Think Twice #6
Isle of Skye
but to have seen or heard their work firsthand....If you could travel back
in time and witness either of the following men performing their art, which
would you choose?
A--Michelangelo painting the Sistine Chapel
B--Bach playing one of his famous concerti on the organ
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Skye
Marlene
deaf).
--Marty
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babes
genius, i saw it many years ago, when i went there on holiday. that was
before i got interested in photographing the places i went.
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Pat Nolan
very little would be observed in a short stay, you would need several weeks or
months to actually see any progress.
Pat
Annette
No - I will go with B - because my neck will get lame to stare at the
ceiling for years:)))
Annette
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Steve L Ferris
> Certainly, words alone cannot describe what these two creative geniuses did,
> but to have seen or heard their work firsthand....If you could travel back
> in time and witness either of the following men performing their art, which
> would you choose?
>
> A--Michelangelo painting the Sistine Chapel
> B--Bach playing one of his famous concerti on the organ
>
Michelangelo, because of being in a very different time.
steve
Helen Edith Stephenson
<cgc...@concentric.net> writes
>Certainly, words alone cannot describe what these two creative geniuses did,
>but to have seen or heard their work firsthand....If you could travel back
>in time and witness either of the following men performing their art, which
>would you choose?
>
>A--Michelangelo painting the Sistine Chapel
>B--Bach playing one of his famous concerti on the organ
I'd have to pick Michelangelo painting the Sistine Chapel.
To travel back in time to when the paints were as Michelangelo saw them
would be a unique experience in itself, and an artist's style is unique,
so it would not be possible to watch a modern artist performing the same
task and get the same experience.
On the other hand, I think I would be disappointed if I travelled back
in time to hear Bach playing, as my ears are attuned to the much more
powerful 20th Century musical instruments. There are arguments both ways
over this: the Early Music Movement (Orchestra of the Age of
Enlightenment, London Classical Players, etc) try to recreate the sound
that the composer would have heard by using instruments as authentic as
possible, and sometimes they produce something which we have lost when
using our modern instruments; but I have also heard it said that
Beethoven would have been delighted to have had a modern piano to play
his music on.
I think that if I had to choose, that because we have Bach's sheet music
and can play it on either modern or period instruments, even though
there will always be arguments (like the one about Beethoven's metronome
markings and whether he misread his metronome) that the more unique
experience would have to be seeing Michelangelo painting, as it is
impossible to know exactly what the ravages of time have done to the
dyes in the paints he used.
The more I think about this one, the more I wish I could witness *both*!
Helen
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Becky S.
did,
>but to have seen or heard their work firsthand....If you could travel back
>in time and witness either of the following men performing their art, which
>would you choose?
>
>A--Michelangelo painting the Sistine Chapel
>B--Bach playing one of his famous concerti on the organ
Bach. I don't have the patience to sit for years and watch Michelangelo
paint.
~ Why am I in this handbasket, and where are you taking me? ~
Spuddie
breezed in in a jumentous cloud, plunked a clinquant arse down and
wrote:
>Certainly, words alone cannot describe what these two creative geniuses did,
>but to have seen or heard their work firsthand....If you could travel back
>in time and witness either of the following men performing their art, which
>would you choose?
>
>A--Michelangelo painting the Sistine Chapel
>B--Bach playing one of his famous concerti on the organ
It would have to be Bach I guess...I'm not really into sitting around
watching paint dry. <G>
Cheryl
~~~You're driving a car. It isn't a telephone booth, a beauty
parlor or a restaurant.~~~ (Bumper Sticker)
Ed Hawley
did,
> but to have seen or heard their work firsthand....If you could travel back
> in time and witness either of the following men performing their art,
which
> would you choose?
>
> A--Michelangelo painting the Sistine Chapel
> B--Bach playing one of his famous concerti on the organ
>
> Skye
smile
he tried to make Michel paint clothes on them. He refused and another
painter was called in to paint the clothes on them. I would like to have
been there to hear the conversation.
ps. I have seen the chapel and the painting. It is unique, and marvelous.
smile
Dragonia
> Certainly, words alone cannot describe what these two creative geniuses
did,
> but to have seen or heard their work firsthand....If you could travel back
> in time and witness either of the following men performing their art,
which
> would you choose?
>
> A--Michelangelo painting the Sistine Chapel
> B--Bach playing one of his famous concerti on the organ
>
> _____________________
> Skye
>
Heather
Christoffersen
>
> Certainly, words alone cannot describe what these two creative geniuses did,
> but to have seen or heard their work firsthand....If you could travel back
> in time and witness either of the following men performing their art, which
> would you choose?
>
> A--Michelangelo painting the Sistine Chapel
> B--Bach playing one of his famous concerti on the organ
>
> _____________________
> Skye
A - I am more of a visual person, so seeing this wonderful work
of art would really be wonderful for me.
Carol
Anamanda
>geniuses did,
>>but to have seen or heard their work firsthand....If you could travel
>back
>>in time and witness either of the following men performing their art,
>which
>>would you choose?
>>
>>A--Michelangelo painting the Sistine Chapel
>>B--Bach playing one of his famous concerti on the organ
>>
Bach, Bach Bach and more Bach...easy choice for this music lover. Hmmmmm, might
have wavered had you mentioned Monet instead of Michelangelo
Grins
Anamanda
frank. <Sweet-fa>
Pope- Mika, you feelthy beast, putta som clothes on demma figures!!
Mich- Hey Popa, you go screw yourself!
Pope- Mika, you do as I say or I willa exacommunicata you!!
Mich- Supposa I maka de genitals asmaller?
Pope- Maka the genitals asa big as you like justa painta the clothes over them.
Mich obviously didn't like this compromise and threw his pot of paint in the
Pope's face....
--
S-fa.
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Jan
>Certainly, words alone cannot describe what these two creative geniuses did,
>but to have seen or heard their work firsthand....If you could travel back
>in time and witness either of the following men performing their art, which
>would you choose?
>
>A--Michelangelo painting the Sistine Chapel
>B--Bach playing one of his famous concerti on the organ
>
>_____________________
>Skye
>
A- Michelangelo, but only on the last couple of days so that I could really appreciate
everything else he had done. The first day or so would probably be quite boring!! if one
can use that word.
Jan (The Ancient Mariner)
"If you can't take a joke you
shouldn't have joined"