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February 24, 2007 11:10 AM Subscribe
A View In Your Mirror: Painter Jan Verhulst compiles self portraits made by artists in their preferred medium.
Yeah, Montaigne is great. But why was he included; he did not paint that portrait himself, did he?
Or Schopenhauer for that matter.
posted by jouke at 12:14 PM on February 24, 2007
Or Schopenhauer for that matter.
posted by jouke at 12:14 PM on February 24, 2007
I suppose the stretch would be that Montaigne portrayed something of himself in his favoured medium, the written word, jouke, but to be honest I wasn't thinking that hard about it - unlike a certain Bordeaux gentleman of letters.
posted by Abiezer at 12:29 PM on February 24, 2007
posted by Abiezer at 12:29 PM on February 24, 2007
Of course his writings are a self-portrait but that's not what Verhulst is able to show on his site...
Oh well.
Still; Montaigne is amazing. How can it be that he sounds more modern than people from the start of the 20th century f.i.?
posted by jouke at 12:36 PM on February 24, 2007
Oh well.
Still; Montaigne is amazing. How can it be that he sounds more modern than people from the start of the 20th century f.i.?
posted by jouke at 12:36 PM on February 24, 2007
I guess moral courage and honest inquiry stand the test of time. I even ploughed through his Apology for Raymond Sebond to much reward, a work which on the face of it has little to say to the modern reader.
I'd best stop derailing now.
posted by Abiezer at 12:43 PM on February 24, 2007
I'd best stop derailing now.
posted by Abiezer at 12:43 PM on February 24, 2007
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