Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for take a look Jayanand, the Prado Goya's Galleries are really great on this statement, there is longtime ago I've not visited the Prado again..., made I strongly recommend you also Reina Sofia if you like modern and contemporary art. Cheers lluis El 04/01/2010, a las 3:38, Jayanand Govindaraj escribi?: > Would make a good anti-war statement with the Goya paintings in Prado. > The Prado is very high up on my list of museums to see.. > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 2:54 AM, Lluis Ripoll Querol > <lluisripollquerol at gmail.com> wrote: >> Yes larry, the story you relate is exact. >> >> You can believe me, I was really emoved seeing it, I think I was 10 >> or 15 >> minutes looking at it. The Picassos's dream was that this picture >> was on the >> Museo del Prado. The democratic gouvernement in Spain after some >> negotiations with the Picasso's familly and the kind support of the >> MOMA has >> finally exhibited it in Spain dedicating a new museum for it and >> other great >> painters, now it is also a room dedicated to it. Really impressive >> and with >> a great signification not only for us, the Spanish people, I think >> for all >> the World! >> >> Thanks again for your comments >> Lluis >> >> >> El 03/01/2010, a las 22:11, Lawrence Zeitlin escribi?: >> >>> A grab bag of comments about recent LUG posts. >>> >>> Mark, >>> It would be tough to use the Graflex for photographing carrier >>> landings if it was anything like the one I used in the early '50s. >>> Disregarding the fact that you had to reverse your concept of left >>> and >>> right, it took about half a second for the mirror to flip up and the >>> shutter to move across the film opening when taking a picture. And >>> if >>> you didn't have a lens with an auto diaphragm, it took longer. In >>> that >>> time the plane would have traveled almost 200 feet. The few sports >>> photographers who used Graflex cameras to film baseball complained >>> that they had to release the shutter before the pitcher threw the >>> ball >>> to get a shot of the batter swinging (or not). >>> >>> Lluis, >>> Picasso's "Guernica" was on display at New York's Museum of Modern >>> Art >>> for a number of years. It occupied a solo room near the wall sized >>> mural of Monet's "Water Lillies." You could go from wartime chaos to >>> tranquility in a few steps. Picasso refused to have Guernica hung >>> in >>> Fascist Spain during WW2. I believe it was returned after his death. >>> >>> Tina, >>> I think my blood would boil at 13,000 feet. About ten years ago my >>> wife and I contemplated a hut to hut X-C ski trip on the 10th >>> Mountain >>> Division trail in Colorado. Her brother was a member of that >>> division >>> and she always considered herself a better skier. We chickened out >>> when we discovered that all the huts were above 11,000 feet and you >>> had to ski the trail carrying 50 pounds of supplies. Although we >>> might >>> have tried if you were standing beside the trail handing out little >>> bags of candies. >>> >>> A belated Happy New Year to everyone. >>> >>> Larry Z >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information