In fact, I'm told his fiction is pretty highly...

2012-01-16T18:15:56.134Z

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.
Botticelli? It's the china-doll lifelessness of his subjects that I dislike. Give me a decent Ghirlandaio any day, for preference.

I have found that any art exhibition includes thos...

2012-01-16T17:20:03.966Z

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.

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.

I hadn't realised that Tim Parks wrote novels, though I have read several of his non-fiction works.

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In fact, I'm told his fiction is pretty highly...

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