Jur Kuipers
Prachtig essay over Michelangelo’s “onbesneden” David…
Zijn geschiedenis (over zijn ontstaan) en zijn zwakste delen…
Zijn enkels…
David’s Ankles:
How Imperfections Could Bring Down the World’s Most Perfect Statue
When I first saw the David in person, the only word that came to mind was “perfect.” Why hadn’t anyone ever told me he was perfect? I was 20 years old, exhausted, unwashed, traveling for the first time ever, ignorant of almost everything worth knowing. “Perfect,” I know now, is not a terribly original response to the statue, nor a very precise one, but in that moment it filled my mind. It felt like a revolution — urgent, deep, vital, true.
Andrea Frazzetta for The New York Times
Moest bij het lezen denken aan een lied op Alan Parson’s “Pyramid”… “What goes up”
…What goes up must, go down…
What must rise, must fall…
If all things must fall
Why build a miracle at all
If all things must pass
Even a pyramid won’t last
(plafond Sixtijnse Kapel)
Uitgelicht: bron
