http://bigthink.com/blogs/Picture-This <p>In this image-drenched world, the line between the visual arts and society is less distinct than ever before. The artists of today speak not only to present times but also engage in dialogue with the artists of the past, who both haunt us and challenge us to rise above the mundane. Picture This stands at the crossroads of the present, past, and future in art, taking a good look around at the landscape and what it means to us. In doing so, it aims to provide a roadmap for those interested in how looking at art leads to thinking about life.</p> Sat, 25 May 2013 17:24:46 -0000 Copyright Big Think. This work is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigthink/blogs/picture-this/~3/LUkiS24cBLc/an-animated-parable-of-painting http://bigthink.com/ideas/an-animated-parable-of-painting Thu, 23 May 2013 22:38:12 -0400 Jean-Francois Laguionie’s animated film The Painting (Le Tableau) ...

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Read More]]> Bob Duggan http://bigthink.com/ideas/can-there-be-such-a-thing-as-punk-couture http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigthink/blogs/picture-this/~3/wCptgXYJz_o/what-has-year-one-of-the-new-barnes-foundation-taught-us http://bigthink.com/ideas/what-has-year-one-of-the-new-barnes-foundation-taught-us Tue, 07 May 2013 22:32:17 -0400 Barnes Foundation from its original home to the new location on Philadelphia’s Benjamin Franklin Parkway marked the last stroke in the fall of Western civilization. Hyperbole reigned, arguments raged, protesters protested, and lawyers filed, but the move to ...

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