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You haven't told us how the Archimboldo paintings made you feel. Like you were made out of vegetables?
by theoh 8y ago
You haven't told us how the Archimboldo paintings made you feel. Like you were made out of vegetables?
- paganel 8y agoI know that what I've written might have sounded wrong with some HN readers but as others have said, tourism is nowadays mostly about experiences and about what one feels. I've used that word ("royal-ish") because Velazquez was (among other things) the painter of the Spanish royal court and in my imagination, as a tourist (not as an art critic) being left alone with his paintings made me feel part of that royal court. I don't see the wrong in that, to be honest.
- theoh 8y agoNot making fun of you at all, it's just that Velasquez >> Archimboldo, right?
- paganel 8y agoAh, got it! English is not my first language and sometimes I lose things in translation. Yeah, Velazquez is definitely more interesting and more refined than Archimboldo, it’s just that I got a soft spot for the latter even though his works might be seen as kietsch-y, can’t really explain why.