The way it works is that I read something in the news, and then I go look up something relevant on wikipedia, and then follow the endless chains of links in the entries.
Today it worked out a bit backwards. I started reading about various figures in classical music on a whim, then ended up reading about impressionist painters. Then I just saw a news story about the recovery of a work that was stolen a couple years ago called The Scream, by Norwegian, Edward Munch. I'm sure everyone has seen that painting before.
Munch is actually an "expressionist", rather than impressionist, but it seems to me the difference is merely the artists outlook, not the technique. Impressionists tend to be stable (with the exception of van Gogh) and expressionists tend to be like the goth kids on South Park - life is pain.
I can particularly appreciate this painting from Munch called Death in the Sickroom.
I know that look...
Wikipedia is like the cliff's notes of the world. For everything in the world that you think you should know something about, but have no idea, it fills in the gaps at a level that's easy to retain and covers the important parts. If you follow the links, you can get lost for hours and learn many things you should know, but probably don't.
2 comments:
wilkpedia is excellent - try looking up their Elizabethan Theatre section...
Funniest thing I've heard about this yet.
Back when it was first stolen, Mars Candy promised 2 Million M&Ms to the person who found it. Now, the want to deliver on that promise, but they cant, as the Swedish Gov't is being very tight lipped about how they recovered it.
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