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Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: Alexei Kondratyevich Savrasov and the Lyrical Landscape Style 12/14/2013 10:07:46 PM
	Thanks for your comments, Roger. No, I have not had much first-hand experience of snow here in my country, at least not in the coast or in the Amazon jungle. The coast of Peru is a long and very narrow stretch of mostly dry land going from North to South and facings the Pacific ocean, approximately in the middle of which is Lima, the capital of Peru and the city where I live. And the jungle is a hot and rainy huge region that mostly borders Colombia and Brazil, to the East. That only leaves the "Sierra" or mountain range which also goes from North to South along the entire country and where snow is of course very frequent, but I am afraid I have not traveled there in the last thirty or so years. However, I know many big mountain tops have now unfortunately lost their snowcaps with global warming mainly in the area of Huaraz (the one that is nearest Lima) which of course is a pity too. Miguel Quote: Miguel, These are so very beautiful. His mastery of the reproduction of the dead trees or dead branches is evident. It is so much easier to reproduce trees in leaf and his winter landscapes are wonderful. With all of the variations in height in Peru have you had much experience of snow first hand Miguel. Roger
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Roger 3169 7333 Haslemere	RE: Alexei Kondratyevich Savrasov and the Lyrical Landscape Style 12/15/2013 10:15:22 AM
	Miguel, I guess that would be the case. The feeling of isolation amidst beauty is unmatched in snowy conditions. The fact that fast escape on foot is impossible is part of it. Despite the sting in the nose the air feels so incredibly clean. The nearest to your local conditions that I have encountered have been in horticultural greenhouse where humidity is more than I am used to. Why I raised this is that it is fascinating to know what a particular image means to somebody else. When you next view this artist's stunning winter scenes think about this freezing isolated feeling. I wonder if he painted outside? To record and remember these scenes to paint in a studio later is a special skill. I am in awe of artists like this the longer I try to paint. Other than my watercolour painting of my local town I have not yet tried a real winter scene. Thank you for these images. To watch an artist evolve is fascinating. Roger
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Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: Alexei Kondratyevich Savrasov and the Lyrical Landscape Style 12/17/2013 3:18:12 AM
	It is I who thank you, Roger; and not so much for your kind words but for the stimulus you bring to my mind with both your comments and your queries. For example, I have not found anything in relation with the possibility that A. Savrasov painted outside, but I try to imagine myself doing it and somehow this enriches my vision of the world of art and the artists and in particular, of our artist this time; and it is so stimulating. It's like discovering who composed a particular symphony that you have been listening to for years on the radio without ever really knowing it. It may not change your liking or not liking it, but somehow it may make the difference just from the moment you learned (maybe confirmed?) who its composer was. That is what I love of painting and music and literature. It's not only a matter of viewing or listening or reading but rather the occasional chain of thoughts and sensations that they produce in our mind and soul. Something combining beauty, knowledge, and bliss. Miguel
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Roger 3169 7333 Haslemere	RE: Alexei Kondratyevich Savrasov and the Lyrical Landscape Style 12/17/2013 9:04:20 PM
	Miguel, These thoughts about art production add to my thoughts this week. I have just heard about this service from a supermarket in Britain. Up until now sculptors have been forced to make accurate measurements to get their portrait sculptures somewhere like lifelike. This video will show you that sculptors are exactly where artists were when confronted by photography at the end of the 1800's. You can now buy an accurate...............................................? Watch and see
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Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: Alexei Kondratyevich Savrasov and the Lyrical Landscape Style 12/18/2013 2:16:58 AM
	Thanks for the interesting video, Roger; indeed fascinating. I wonder though what Bernini or Rodin or Michelangelo himself would have thought about it as in fact, accurate measurements are not always the main factor when planning and executing a sculpture. I am not an expert, but I somewhere read Michelangelo's Pieta is not accurate in that regard as for one thing, Jesus' arm is longer than normal. And if I am not mistaken, his David has a similar abnormality. I am also not sure, but I think Cellini's Perseus has the same disproportionate feature. And so on, so forth. Miguel
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