Pruned: Lithic Landscape

(This image depicting Abraham sacrificing Isaac is but one of the finer examples of pietre dure appearing in a new exhibition at the Met devoted to this hyper-form of mosaic. It also accompanies a recent New York Times article. In a marvelous synergy between material and subject, the pieces of stones — baked deep in the grinding innards of the earth — give this overwrought scene of infanticide an “explosive energy bordering on animation.” See also: Pictorial Stones.)

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Plinius
July 19, 2008 at 9:04:00 AM CDT
Overwrought is right - these landscapes have a strange hallucinatory quality. There was a similar sounding exhibition here in England a couple of years ago:
http://some-landscapes.blogspot.com/2006/07/landscape-with-obelisk-and-imperial.html

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	Lithic Landscape Sunday, July 13, 2008 #temp (This image depicting Abraham sacrificing Isaac is but one of the finer examples of pietre dure appearing in a new exhibition at the Met devoted to this hyper-form of mosaic. It also accompanies a recent New York Times article. In a marvelous synergy between material and subject, the pieces of stones — baked deep in the grinding innards of the earth — give this overwrought scene of infanticide an “explosive energy bordering on animation.” See also: Pictorial Stones.) 1 COMMENT — Plinius July 19, 2008 at 9:04:00 AM CDT Overwrought is right - these landscapes have a strange hallucinatory quality. There was a similar sounding exhibition here in England a couple of years ago: http://some-landscapes.blogspot.com/2006/07/landscape-with-obelisk-and-imperial.html Post a Comment — Comments on posts older than a week are moderated — —— Newer Post Older Post —— Home	1