ReconsiderationsFebruary 2013 Iris Murdoch's "Marsyas" Reexamining Iris Murdoch, her love of culture, and Marsyas. Last week I saw a woman flayed, and you will hardly believe, how much it altered her person for the worst. —Swift, Thoughts on Religion Iris Murdoch taught philosophy for five years at the Royal College of Art in London, and her travels were closely connected to her interest in art. She visited museums all over the world, and was particularly keen to see works by Benardino Luini, Jacopo Bassano, and Edvard Munch. She was deeply moved by Piero della Francesca’s Resurrection when she made the pilgrimage to his birthplace, Borgo San Sepolcro. When I interviewed Murdoch for the Paris Review in the summer of 1990, she said, I love painting. I love looking at pictures, and I did once very much want to be a painter. . . . I kn ... This article originally appeared in The New Criterion, Volume 31 February 2013, on page 31 Copyright © 2013 The New Criterion | www.newcriterion.com http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/Iris-Murdoch-s--Marsyas--7550
E-mail to friend
|
Rome was a magical place for Eleanor Clark, who shares her connection with the city in Rome and a Villa.
Webcasts
Poet George Green reads from his award-winning Lord Byron's Foot
Celebration of the Life of Robert H. Bork, 1927–2012
James Panero on price gouging at the Met, with Fred Dicker Weblog 
|
add a comment
you must have an account to post a comment. {register now}