Salamander, Antoni Gaudí, 1900-1914, Park Güell, Barcelona, Spain
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Paul Allen: Go Where They’re Not
Why Did Picasso Prosper?
Ian Leslie suggests that Pablo Picasso’s success with Cubism was hardly inevitable, but rather the product of circumstance: First, there was a new kind of consumer: the industrial revolution had created a class of young, educated, affluent Parisians, who, keen to distinguish themselves from their more conventional elders, prided themselves on daring displays of taste. Second, new […]
1/21 Art: Persistence of Memory (1931), Salvador Dali
Walter Isaacson on Crowdsourcing His New Book
Walter Issacson did a great job with the Steve Jobs autobiography. Both Paz and I thoroughly enjoyed the book. We intend to read his classic books on Einstein and Benjamin Franklin at some point. Interestingly enough, it seems that he is modifying his writing strategy. Via Bloomberg: Several weeks ago, Walter Isaacson, the author of the biography Steve […]