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"The image then makes him envious of himself as he might be. Yet what makes this self-which-he-might-be enviable? The envy of others. Publicity is about social relations, not objects. Its promise is not of pleasure, but of happiness: happiness as judged from the outside by others. The happiness of being envied is glamour."
— Mar 06, 2025 11:40PM
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"According to publicity to be sophisticated is to live beyond conflict."
— Mar 07, 2025 12:59AM
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"The entry on the Virgin of the Rocks is one of the longest entries [..] They do not deal with the meaning of the image. They deal with who commissioned the painting, legal squabbles, who owned it, its likely date, the families of its owners. Behind this information lie years of research. The aim of the research is to prove beyond any shadow of doubt that the painting is a genuine Leonardo."
— Feb 26, 2025 04:41AM
