tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7580317451998546004.post7822244515090991724..comments2023-06-02T03:41:13.450-07:00Comments on VELOPRINT : A Journal of Printmaking and Bicycling: DresdenStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08422969663713826426noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7580317451998546004.post-52723000746100908432007-10-02T13:52:00.000-07:002007-10-02T13:52:00.000-07:00When preparing for the MA exam I used to joke that...When preparing for the MA exam I used to joke that if I got Courbet's Stone Breakers I would only be able to write that it was destroyed when Dresden was fire bombed (which I believe I learned in conjunction with reading Slaughterhouse 5, not in school). Amusingly, I did get that image and managed to come up with other thoughts about it. <BR/><BR/>I think it's impressive that the painting still makes it into textbooks despite being destroyed, and that it's important to the history of humans precisely because we destroyed it.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09267505813868503305noreply@blogger.com