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Yes, I was at the Louvre and you are right..... Anonymous2000 Send a noteboard - 21/02/2012 08:32:40 PM
.....there are many better works of art at the Louvre and even better works at the MET and Philly Museum of Art.

Over-hyped to the nth degree here.

.....is very underwhelming in person. There is much, much better art than that, so why bother trusting the "experts" or "elites", they are often wrong.

I don't know if you've ever visited the Louvre, but anyone who has will have seen the insane crowd pushing and shoving to catch a glimpse of that tiny little painting, while far superior works are lucky to have one or two people near it at any given time (I didn't even bother to go look at it, myself).

But then, the Mona Lisa's reputation is to a large extent due to popular memory more than the experts' opinion - I dare say most experts would agree that there are better and more interesting paintings than the Mona Lisa, or at the very least that it gets an absurd amount of attention compared to other classic works. It's not the experts' fault if that whole crowd stands jostling in front of that one painting while ignoring everything else.
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Brandon Sanderson plans 36 books in his 'Cosmere' setting Werthead - 19/02/2012 11:45:24 AM 4978 Views
Was Sanderson created by the Writng Gods to counter balance GRRM? Anonymous2000 - 19/02/2012 05:13:07 PM 1749 Views
A modern Moorcock, eh ? *NM* Orange - 19/02/2012 05:39:00 PM 780 Views
I just wish he'd be done with the RJ shit and go back to writing his own books. Tom - 19/02/2012 05:40:59 PM 1666 Views
well, the publication date for that book is set somewhere a year from now.. jh - 19/02/2012 07:48:58 PM 1537 Views
Agreed on both points..... Anonymous2000 - 19/02/2012 08:00:41 PM 1645 Views
Well, but he is a "fluff" writer from a literary standpoint Tom - 20/02/2012 02:16:11 AM 1672 Views
Not a fluff writer in my mind..... Anonymous2000 - 20/02/2012 03:12:46 AM 1661 Views
You don't seem to want to hear what I'm saying Tom - 20/02/2012 03:51:13 AM 1603 Views
And I am saying that storytelling is more important..... Anonymous2000 - 20/02/2012 04:52:39 AM 1727 Views
Storytelling is crucial... DomA - 20/02/2012 05:59:57 AM 1774 Views
A few comments/replies about your post..... Anonymous2000 - 20/02/2012 02:57:16 PM 1675 Views
You are correct in one respect: all of this is opinion. Tom - 20/02/2012 07:01:11 PM 1641 Views
You sound like one of those nasty "literary elites"! Anonymous2000 - 20/02/2012 08:07:13 PM 1579 Views
Literature is subjective cortez1 - 21/02/2012 12:26:35 AM 1675 Views
Very well said..... *NM* Anonymous2000 - 21/02/2012 01:12:40 AM 746 Views
I agree with your point about reading Shakespeare from textbooks. Tom - 21/02/2012 03:18:37 AM 1739 Views
Never heard of Thomas Mann and the real Mona Lisa..... Anonymous2000 - 21/02/2012 03:34:12 AM 1527 Views
Conversely, why should I trust the likes of you? Larry - 21/02/2012 06:19:18 AM 1841 Views
Oh, come now... fionwe1987 - 21/02/2012 10:35:18 AM 1822 Views
When it comes to evaluating schema, I'm not going to trust someone who only had English 101 Larry - 21/02/2012 11:26:03 AM 1567 Views
Mostly agreed cortez1 - 21/02/2012 09:00:51 PM 1665 Views
Mostly true Larry - 21/02/2012 09:27:09 PM 1680 Views
Re: Mostly true cortez1 - 22/02/2012 12:58:55 AM 1446 Views
Larry = snob Anonymous2000 - 21/02/2012 05:34:22 PM 1633 Views
Amusing Larry - 21/02/2012 07:49:20 PM 1618 Views
Wow, you lack basic reading comprehension skills..... Anonymous2000 - 21/02/2012 08:29:24 PM 1599 Views
No, I read that and didn't disagree that there couldn't be works that had both (read other comments) Larry - 21/02/2012 09:23:31 PM 1719 Views
See I think the word "entertaining" is misleading cortez1 - 21/02/2012 09:31:59 PM 1589 Views
Uh...Faust is a play. Doctor Faustus is a novel. The former is Goethe, the latter is Mann. *NM* Tom - 22/02/2012 12:00:22 AM 773 Views
D'uh.....notice the smiley face. Good grief! *NM* Anonymous2000 - 22/02/2012 12:50:23 AM 795 Views
Just checking... *NM* Tom - 22/02/2012 01:07:40 AM 758 Views
I suppose fame is relative, but the most famous Doctor Faustus, to me personally, is indeed a play. Legolas - 22/02/2012 07:29:59 PM 1492 Views
On the subject of people who drop out of the canon Tom - 23/02/2012 01:07:10 AM 1668 Views
Wait, let's look at the gross disconnect between two statements. Tom - 21/02/2012 01:59:34 PM 1668 Views
I have not blindly rejected the literary elites..... Anonymous2000 - 21/02/2012 05:27:35 PM 1689 Views
So true about the Mona Lisa. Legolas - 21/02/2012 07:57:41 PM 1697 Views
Yes, I was at the Louvre and you are right..... Anonymous2000 - 21/02/2012 08:32:40 PM 1617 Views
This is where your own rethoric defeats you... DomA - 23/02/2012 06:38:54 AM 1666 Views
Slow down - it may not be the current elites that are hyping it..... Anonymous2000 - 23/02/2012 05:12:47 PM 1410 Views
Re: Slow down - it may not be the current elites that are hyping it..... DomA - 13/03/2012 03:10:12 AM 1683 Views
There's "subjective", and there's "lack of education" DomA - 21/02/2012 08:58:11 PM 1648 Views
Re: There's "subjective", and there's "lack of education" cortez1 - 21/02/2012 09:23:38 PM 1753 Views
Thank you. That was excellent. *NM* Tom - 20/02/2012 07:01:31 PM 823 Views
Seems like an awful lot. everynametaken - 19/02/2012 08:11:22 PM 1854 Views
Sanderson is a machine. Also, the books (so far) have been wildly different beetnemesis - 20/02/2012 12:50:41 AM 1711 Views
I thought he was just recycling the name at first. *NM* Tom - 20/02/2012 02:09:57 AM 838 Views
Re: Sanderson is a machine. Also, the books (so far) have been wildly different j-whitt987 - 20/02/2012 03:00:17 AM 1848 Views
Same here- I didn't know about the Cosmere at all until I started poking around online beetnemesis - 21/02/2012 03:25:36 AM 1629 Views
Likewise. After reading Mistborn and Warbreaker I started looking into him more Kronin al'Sulc - 21/02/2012 06:20:09 PM 1672 Views
It's likely to stay that way... DomA - 20/02/2012 06:22:50 AM 1731 Views
I think he can actually do both Werthead - 20/02/2012 03:31:00 PM 1791 Views
Re: I think he can actually do both DomA - 20/02/2012 06:34:30 PM 1850 Views
I love it. Nate - 19/02/2012 10:00:28 PM 1551 Views
Confirmation on the Mistborn trilogies. I am so happy. *NM* Ghavrel - 20/02/2012 05:38:23 AM 735 Views
I am thrilled to see that there will be more stories about Wax and Wayne..... Anonymous2000 - 20/02/2012 03:46:37 PM 1475 Views
The one issue I had with that book... Kronin al'Sulc - 21/02/2012 06:21:29 PM 1569 Views
Waxillium! *NM* beetnemesis - 21/02/2012 10:47:03 PM 742 Views
WAXILLIUM! *NM* Darth_Katie - 04/03/2012 07:39:37 AM 966 Views
Why is that an issue? I think those names are great. callandor1000 - 23/02/2012 05:31:51 AM 1536 Views
Do you not like puns? *NM* Kaldric - 06/03/2012 01:38:31 PM 827 Views
BS- The Fantasy Stephen King? xtet19x - 21/12/2012 08:12:21 PM 1357 Views
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