| James McNeill Whistler - 1904 - 370 Seiten
...tell. My picture of a " Harmony in Grey and Gold " is an illustration of my meaning — a snow scene with a single black figure and a lighted tavern. I...that spot. All that I know is that my combination of grey and gold is the basis of the picture. Now this is precisely what my friends cannot grasp. But... | |
| Arthur Symons - 1906 - 456 Seiten
...his ' harmonies in grey and gold,' in which a black figure is seen outside a tavern in the snow, ' I care nothing for the past, present, or future of...there, because the black was wanted at that spot,' he was challenging, in that statement so simple as to be self-evident, a whole aesthetics, the aesthetics... | |
| Fred Wellington Ruckstuhl - 1916 - 618 Seiten
...me. "My picture of a Tiarmony in grey and gold' is an illustration of my meaning. It is a snow scene with a single black figure and a lighted tavern. I...that spot. All that I know is that my combination of grey and gold is the basis of my picture. Now this is precisely what my friends cannot grasp." Had... | |
| Arthur Symons - 1924 - 262 Seiten
...his " harmonies in grey and gold," in which a black figure is seen outside a tavern in the snow, " I care nothing for the past, present, or future of...there, because the black was wanted at that spot," he was challenging, in that Statement so simple as to be selfevident, a whole aesthetics, the aesthetics... | |
| Fred Wellington Ruckstull - 1925 - 742 Seiten
...me. My picture of a "harmony in grey and gold" is an illustration of my meaning. It is a snow scene with a single black figure and a lighted tavern. I...that spot. All that I know is that my combination of grey and gold is the basis of my picture. Now this is precisely what my friends cannot grasp. Had Whistler... | |
| Fred Wellington Ruckstull - 1925 - 746 Seiten
...me. My picture of a "harmony in grey and gold" is an illustration of my meaning. It is a snow scene with a single black figure and a lighted tavern. I...that spot. All that I know is that my combination of grey and gold is the basis of my picture. Now this is precisely what my friends cannot grasp. Had Whistler... | |
| Richard Burt - 1994 - 420 Seiten
...versa. He extended this reversal of purpose and instrument even to the human subjects of his canvases: "I care nothing for the past, present, or future of the black figure, placed there because black was wanted at that spot" (GAME 126). This seems to approach a dehumanizing technological appropriation... | |
| John C. Welchman - 1997 - 476 Seiten
...altogether in a condition of formalist trans-temporal beatitude. This atemporality is emphasized by Whistler ("I care nothing for the past, present or future of the black figure.") and thus contrasts starkly with the Impressionist sensationalization of the effects of the moment.... | |
| Barry Moser - 2000 - 236 Seiten
...to tell. "My picture of a Harmony in Grey and Gold is an illustration of my meaning— a snow scene with a single black figure and a lighted tavern. I care nothing," he says, "for the past, present or future of the black figure, placed there because the black was wanted... | |
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