Friday, February 20, 2009

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Le Proust

What do you think of Proust? Last week, Doc referred to him as a literary example of impressionism-- how, exactly, does he translate impressionism into the written word?

Also, let's discuss the overtly clear Freudian implications of his recollections.

Cezanne


What are your reactions to Cezanne? Do you like his work? Why or why not? Was he an innovator? It's kind of difficult to talk about his influence as you haven't yet seen the art movements he influenced.

Friday, February 6, 2009

Impressionism


We should talk about impressionismmmmmmmmmmmmmm.........

Monday, February 2, 2009

Human Nature

Are we evil? Are we good? Are we selfish? We've read all sorts of philosophies about human nature - which ones do you agree with?