tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post9087607243473888084..comments2024-03-25T15:07:41.959+00:00Comments on Nigeness: Moroni: 'Living likenesses'Nigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-57506987151606121482015-01-14T06:23:47.055+00:002015-01-14T06:23:47.055+00:00What an extraordinary portrait! The head tilted ju...What an extraordinary portrait! The head tilted just a bit forward, the sidelong glance, and the slightly pursed lips seem to suggest haughtiness and timidity at the same time. Maybe haughtiness not fully grown into.<br /><br />I recently saw the Wiseman documentary about the National Gallery, but still can't make up my mind about it. If nothing else, I saw everything -- paintings, gallery visitors, museum workers, architecture, streets, sky -- more deeply at the end of the three hours than I had at the beginning. Waldonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-57060816396098577852015-01-13T17:10:04.688+00:002015-01-13T17:10:04.688+00:00Thanks Nige. As ever love your art stuff. Isn'...Thanks Nige. As ever love your art stuff. Isn't that fabric she is wearing remarkable? The Rembrandt is wonderful. Set in the gloomy basement of the National, the paintings glow like jewels. Went to see the Schiele at the Courtauld the same day. The Spectator review was amusingly entitled "Privates on Parade".Guy Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02304053177188950094noreply@blogger.com