Comments on: Feel Art Again: “A View of Tantallon Castle”

By: Therese

Therese — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 01:46:32 +0000

The painting is breathtaking, and since I work for the Navy, the rough seas are quite familiar…

But I have to say, I particularly like the literary tie-in, to echo Roger. I’ve been a fan of Sir Walter Scott since adolescence and of Robert Burns, too. Then again, I also love Edinburgh, and I’m interested in bridge design (go figure), so this post appealed to me on many levels!

“Feel Art Again” is the part of mentalfloss I visit most often… Keep it coming, Andréa!

By: Andréa

Andréa — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:26:16 +0000

Fign: I added your suggestions to my list. If you haven’t already seen it, check out our previous “Feel Art Again” post on Picasso’s “First Communion” at http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/9068 .
Anthony: The very first “Feel Art Again” post I wrote was on Caspar David Friedrich’s “Two Men Contemplating the Moon”. You can read it at http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/8215 .

By: Anthony

Anthony — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:14:00 +0000

This piece reminds me a lot of works by Kaspar David Friedrich and, with it’s coloring, “Das Eismeer” especially!

By: Roger

Roger — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:33:02 +0000

Wow – great selection. I love the literary tie-in, also!

By: Fign

Fign — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:43:53 +0000

Excellent contrast in this painting, and the phrase Italian tradition of painting portraying Scottish landscapes comprises it all. May I suggest that you feature some Spanish painters as well, I love Velazquez and of course Picasso, specially the former Las Meninas and the latter’ renditions of the same famous painting.