tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post7242753524355009870..comments2024-02-11T03:50:53.613-05:00Comments on Counterlight's Peculiars: Baroque Saint Peter'sUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-16891732432811473232012-11-12T17:34:04.107-05:002012-11-12T17:34:04.107-05:00thanks bud, thsi is great for my assignment at the...thanks bud, thsi is great for my assignment at the university :) owe you oneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-30712499474188036242010-01-04T07:35:34.752-05:002010-01-04T07:35:34.752-05:00Wonderful! and what the others said ;=)Wonderful! and what the others said ;=)Göran Koch-Swahnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00925549945659350649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-29708929858736780642009-12-30T21:24:04.682-05:002009-12-30T21:24:04.682-05:00 Wisely, I saved this posting to read this eve... Wisely, I saved this posting to read this evening when I had more time. Of course, I have to read your posting and then pause to look up things like the "Veil of Veronica" and "St. Andrew's head," not to mention watching about fifteen minutes worth of YouTube videos on how bronze casting is done. I am absolutely overwhelmed at the labor and detail of St. Peter's. I think it's overwhelming to me because St. Peter's is only something that could be created over a period of many lifetimes.Rick+https://www.blogger.com/profile/03322574092020268536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-23462787835454632602009-12-30T16:56:24.437-05:002009-12-30T16:56:24.437-05:00Doug, I'd love to take a walking tour through ...Doug, I'd love to take a walking tour through St. Peter's with you. To read your post is a good news/bad news experience. The good news is what I learned that I did not know before. The bad news is that now I know of all that I missed on my two visits to St. Peter's.<br /><br /><i>Critics continue to complain about the powerful sensuality of Bernini's sexually ambiguous angels.</i><br /><br />I can only imagine what the critics say about Bernini's <a href="http://wordbandit.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/the-ecstasy-of-st-teresa11.jpg" rel="nofollow">St. Teresa in Ecstasy</a>. I know what I heard people around me say when I viewed the sculpture.<br /><br />Thank you for a beautiful post. I second Rick in his hope that at least some of your students appreciate your teaching.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-73373667198984579132009-12-30T11:05:46.120-05:002009-12-30T11:05:46.120-05:00I must admit that I too am very surprised by how w...I must admit that I too am very surprised by how well art can be reproduced in digital pixels, and it's getting better.<br />Another thing I think is a godsend to art teachers is tourist photos posted online.Counterlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345956180434795401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-85975616034641545922009-12-30T10:54:31.091-05:002009-12-30T10:54:31.091-05:00Thanks again for an erudite and entertaining revie...Thanks again for an erudite and entertaining review. Most of us probably had some idea that St. Peter's Basilica grew in stages. You've done a great job deepening that understanding, and showing how exactly those changes reflected the changing world around them.<br /><br />And though I can be something of a Luddite when it comes to modern technology (my daughter finally taught me how to "text" last week), I continue to be impressed with how beautifully artwork is displayed on a computer monitor. I suppose it has to do with the fact that the light shines out from the screen, rather than being reflected. In any case, your integration of words and images are very effective, and I hope, against hope, that your students appreciate the care you put into your presentations.rick allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07612435616018593956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-46927954267549230482009-12-30T02:09:41.816-05:002009-12-30T02:09:41.816-05:00There's so much here I've never heard befo...There's so much here I've never heard before about the basilica. Your pictures really set the text off so well too since many of them look like paintings with the light streaming in from sources often from the ceiling.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01203286781888444548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-137422011127120832009-12-29T21:48:15.403-05:002009-12-29T21:48:15.403-05:00Spectacular, Doug. The only thing better would be...Spectacular, Doug. The only thing better would be if I could audit your class!IThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09605163506396013904noreply@blogger.com