tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post8912066185189479463..comments2024-03-28T16:36:12.581-04:00Comments on Gurney Journey: Harryhausen at the TateJames Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-49787100782924305332017-09-14T18:49:00.279-04:002017-09-14T18:49:00.279-04:00Love Harryhausen and his creatures! He might have ...Love Harryhausen and his creatures! He might have essentially done it all, but I would also like to mention the more practical contributions of his parents to his extant body of work: his father--a mechanical engineer--who constructed the armature for the miniatures, and his mother, who sewed together the clothing for the fairy tale characters early on.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07395956369062081358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-75584569145048674732017-09-13T11:09:17.104-04:002017-09-13T11:09:17.104-04:00Sorry, "Shiva"!Sorry, "Shiva"!Evelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09423344151003806417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-56906062772747340832017-09-13T11:06:27.894-04:002017-09-13T11:06:27.894-04:00Back in the 1980's (I can't find a trace o...Back in the 1980's (I can't find a trace of this event online . . . ), I had the privilege of attending an event at the American Film Institute in DC (then in the Kennedy Center) featuring Ray Harryhausen himself. Watching Jason fight the skeletons and Siva come alive is amazing on a large screen. After the presentation, the audience was allowed to get close to the famous models themselves -- not being familiar then with the art of illusion, I'd thought they'd have been larger! Evelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09423344151003806417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-69067201030299248812017-09-13T09:46:47.541-04:002017-09-13T09:46:47.541-04:00Fantastic! If only I wasn't already planning a...Fantastic! If only I wasn't already planning a (necessarily) short trip to England.<br /><br />In the meantime, I can definitely recommend the book 'The Art of Ray Harryhausen'. At least, from what I remember before I lent it and never saw it again... From that, I was taken by the influence of Gustave Doré, and his lighting and framing techniques.Warren JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743987856127631574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-29479466715985291922017-09-13T08:50:23.301-04:002017-09-13T08:50:23.301-04:00Thanks for this, James. My brother's a big Har...Thanks for this, James. My brother's a big Harryhausen fan and this is only a quick train ride into town for him.<br />Still think the fighting skeletons scene, from Jason and the Argonauts, is one of the creepiest things on film.<br /><br />DW.David Webbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04625249236436381416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-60895560874596150352017-09-12T17:37:17.498-04:002017-09-12T17:37:17.498-04:00Oh! I'm in London on the 16th! I am so staying...Oh! I'm in London on the 16th! I am so staying an extra day for this!dragonladychhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04388676720313631946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-79511692467261973202017-09-12T13:17:27.693-04:002017-09-12T13:17:27.693-04:00Mark, I assume you meant this comment for the post...Mark, I assume you meant this comment for the post on Orientalism, so I cut and pasted it there. (I love Pasini, too)<br /><br />James G.James Gurneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-60045635152177443452017-09-12T10:48:13.352-04:002017-09-12T10:48:13.352-04:00Alberto Pasini is one of my favorite Orientalists....Alberto Pasini is one of my favorite Orientalists. His painting of "Circassian Cavalry Awaiting their Commanding Officer at the Door of a Byzantine Monument; Memory of the Orient", 1880 at the Art Institute of Chicago is a wonder to look at. The detail, yet looseness. His understanding of composition is truly exquisite. The repetition of patterns and shapes to unify the piece still floors me.<br /><br />You can see it here...or bette yet at the Art Institute of Chicago if you are in the area. It's in Gallery 223, The European Painting and Sculpture<br /><br />http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/111736?search_no=1&index=0<br /><br />P.S. A Market Scene is also an amazing piece of work. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pasini_Alberto_A_Market_Scene.jpgMark Vander Vinnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16476599669551577334noreply@blogger.com