speaking of what isn't said...slight flashback within Jill's hosting

Michael J. Hußmann michael at michael-hussmann.de
Thu May 15 04:14:21 CDT 2008


Michael Bailey (michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com) wrote:

> dunno, but there's a reference to a Turner picture I've been
> too lazy to look for...

An artist leaving parts of the canvas blank would suggest John Ruskin
(executor of Turner's will, by the way) who advocated to do exactly
that, as human perception was necessarily limited (in "Modern Painters",
I think). And with his "Stones of Venice" there is is even a Venice
connection.

- Michael


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