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Arts RSS FeedsJust Two Clicks ˇ Jonathan Raban: The Virtual Life of Neil Entwistle - As Barack Obama never tires of saying, America is a country where 'ordinary people can do extraordinary things.' In January 2006, Neil Entwistle, a seemingly ordinary 27-year-old Englishman with an honours degree from the University of York, who had been living in the US for barely four months, shot dead his American wife, Rachel, and their baby daughter, Lillian, with a long-barrelled Colt .22 revolver borrowed from his father-in-law's gun colle...Feed Source: www.lrb.co.uk A Man or a Girl's Blouse? ˇ Jeremy Harding: Serbia after Karadzic - At the time of the parliamentary elections in Serbia earlier this summer, the possibility that Radovan Karadzic, once the leader of the Bosnian Serbs, might be handed over to stand trial at The Hague seemed remote. The acquittal of the former KLA leader Ramush Haradinaj in April had stunned opinion in Serbia and added to the sense that the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia was a Serb-grinding machine which spat out Bosnian... Past Its Peak ˇ Michael Klare on the Oil Crisis - Unlike the oil 'shocks' of the 1970s, the current energy crisis is almost certain to be long-lasting. None of the quick fixes proposed by pundits and politicians - drilling in protected wilderness and maritime areas, curbs on commodity speculators, pressure on members of Opec to increase output - is likely to have much impact. In 1973-74 and again in 1979-80, events in the Middle East led to a sharp reduction in the flow of oil from the Persian G... Madame Matisse's Hat ˇ T.J. Clark: On Matisse - Henri Matisse's portrait of his wife, Amélie Parayre, was first shown at the Salon d'Automne in 1905. The catalogue called it simply La Femme au chapeau. Journalists soon decided (or pretended) that Matisse's painting was scandalous, and the public turned up in droves to make fun of it. So far so predictable: the script was forty years old. But on 15 November something unusual happened. Two paragraphs of real and vehement criticism appeared in th... When the Floods Came ˇ James Meek on England's Water - Looking through the photographs I took in Tewkesbury in May, I found two pictures of Chuck Pavey and his floodwater hand. There's Pavey, a 66-year-old retired electrician in a Manchester United hooded top, a wispy white pageboy haircut and dark glasses, standing by a wall on the bank of the River Avon. He's holding his right hand horizontally in the air, about thirty centimetres above the top of the wall, which comes up to his waist. The olive-co... Upwards and Onwards ˇ Stefan Collini: On Raymond Williams - When Raymond Williams died suddenly, aged 66, in January 1988, estimations of him were sharply divided. There were those who regarded him as a deservedly influential literary and cultural critic, a major socialist theorist and an exemplary instance of the union of intellectual seriousness and political purpose. There were others who thought he had for too long enjoyed an inflated reputation, that he was a muddy thinker and verbose writer who had ... The Iron Rule ˇ Jacqueline Rose: Bernhard Schlink's Guilt - Towards the end of Bernhard Schlink's best-known novel, The Reader, the narrator is pondering his future after taking his state exam in law. He has just seen his former lover, Hanna Schmitz, convicted of war crimes: she had been a concentration camp guard, something he hadn't known when she seduced him as a 15-year-old boy. None of the roles he saw played out in court appeals to him: 'Prosecution seemed to me as grotesque a simplification as defe... Diary ˇ Jenny Diski tries to stay awake - If you set aside the incomparable cruelty and stupidity of human beings, surely our most persistent and irrational activity is to sleep. Why would we ever allow ourselves to drop off if sleeping was entirely optional? Sleep is such a dangerous place to go to from consciousness: who in their right mind would give up awareness, deprive themselves of control of their senses, volunteer for paralysis, and risk all the terrible things (and worse) that ... Letters - The letters page from London Review of Books Volume 30 issue 16... Table of contents - Table of contents from London Review of Books Volume 30 issue 16... Pricing Your Art - How do you set a price on your art? This is a tough question. When a reader recently wrote asking how to fix a price on pencil drawings, I really ... Steven Pressfield - The War of Art Book Review - "You know, Hitler wanted to be an artist. At eighteen he took his inheritance, seven hundred kronen, and moved to Vienna to live and study. He applied to the Academy ... Spoiled for Choice? Try Setting Limits. - The paradox of choice seems to spill over into every aspect of our lives. When I was little, if I wanted to make art, it was simple - a pad ... How to Draw Eyes - There are some key points to keep in mind when drawing eyes: they must be positioned correctly on the head, and must be on the correct plane - that ... Deb Aoki Interviews Tite Kubo and Hiro Mashima - I enjoy Manga but haven't had the opportunity to read as much as I'd like. I love the artwork - these artists can really draw, and the influence of traditional ... Glass Framed Pendant - I thought it was serendipitous that just as I went looking for her de-stashing post, Tammy had posted a project featuring a glass frame pendant. I LOVE the Emily Dickinson ... Destashing, decluttering....? - I was just thinking about having a declutter when Jewlery guide Tammy Powley mentioned her blog on De-Stash Options. I'd considered selling a few items but most of what I ... Aerial Perspective - Do you include landscape as part of your drawings? Whether you're interested in the landscape for its own sake, or including it in the background of a portrait or ... Charcoal Drawing FAQ - Got a question about charcoal drawing? This Charcoal Drawing FAQ answers some reader questions. you can email me your question if you have one to add to the list. ... Book Review: Nicolaides, The Natural Way to Draw - Kimon Nicolaides' 'The Natural Way to Draw' was unpublished at the time of the author's death in 1938. With the help of students who provided examples of his exercises, the ... Copyright © 2008, The Complete Cat. All Rights Reserved. |