{"id":65,"date":"2005-02-14T22:21:23","date_gmt":"2005-02-15T02:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/dbnews\/2005\/02\/14\/art-should-be-viewed-from-a-distance\/"},"modified":"2005-02-14T22:21:23","modified_gmt":"2005-02-15T02:21:23","slug":"art-should-be-viewed-from-a-distance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/2005\/02\/14\/art-should-be-viewed-from-a-distance\/","title":{"rendered":"Art Should Be Viewed from a Distance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name='a4593'><\/a><\/p>\n<table width=\"537\" border=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spaceimaging.com\/gallery\/spacepics\/central_park_12Feb05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/dowbrigade\/centralpark.jpg\" width=\"370\" height=\"442\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\"><\/a>Our<br \/>\n        respect for Cristo as a concept has always been heightened by the<br \/>\n        fact that Cristo as an artist has  left us lukewarm<br \/>\n        at best. Scale and scope are elements to be reckoned with, but are no<br \/>\n        substitute for content and technique.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, we have watched with great interest his latest project<br \/>\n        to turn Central Park into a work of conceptual art, which of course is<br \/>\n        what it has ALWAYS been, since, well, since its conception. In this case,<br \/>\n        our interest in the media buzz and coverage around the installation has<br \/>\n        been more intense than in the installation itself.&nbsp; We haven&#8217;t even<br \/>\n        seen any worthy photos of the whole deal until <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spaceimaging.com\/gallery\/spacepics\/central_park_12Feb05.jpg\">this<br \/>\n        one<\/a>, brought to our attention<br \/>\n        by indefatigablearchivist<br \/>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/jkbaumga\/\">j<\/a> of<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/jkbaumga\/\"> scratchpad<\/a> fame. <\/p>\n<p>This is a thumbnail (10%) of a fantastic satellite photo of Central<br \/>\n        Park taken yesterday in which you can clearly see the billowy arches<br \/>\n        arrayed along the pathways through the park.&nbsp; The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spaceimaging.com\/gallery\/spacepics\/central_park_12Feb05.jpg\">full<br \/>\n        resolution photo<\/a> (linked to the thumbnail) is 3696 x 4420 pixels<br \/>\n        and weighs in at 46 MB, so those sans broadband be prepared for a download<br \/>\n        delay. But<br \/>\n      it&#8217;s a beautiful image.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spaceimaging.com\/gallery\/spacepics\/central_park_12Feb05.jpg\">tip<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/jkbaumga\/\">j<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our respect for Cristo as a concept has always been heightened by the fact that Cristo as an artist has left us lukewarm at best. Scale and scope are elements to be reckoned with, but are no substitute for content &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/2005\/02\/14\/art-should-be-viewed-from-a-distance\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":299,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[298],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photos"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/299"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}