tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post3711124884871522221..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: Avoiding the VoidBryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-33418086472752919132008-06-25T14:22:00.000+00:002008-06-25T14:22:00.000+00:00Don't have any strong feelings about smallness, bu...Don't have any strong feelings about smallness, but thank you Bryan for putting that extraordinary Rembrandt in front of me, and liberating again the wonder I felt on first seeing it, trying to work out how a 23 year old could create such a thing, and then remembering that by that tender age, but 150 years later, Mozart had already composed his Paris symphony, and all that came before it - and mahlermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14469854614938507153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-13336187275702564502008-06-23T16:51:00.000+00:002008-06-23T16:51:00.000+00:00Amen to small. I go back time and again to the Fi...Amen to small. I go back time and again to the Fitzwilliam in Cambridge. I think it is absolutely the perfect size for a museum. And I do like revisiting the Wallace Collection, which I guess is our version of the Frick, but without the breadth of truly stand-out paintings - and far too much Sevres, ormulu and fat pink cherubs.Sophie Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05212037697701712380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-36035892784164807522008-06-23T14:32:00.000+00:002008-06-23T14:32:00.000+00:00Before that, Susan, it was all engravings - not mu...Before that, Susan, it was all engravings - not much of a substitute, but before big public museums and good colour reproduction, that was it. <BR/>Couldn't agree more, Bryan, about scale. The National Gallery (London) is big enough for any gallery. Me, I'm exhausted if I go much over an hour looking at paintings...Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-33765552685857571272008-06-23T14:23:00.000+00:002008-06-23T14:23:00.000+00:00I like the Frick too and it brings visitors back t...I like the Frick too and it brings visitors back to the pre-public museum experience when the only way you *could* see these masterpieces was to visit the wealthy person's home who owned them.<BR/><BR/>In England, didn't casual visitors used to be allowed to visit stately homes if the residents were not at home and the caretakers agreed? At least, in 19th century novels, that happens pretty oftenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-89564632374705341212008-06-23T13:34:00.000+00:002008-06-23T13:34:00.000+00:00You're so right about the Frick. It is the fact th...You're so right about the Frick. It is the fact that, at heart, they are the personal collections of individuals, gathered over a lifetime and, whilst having a sense of theme, they invariably express an enthusiastic eclecticismAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com