Art Guy in Jeans

Giving a critical voice to our generation of art viewers.

Saturday, September 22, 2012

A Techno-Nightmare on Eastern Pkwy, pt. 3

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Sergio sits down among a hushed audience in the top floor triangle room of the Brooklyn Museum. "Sergio," the director says, ...
Saturday, June 16, 2012

A Techno-Nightmare on Eastern Pkwy, pt. 2

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There is a hushed gravity in the open halls of the Brooklyn Museum's Egyptian Collection. The precious stone figures and monuments, whic...
Monday, October 24, 2011

A Techno-nightmare on Eastern Pkwy, Pt. 1

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Our hero and his faithful comrade Gus are meeting for coffee in Brooklyn. "The mason marks tell volumes," says Art Guy. "What...
Wednesday, October 12, 2011

'Barbarians'

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"Mr. Guy, wake up," says Gus. Art Guy and Gus are on an overnight train through Germany and Austria. The point of this trip is two...
Saturday, July 31, 2010

The People and Art History: an issue of trust

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"I am Vasari, I lie for the art. I lie for the art for the arts have no tongues. And I'm asking you all at the top of my lungs! Wha...
Saturday, May 1, 2010

An Intercessory Mission, pt. 3 (the missing link).

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[disclaimer, see M. Foucault, The Order of Things (London, 1970), for much of the following]. (c. 1400) Icchu Pako steps back from the canva...
Sunday, March 21, 2010

An Intercessory Mission, pt. 2

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"I still don't think I get it - so your Cistercian monks said, 'let's build the new church into the city walls?'" ...
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[Elevator opens.] I'm pursuing a PhD in Art History at Duke. My focus is medieval Italian architecture. I'm interested in how religiosi interacted with civic governments and helped shape the built environ- [Elevator closes].
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