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Welcome! – Carl Schmitt: The Vision of Beauty
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Carl Schmitt: The Vision of Beauty. Reflections on the art, life, and legacy of American artist Carl Schmitt (1889-1989). The Vision of Beauty. A blog dedicated to the art, life, and thought of the American artist Carl Schmitt. Oil on hardboard, 12 x 15 in. Private collection. C 1965, oil on canvas, 30 x 25 in. The depth and scope of Schmitt’s legacy is not easily grasped, encompassing stunning paintings, pastels, and other works, penetrating insights on art and aesthetics, and a long life well lived....
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Samuel A. Schmitt – Carl Schmitt: The Vision of Beauty
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Carl Schmitt: The Vision of Beauty. Reflections on the art, life, and legacy of American artist Carl Schmitt (1889-1989). Author: Samuel A. Schmitt. November 2, 2016. By Samuel A. Schmitt. Wisdom on Wednesdays The only conservative worth his salt. Pastel on paper, 14 x 10 in. 8220;The only conservative worth his salt is one whose stand is outside all Capitalism: on Wisdom and Charity, on sculpture and painting as Fine Arts; in a word, on personal Religion and its symbols.” (1961). Posted in fine arts.
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Wisdom on Wednesdays—The triumph of the barbarian – Carl Schmitt: The Vision of Beauty
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Carl Schmitt: The Vision of Beauty. Reflections on the art, life, and legacy of American artist Carl Schmitt (1889-1989). August 5, 2015. By Samuel A. Schmitt. Wisdom on Wednesdays The triumph of the barbarian. 8220;Unless the personal conscience challenges and checks the social conscience, we will go to the devil. The Barbarian will have triumphed.”. From the essay “Socialism”. This entry was posted in barbarian. Built only for the prince and the peasant : Carl Schmitt in Korčula. Enter your comment here.
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“Where body and soul become one” – Carl Schmitt: The Vision of Beauty
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Carl Schmitt: The Vision of Beauty. Reflections on the art, life, and legacy of American artist Carl Schmitt (1889-1989). August 8, 2013. By Samuel A. Schmitt. Where body and soul become one. Priority of birth, a long memory and experience of the place . . . is the base of culture and religion. It is the point where body and soul become one. Carl Schmitt, 1936. As we saw in our previous post, “ Carl Schmitt: peasant. Oil on canvas, c. 1926. Just as a man lives by his morals. Deeper than moral righteousne...
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Carl Schmitt: peasant – Carl Schmitt: The Vision of Beauty
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Carl Schmitt: The Vision of Beauty. Reflections on the art, life, and legacy of American artist Carl Schmitt (1889-1989). August 1, 2013. By Samuel A. Schmitt. 8220;Many of our enemies and most of our friends seem to think that a peasant is a man whose end in life is to raise vegetables. That is the definition of a truck gardener. A peasant is a man whose end in life is to raise a family, and to do that, it is usually necessary to raise vegetables, or hell, or both.”. Carl Schmitt, 1932. How do we get fr...
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“Built only for the prince and the peasant”: Carl Schmitt in Korčula – Carl Schmitt: The Vision of Beauty
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Carl Schmitt: The Vision of Beauty. Reflections on the art, life, and legacy of American artist Carl Schmitt (1889-1989). August 3, 2015. By Samuel A. Schmitt. Built only for the prince and the peasant : Carl Schmitt in Korčula. 1929, gum Arabic print. This small church sits off cathedral square in the center of the town of Korčula in Dalmatia (the coastal region of present-day Croatia). The print was rendered from sketches made three years prior during Schmitt’s second visit there. The brief sojourn in ...
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Wisdom on Wednesdays—To keep on is to redeem – Carl Schmitt: The Vision of Beauty
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Carl Schmitt: The Vision of Beauty. Reflections on the art, life, and legacy of American artist Carl Schmitt (1889-1989). August 12, 2015. By Samuel A. Schmitt. Wisdom on Wednesdays To keep on is to redeem. 8220;To strive constantly to see beyond the things in which we are immediately interested requires great courage because it means the death but. Destruction of those immediate interests. For all death has the germ of birth within it. To keep on is to redeem.” (August 21, 1931). Enter your comment here.
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