 15... Book Review: Nicolaides, The Natural Way to Draw - Kimon Nicolaides' 'The Natural Way to Draw' was unpublished at the time of the author's death in 1938. With the help of students who provided examples of his exercises, the ... What is Gestural Drawing? - Gestural drawing is an important activity for many artists. The direct and immediate mark-making offered by drawing mediums, combined with a free and expressive approach to representing the subject, allows ... Drafting Brushes and Cleaning Pads - Erasers are such a handy tool! Correcting mistakes, creating highlights, lifting tone - don't believe that old chestnut about 'real artists' not using them. Nonsense! But what do you do ... Pencil Drawing Lesson - Using a Pencil - Are you getting the most out of your pencil? Those marks on paper are your means of communication with your viewer. To make sure they speak eloquently, there are a ... Charcoal Drawing Exercise: Soft Volume - Charcoal is often used for gestural drawing and lends itself well to expressive mark making. However its rich, velvety black tones can also be used for atmospheric effects and subtle ... Artist Quotations - Often reading something from another artist or writer can strike a chord that sets off your creativity. Sometimes you find statements that express ideas that you haven't been able to ... Before You Buy Drawing Equipment - If you are just starting out, or are buying art supplies for someone who is, take a look at this guide to the 'extra kit' you need for drawing. Drawing ... Theories of Modern Art - Review - Herschel B. Chipp's 'Theories of Modern Art: A Source Book By Artists and Critics' is an essential reference for anyone interested in the evolution of modern art. Nothing ... Negative Space Drawing - Using negative space correctly can give your drawing a huge boost. Negative Space is essentially about seeing: it describes how you look at the scene before you. You are looking ... Maiden with a Unicorn - Now here's an Old Master drawing you just have to see. Our Art History site featured this image on 'Wordless Wednesday' - da Vinci's 'A Maiden with a Unicorn. It's ... Copyright © 2008, Chicago Best Price. All Rights Reserved. |