Comments on: DC Trip — Claudio Veliz Lecture, Anglosphere Institute Launch

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 14:05:06 +0000

I made a casual video of almost the entire talk. The video part looks fine but I don’t know about the audio, as the computer I was using did not have speakers and I do not yet have the video files at home. However, I hope to retrieve the files within a few days, and if the audio is any good I will post the whole thing on the Internet.

Prof. Veliz’s lecture was riveting, and I very much hope that my recording is audible. Unhappily my camera ran out of memory about three minutes before the end of the Q&A session, so it missed the best part of his answer to the last question, which answer was very much worth hearing. But, as Lex mentioned, a high-quality audio recording of the lecture should be available eventually.

By: Helen

Helen — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 12:54:22 +0000

That Art Gallery is great. But there are many Napoleon’s by David round the world. The man loooved being painted. The Gallery and some other museums (Freer & Sackler in particular) are the things that will entice me back to DC. It is even more difficult to jet there from London.

By: Lex

Lex — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 02:24:03 +0000

Captain, agreed. Every time I glanced into a gallery, it had pictures or statues I knew from books. A room full of well-known El Greco paintings. Just amazing.

I don’t usually just jet off to DC. I am starting a new job soon, so I was free, and I wanted to be there to support Bennett’s Anglospher venture, which was worth the plane fare.

By: Captain Mojo

Captain Mojo — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 01:30:45 +0000

I was meaning to ask if the good Professor�s lecture would be made available to those of us who couldn�t jet off to DC. I look forward to reading the transcript.

I had a work trip last year to Baltimore, and I was able to squeeze in a day of museum hopping at the capital before flying home. I too was very impressed with the national gallery, which turned out to be my surprise favorite. Seeing David�s famous Napoleon and Gilbert Stuart�s portraits in person, after seeing them in books all my life was a real treat.