Comments on: Modern Portraits http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2013/08/21/modern-portraits/ Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life… Tue, 12 May 2026 23:34:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2013/08/21/modern-portraits/comment-page-1/#comment-26880 CherryPie Fri, 23 Aug 2013 23:03:34 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=11249#comment-26880 Perhaps it is because they find the subject matter uncomfortable when presented in this way. In this case I found the paintings excellent and the subject matter quite disturbing, which lead to my comment above 'the paintings were interesting and disturbing in equal measure'. Perhaps it is because they find the subject matter uncomfortable when presented in this way.

In this case I found the paintings excellent and the subject matter quite disturbing, which lead to my comment above ‘the paintings were interesting and disturbing in equal measure’.

]]> By: Sean Jeating http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2013/08/21/modern-portraits/comment-page-1/#comment-26878 Sean Jeating Fri, 23 Aug 2013 18:23:25 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=11249#comment-26878 Hogarth did it his way. Some of his contemporaries found it awful. Griffith does it his way. Some of his contemporaries find it awful. You have them at all ages . . . : ) Hogarth did it his way. Some of his contemporaries found it awful.
Griffith does it his way. Some of his contemporaries find it awful.
You have them at all ages . . . : )

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2013/08/21/modern-portraits/comment-page-1/#comment-26875 CherryPie Fri, 23 Aug 2013 17:55:57 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=11249#comment-26875 I think the point of his purchasing the paintings and contrasting them with the old masters was to show how awful things have become. I think the point of his purchasing the paintings and contrasting them with the old masters was to show how awful things have become.

]]> By: james higham http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2013/08/21/modern-portraits/comment-page-1/#comment-26866 james higham Fri, 23 Aug 2013 08:05:42 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=11249#comment-26866 There's a Russian word "uzhas", which means "nightmare or awful. That word escaped the lips when looking at the non-classic. Is that really the culture we want? There’s a Russian word “uzhas”, which means “nightmare or awful. That word escaped the lips when looking at the non-classic. Is that really the culture we want?

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2013/08/21/modern-portraits/comment-page-1/#comment-26861 CherryPie Thu, 22 Aug 2013 22:18:37 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=11249#comment-26861 Those artworks captured my attention I found them quite thought provoking. They seem to have captured modern society and linked it back to the past in a subtle way... Those artworks captured my attention I found them quite thought provoking. They seem to have captured modern society and linked it back to the past in a subtle way…

]]> By: Sean Jeating http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2013/08/21/modern-portraits/comment-page-1/#comment-26858 Sean Jeating Thu, 22 Aug 2013 22:01:43 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=11249#comment-26858 Echoing Lisl. Fascinating pieces of art. Echoing Lisl. Fascinating pieces of art.

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2013/08/21/modern-portraits/comment-page-1/#comment-26855 CherryPie Thu, 22 Aug 2013 20:56:27 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=11249#comment-26855 The paintings were interesting and disturbing in equal measure. The paintings were interesting and disturbing in equal measure.

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2013/08/21/modern-portraits/comment-page-1/#comment-26854 CherryPie Thu, 22 Aug 2013 20:55:57 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=11249#comment-26854 I am thinking this is one you would have to pay for ;-) But it is worth the entrance fee :-) I am thinking this is one you would have to pay for ;-) But it is worth the entrance fee :-)

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2013/08/21/modern-portraits/comment-page-1/#comment-26853 CherryPie Thu, 22 Aug 2013 20:55:08 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=11249#comment-26853 The paintings are excellent. The paintings are excellent.

]]> By: Lisl http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2013/08/21/modern-portraits/comment-page-1/#comment-26852 Lisl Thu, 22 Aug 2013 19:52:24 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=11249#comment-26852 Thank you for introducing me to this artist, Cherie Thank you for introducing me to this artist, Cherie

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