* No, I'm not talking of the posts on those other blogs - that's a given. I'm referring to the MICHELANGELO - A DIFFERENT VIEW exhibition in Wellington that we went to see yesterday.
Big feet and swollen ankles (no, I'm not talking about those other bloggers, I'm still talking about the MICHELANGELO - A DIFFERENT VIEW exhibition) ... were the feature of most of the portraits.
It was as if it was a Leonardo da Vinci expose of diabetic sufferers.
I was disappointed that the colours in the photographic reproductions were so muted.
The promotors tout this ...
The exhibition has used state-of-the-art technology to reproduce photographs taken of the artworks following recent restorations ...
The printing techniques used have been able to reproduce the colours, the details and brushstrokes, even compensating for the curved nature of some of the paintings...
... but I don't buy it. Surely advanced photographic technology would provide something better than what's on show and 3-D photography and film would have provided a better experience and replicated the sensation of being in the Sistine Chapel.
Oh well, see it if you want but the best thing about it was the coffee in the nice coffee bar in the excellent new Takina Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre.
5 comments:
So, the colours in the coffee were okay?
I'm just curious ....were the big feet and swollen angles distortion caused by the photography or did Michael Angelo paint them that way (maybe he liked Hobbits).
Angles I meant angels.
Try again spelling guru.
You try to be helpful to other bloggers and you just get smart comments back. Sheesh!
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