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Antigonish, Antigonish Nova Scotia, Canada, Group of Seven, J. Casson, Nova Scotia, Songs Without Words, WordPress
26 Tuesday Jun 2012
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22 Sunday Apr 2012
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Caravaggio (Milan, 28 September 1571 – Porto Ercole, 18 July 1610) introduced chiaroscuro to the world of fine arts. But the above painting is chiaroscuro in reverse: the backdrop is pale. Usually, the backdrop is dark.
Chiaroscuro is a painterly, rather than linear, approach to creating dimensionality in a painting or grisaille.
I believe this is my shortest blog ever. Let the picture speak for itself. I hope it will bring you pleasure.
To view the complete works of Caravaggio, please click.
22 Mendelssohn Lieder ohne Worte, Op.53 – No. 4. Adagio in F ‘Sadness of Soul’, Daniel Barenboim (piano)
(please click on the title to hear the music)
14 Saturday Apr 2012
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Tom Thomson’s The West Wind (1917) also constitutes a powerful symbol of Canada. In this respect, it stands next to The Jack Pine. Tom Thomson loved the North and lived in Algonquin Park. But both The Jack Pine and The West Wind express solitude. Nature encloses man, but man nevertheless stands alone.
14. Mendelssohn Lieder ohne Worte, Op.38- No. 2. Allegro non troppo in C minor
Today I am featuring Tom Thomson’s The West Wind as I continue to investigate the 1837-1838 Rebellions, which took place in both Canadas. The Rebellions of 1837-1938 constitute so defining a moment in Canadian history that I need to research these events very carefully.
Please enjoy The West Wind. Tom Thomson was associated with the Group of Seven‘s art and the Group of Seven’s art is a monument to Canada’s history.
My musical offering for today is Lied number 14 of Mendelssohn’s 49 Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words). It is played by Daniel Barenboim.
I chose the fourteenth Lied to mark an anniversary. A hundred years ago, on April 14, 1912, the seemingly invincible Titanic sank, reaping the lives of some 1,500 of its passengers. Ironically, Mendelssohn’s Lied is entitled Lost Happiness.