tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6588271884913192260.post5230214167310187757..comments2024-03-06T08:37:48.183+00:00Comments on Pomiane: First-rate Art...Pomianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05396853206841588293noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6588271884913192260.post-5654955963277181722012-01-16T18:15:56.134+00:002012-01-16T18:15:56.134+00:00In fact, I'm told his fiction is pretty highly...In fact, I'm told his fiction is pretty highly-rated, so the sniffiness of my comment (in that regard, at any rate) was probably unmerited.<br />Botticelli? It's the china-doll lifelessness of his subjects that I dislike. Give me a decent Ghirlandaio any day, for preference.Pomianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05396853206841588293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6588271884913192260.post-69425526715729610682012-01-16T17:20:03.966+00:002012-01-16T17:20:03.966+00:00I have found that any art exhibition includes thos...I have found that any art exhibition includes those narrative panels and they seem to have been written by imbeciles and mean nothing at all. <br /><br />It is Botticelli whom I have to thank for instilling my love of art and my time at Art College, though I do understand why you say you have no great liking for him.<br /><br />I hadn't realised that Tim Parks wrote novels, though I have read several of his non-fiction works.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com