{"id":5082,"date":"2015-05-06T17:10:16","date_gmt":"2015-05-06T21:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/?p=5082"},"modified":"2015-05-06T17:11:42","modified_gmt":"2015-05-06T21:11:42","slug":"art-doesnt-just-capture-the-thrill-of-life-sometimes-it-is-that-thrill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2015\/05\/art-doesnt-just-capture-the-thrill-of-life-sometimes-it-is-that-thrill\/","title":{"rendered":"Art doesn\u2019t just capture the thrill of life &#8230; sometimes it is that thrill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2015\/may\/02\/julian-barnes-art-doesnt-capture-thrill-of-life\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Julian Barnes writes about his love for&nbsp;art and art museums<\/a> in The Guardian. One point he makes, one which I agree with, is that you can go your own way but you must come to terms with modern art. &nbsp;Although I do not share his&nbsp;passion&nbsp;for some of his favorite&nbsp;artists (<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gustave_Moreau\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gustave Moreau<\/a>, for example), his journey as a youthful art lover mirrors mine in many respects.<\/p>\n<p>Recommended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Julian Barnes writes about his love for&nbsp;art and art museums in The Guardian. One point he makes, one which I agree with, is that you can go your own way but you must come to terms with modern art. &nbsp;Although I do not share his&nbsp;passion&nbsp;for some of his favorite&nbsp;artists (Gustave Moreau, for example), his journey [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[251,17,253],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-aesthetics","category-art-museum","category-culture","post_format-post-format-link"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3468,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2014\/04\/art-museums-and-technology\/","url_meta":{"origin":5082,"position":0},"title":"Art museums and technology","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"April 18, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"In their\u00a0fierce competition\u00a0for\u00a0the vast pool of entertainment dollars, art museums are attempting\u00a0to use technology to\u00a0reinvent themselves. \u00a0The theme-park-ization of museums is replete with interactive attractions and high-tech gewgaws. \u00a0On the surface this sounds, if not exactly winning, reasonable. \u00a0After all, what could be more natural for\u00a0our\u00a0(so-called) cultural leaders than to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art Museums&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art Museums","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/category\/art-museum\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Cleveland Museum of Art's New Atrium","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0261.jpg?fit=552%2C395&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0261.jpg?fit=552%2C395&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0261.jpg?fit=552%2C395&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4270,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2014\/10\/review-the-art-of-slowing-down-in-a-museum\/","url_meta":{"origin":5082,"position":1},"title":"Review: The Art of Slowing Down in a Museum","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"October 18, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"In her\u00a0recent New York Times article,\u00a0The Art of Slowing Down in a Museum, Stephanie Rosenbloom admonishes us to slow down when we visit museums. 20 minutes, she says, in front of a single work of art provides the most therapeutic experience. She sights several studies and experiments to buttress her\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art Museums&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art Museums","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/category\/art-museum\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/met.jpg?fit=500%2C397&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5045,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2015\/05\/excellent-survey-of-the-modern-art-museum\/","url_meta":{"origin":5082,"position":2},"title":"Excellent survey of the modern art museum","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"May 1, 2015","format":"status","excerpt":"Excellent article about the sate of the modern art museum. The author, Jerry Saltz, hits many of the points I've written about. Of course, it doesn't take special insight to notice the immense\u00a0changes taking place in the modern museum. Museums are becoming fun-house extravaganzas filled with events designed to attract\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art Museums&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art Museums","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/category\/art-museum\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4303,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2014\/10\/visiting-the-cleveland-museum-of-art-101714\/","url_meta":{"origin":5082,"position":3},"title":"Visiting the Cleveland Museum of Art 10\/17\/14","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"October 17, 2014","format":"status","excerpt":"The NY Times recently ran a piece about visiting art\u00a0museums. I consider myself something of an expert on the subject, and I'm writing\u00a0a post about the article, which--knock on wood!--I'll publish soon. As readers know, I average one visit per week to museums. So far this year, I've visited the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art Museums&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art Museums","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/category\/art-museum\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":9515,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2021\/05\/david-teniers-video\/","url_meta":{"origin":5082,"position":4},"title":"David Teniers video","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"May 11, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"I completed a new video about the great Flemish artist, David Teniers. I was inspired to create the video by my memory of the Cleveland art museum's painting by Teniers. Because of Covid, I still haven't resumed my weekly visits to art museums. I miss it.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art Museums&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art Museums","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/category\/art-museum\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/teniers27.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/teniers27.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/teniers27.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/teniers27.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/teniers27.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5246,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2015\/07\/how-art-became-irrelevant\/","url_meta":{"origin":5082,"position":5},"title":"How Art Became Irrelevant","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"July 8, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Michael J. 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