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    There’s that light…

    January 26, 2015 / 0 Comments

    Do you know what the last sentence of Joseph Mallord William Turner – incontrovertibly the greatest British painter of all time – was? “The sun is God.” The last words of a real genius! They sum up not only his beliefs, but also his notion of art. People call him the “painter of light”. They could just as well call him the “painter of the sea”. Perhaps they should go for “the painter of the sea AND WHOA DO YOU SEE THAT LIGHT?!” From February 24 to May 24, the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles is hosting one of the biggest Turner exhibitions that has ever been, focusing…

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    Au nom de la dévotion

    October 24, 2012 / 0 Comments

    Jean-Jacques Annaud, dans son adaptation du roman d’Umberto Eco, Le Nom de la rose, nous dépeint un Moyen Age sombre, glauque, à l’atmosphère pesante, pendant lequel les conflits d’ordre religieux font rage et les cathédrales brûlent sous les croassements des corbeaux. Le terme de dévotion prend tout son sens dans cette intrigue qui se déroule au sein d’une abbaye bénédictine italienne, perdue au milieu de nulle part, siège infernal de toute une série de meurtres, de mystères, de prières, d’injustice et d’amour. La dévotion, puissante, éloigne l’être de toute conscience. Seules la foi et la personne vénérée comptent. Le reste n’est qu’abstraction. Jusqu’où peut mener la dévotion ? Jusqu’au pire. Les…

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