tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post2882719305122104019..comments2024-03-28T19:27:59.772+00:00Comments on A K Haart: Posh vandalsA K Haarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-7219401074823909272015-09-12T16:39:51.928+01:002015-09-12T16:39:51.928+01:00James - yes, it's not easy to imagine the thin...James - yes, it's not easy to imagine the thinking. <br /><br />Sam - I think you are right, although the hall is mostly untouched.<br /><br />Roger - it is certainly naff.<br /><br />Demerius - it is close to the altar so the idea may have occurred.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-50777666188936744922015-09-11T14:20:50.472+01:002015-09-11T14:20:50.472+01:00What I wonder is the alternatives that might have ...What I wonder is the alternatives that might have been considered. For example putting the bust on the altar surrounded by unclothed vestal virgins?Demetriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-24157746768145871962015-09-11T07:31:14.393+01:002015-09-11T07:31:14.393+01:00A sort of selfie with Julius Caesar overtones, ni...A sort of selfie with Julius Caesar overtones, nicely done but naff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-40004384822787622092015-09-10T22:43:23.407+01:002015-09-10T22:43:23.407+01:00I don't know, but it's possible that Nolle...I don't know, but it's possible that Nollekens and his contemporaries thought little of the architectural style they were defacing - gothic crudity, etc. Perhaps future generations will judge us harshly for demolishing 1960s neo-brutalist monstrosities like Portsmouth's Tricorn Centre.<br /><br />I suspect, though, that self-assertive upper-class people don't care about aesthetics all that much in any age. They want to be remembered and liked, and sod everything else...Sam Vegahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05978971199859845931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-10419281779068375402015-09-10T20:30:36.251+01:002015-09-10T20:30:36.251+01:00One is reminded of the doorway hacked through The ...One is reminded of the doorway hacked through The Last Supper.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.com