mary beard
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http://www.the-tls.co.uk/category/a-dons-life/ 24-12-2010 01:49:53
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'I had fondly imagined the elderly artist in his final years proudly hobbling around a city much of which he had designed. No such luck.'
Mary Beard (mary beard) on Michelangelo in old age
the-tls.co.uk/articles/miche…
So delighted to hear mary beard decry Bluey’s Bandit for his infuriatingly – she says “creepy” – perfect parenting. I had to ban the show during lockdown. Couldn’t take it.
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…
mary beard Antigone Journal Michael McNeil I watched it, and I didn't think you were attacking him.
In fact, I thought your point that he was able to 'tell a story' was a good one and explains why a 1969 series is still compelling where later efforts have not been.
Same goes for Robert Hughes on modern art.
K Bezier The Spectator Kenneth Clark also wrote: 'I am, quite irrationally, in favour of returning the Elgin marbles to #Greece , not to be put back on the #Parthenon , but to be installed in a beautiful building on the far side of the #Acropolis .' But you are wrong about mary beard, #respect
mary beard K Bezier is wrong about you Mary but we thank Kenneth Clark for 'quite irrationally' being in favour in 1943 of returning the #ParthenonMarbles to be 'installed in a beautiful building on the far side of the Acropolis' paid for by 'the British Government ' - here's to #respect