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edinatlanta

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This was fine. I wish there were images of all the pieces he discussed. It needed to be more cohesive too. Too short to comprehensive and the last few chapters on specific works were so much shorter than the others that it made the while book feel incomplete.
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John Berger Ways of Seeing still the standard Art School 101…however I will see if I can find Esplund
 

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John Berger Ways of Seeing still the standard Art School 101…however I will see if I can find Esplund

Yup. The Berger book has many pictures, too.

If you’re into Proust, the second volume of la recherche has some thoughtful discussions of art, architecture & painting.
 

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Yup. The Berger book has many pictures, too.

If you’re into Proust, the second volume of la recherche has some thoughtful discussions of art, architecture & painting.
I’m saving Proust for retirement 🤣
 

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see also :

Shiff , Cezanne and the end of impressionism

McCloud , understanding comics the invisible art
 

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Jack Vance: The Eyes of the Overworld, 1966.

"How goes your trade?"
"In all candor, not too well," said Cugel. "I am both perplexed and disappointed, for my talismans are not obviously useless."


16 years after his debut novel Vance returns to his dying earth setting with this book, alternately titled Cugel the Clever. While the branches of his prose are drooping less from ornamentation this time around, a satisfyingly wry humour takes its place. Cugel is a rat bastard, but in Vance's dying earth most are, and it doesn't make his hapless adventures any less fun to follow. Interestingly, the titular Eyes of the Overworld function rather like a set of VR goggles (which must have been in their most early state of development back in 1966...).
 

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Interlude:bought this for Mrs GF @ Xmas…initially somewhat hesitant about this but pleasantly surprised and entertained. Interesting chronologically in terms of the Smiley novels.
Have read a few of Harkaway cyberpunk/sci-fi novels and was overall impressed..now back to Mick Herron and Joe Country.
 

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Memoir from my favorite musician and singer.

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The story of her mom is intense.
Yeah, I listened to an interview on NYT. Have listened to her for 25 years now. Great in concert, too.
 

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Jack Vance: Cugel's Saga, 1983.

"Cugel glanced uneasily over his shoulder. It was right and proper to exploit the excellences of the moment, but still, when conditions reached an apex, there was nowhere to go but down."

Vance picks up Cugel's story right on the beach where he left him, 17 years ago. A veritable odyssey, this one describes the various tribulations as Cugel attempts to return back home. But as the world opens up, the prose becomes less flavourful and descriptive, losing some of the uniquely dreamlike quality of especially Vance's first 1950 book - though it's still quite funny in parts.
 

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Finished this last night. It was interesting but I was only halfway reading it at the end.
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Now one or both of these:

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