#alexander stoddart

[wortzentriert]

Roger Scruton - Why Beauty Matters (2009) on Vimeo

Philosopher Roger Scruton presents a provocative essay on the importance of beauty in the arts and in our lives.

In the 20th century, Scruton argues, art, architecture and music turned their backs on beauty, making a cult of ugliness and leading us into a spiritual desert.

Using the thoughts of philosophers from Plato to Kant, and by talking to artists Michael Craig-Martin and Alexander Stoddart, Scruton analyses where art went wrong and presents his own impassioned case for restoring beauty to its traditional position at the centre of our civilisation.

Presenter: Roger Scruton

Director: Louise Lockwood

Producer: Andrew Lockyer

Executive Producer: Andrea Mille

#Vimeo

[pwlanier]

[thestageyshelf]

SOLD 🎭 Evita @ Dominion Theatre 2014 (#48)

Title: Evita

Venue: Dominion Theatre

Year: 2014

Condition: Creasing to back cover

Author: Lyrics by Tim Rice. Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber

Director: Bob Tomson and Bill Kenwright

Choreographer: Bill Deamer

Cast: Marti Pellow, Madalena Alberto, Matthew Cammelle, Ben Forster, Sarah McNicholas, David Burilin, Joe Maxwell, Callum Fitzgerald, Chris Stoddart, Amira Matthews, Verity Burgess, Olive Robinson, Joe McCourt, Ryan Pidgen, Joseph Connor, Joe Maxwell, Jamie Tyler, Callum Fitzgerald, Chris Stoddart, Stuart Maciver, Joel Elferink, Ryan Pidgen, Anthony Ray, Peter McPherson, Jamie Tyler, Michelle Pentecost, Gemma Atkins, Lizzie Ottley, James Doughty, Cristina Haraba, Alexander Hyne, Karina Perez, Tamara Saffir

FIND ON EBAY HERE

#Evita #Dominion Theatre #theatre #theatre programme #stageyshelf #sold

[carnageandculture]

Alexander Stoddart at his studio in Paisley

#alexander stoddart #art #studio #sculpture

[secosmolhadoseafins]

alexander stoddart

#alexander stoddart #high art #art #alexander stoddart scultures #alta cultura

[themaninthegreenshirt]

“I’m trying to bring the highest elite form of art back to the people. And they are going for it.” Alexander Stoddart

#Alexander Stoddart #quotes #art #sculpture

[kunstundweisheit]

“Art has always been about trying to alleviate the pain of existence. Modern art collaborates with misery as opposed to trying to oppose it. A painting by Titian is like a Leningrad, holding out against the forces of the world—even if they’re having to eat rats in there, they still will never surrender to it—whereas the art of Tracey Emin is a complete capitulation to the world. Cutting a shark in half and putting it in a tank of piss is just art giving up. I find it very odd when they describe art as challenging, because I always thought art was meant to calm you like a lullaby, not challenge you like some skinhead in an underpass.” — Alexander Stoddart

#quote #Alexander stoddart #conservativism #traditionalism #art

[wrathofgnon]

“Art has always been about trying to alleviate the pain of existence. Modern art collaborates with misery as opposed to trying to oppose it. A painting by Titian is like a Leningrad, holding out against the forces of the world—even if they’re having to eat rats in there, they still will never surrender to it—whereas the art of Tracey Emin is a complete capitulation to the world. Cutting a shark in half and putting it in a tank of piss is just art giving up. I find it very odd when they describe art as challenging, because I always thought art was meant to calm you like a lullaby, not challenge you like some skinhead in an underpass.” — Alexander Stoddart, 2008

#Alexander Stoddart #2008

[sigynpenniman]

Alexander Siddig as Yousef in The Big Battalions, Episode 1 (1992)

A 26 (maybe 25 at time of filming) year old Alexander Siddig’s (credited here as Sid El Fadil) first major TV role and second major role of any kind (his only previous credits being as an unnamed party guest in an obscure film and as Prince Feisal in A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia), The Big Battalions aired on UK TV in 1992 and disappeared, never getting any kind of home video or streaming release and essentially becoming lost media. Thanks to the dedicated efforts of members of the Sid City Social Club and with the help of series writer Hugh Stoddart, The Big Battalions is now available to stream, for free, to UK residents (and, wink nudge, UK IP addresses generally) here on All4. This is the first time the series, and Sid’s performance in it, have been seen in 20+ years.

#Alexander Siddig #Siddig el Fadil #Julian Bashir #The Big Battalions

[de-gueules-au-lion-d-or]

"Contemporary art is an epoch of false money allied with false culture."

Alexander Stoddart

[scotianostra]

On February 5th 1723 John Witherspoon, clergyman, writer was born at Gifford East Lothian.

Witherspoon went to become President of Princeton University 1768-94, signatory to American Declaration of Independence in  1776.

  Witherspoon was educated at Edinburgh University and was ordained as a minister in 1745. One of his ancestors was John Knox who had been a major force in the Reformation of the church in the middle of the 16th century. Witherspoon's first charge was as minister of the Auld Kirk in Beith in Ayrshire where he preached for twelve years. He was regarded as a brilliant orator and was "head hunted" by a number of churches in Scotland (and abroad) before moving to Paisley.

While he was at Paisley, Witherspoon met 21-year-old Benjamin Rush who was born in America of Scottish parents, and attended the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University), Rush had then enrolled at the University of Edinburgh's medical school. Armed with letters from Benjamin Franklin, Rush convinced the 42 year old Witherspoon to leave Scotland and become president of the College of New Jersey in 1768 and a delegate to the 2nd Continental Congress.

  Witherspoon was soon supporting the independence fight in America because he believed that his native land had "gone soft on religion". Of course, the Presbyterian church's principles of egalitarianism and the natural antipathy of the Scots to the English rulers were factors too.

Witherspoon became what in today's politics would be regarded as a senator. And in the first draft of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, he demanded the deletion of a phrase that complained that the king of Britain had sent to America "not only soldiers of our common blood, but Scotch and foreign mercenaries."

  However, when some of the representatives from the thirteen American colonies gathered to decide whether to break completely with Britain, some of the delegates realised the difficulty of taking on the might of the British Empire. It was Witherspoon who urged them to sign the Declaration of Independence, saying "There is a tide in the affairs of men, a nick of time. We perceive it now before us. To hesitate is to consent to our own slavery."

  It is worth noting also that of the 56 men who signed the document, 21 had some Scottish ancestry. Witherspoon was the only clergyman to sign this historic document, which has been compared to the Declaration of Arbroath which proclaimed Scottish freedom for the first time.

Witherspoon also became a member of the congress which conducted the war and later helped to draft the peace agreement which brought the war to an end. After leaving Congress in 1782, Witherspoon was involved in the rebuilding of Princeton College (destroyed during the war). He was its President from 1768 until his death in 1794. More than any other university, Princeton in those days had students from all over the United States, not just from its home state and so Witherspoon's influence on the country was that much more significant.

Pics are of Witherspoon and his statue at Paisley University, which is by Scottish sculptor Alexander Stoddart, an identical one was unveiled at Princeton on the same day November 9th 2001. Stoddart's most famous statue, in my opinion, is of David Hume on Lawnmarket, Royal Mile Edinburgh, the one with THAT toe

The statue in Paisley was vandalised last summer  with the words “slave owner”

#Scotland #scottish #clergyman #tutor #politician #USA. #history

[mischiefhq]

Here are some potential Harry Potter faceclaims. Feel free to use them — or not! Follow your heart, man.

name | age | ethnicity | gender | glasses/no glasses

➵ Alberto Rosende | 27 | columbian & cuban | cis man | glasses

➵ Asa Butterfield | 23 | white | cis man | glasses

➵ Alex Wolff | 23 | jewish | cis man | sometimes

➵ Blake Steven | 27 | white | cis man | glasses

➵ Callum Stoddart | 18 | cis man | unknown | no glasses

➵ Drew Phillips | 22 | unknown | glasses

➵ Elliot Fletcher | 24 | white | trans man | glasses

➵ Ian Alexander | 19 | vietnamese & white | trans man | no glasses

➵ Marlon Pendlebury | 20-21 | zimbabwean & indian | cis man | no glasses

➵ Matt Bennett | 28 | white | cis man | glasses

➵ Michael (Sigh Mike) | 21 | unknown | cis man | glasses

➵ Nat Wolff | 25 | jewish | cis man | sometimes

➵ Pratik Shetty | 20 | indian | no glasses

➵ Ryan Cassata | 26 | white | trans man | glasses

➵ Ryan McCartan | 26 | white | cis man | glasses

➵ Suraj Sharma | 27 | indian | glasses

➵ Tommy Martinez | 28 | white | cis man | glasses

➵ Tre Samuels | 21 | unknown | no glasses

#harry potter #hp faceclaims #harry potter faceclaim #answered #anonymous #admin rowena

[peppermintstranger]

hi there! could i get a fc for an asian man with long hair, from the ages of 20-25? thank you so much xx

Hello!

You have: Zi Liang, Tae Min Park, Alexander Dominguez, David Yang, Callum Stoddart, Daanisj Mahabier.

Hope it helps c:

[cultml]

Panel Discussion with Alexander Stoddart, Juliette Aristides, Peter Kwasniewski, Ethan Anthony, 2018

(thought i posted this before , couldn’t find it)

#art #culture

[lovecolinmorgan]

Colin Morgan | Alfred Bosie Douglas

From The Happy Prince website (I think this was written last year)

Colin Morgan is one of the most exciting and versatile young actors working today. His critically acclaimed body of work is exceptionally diverse and, with a number of interesting projects coming up, the next few months promise to firmly establish him as a one to watch.

Colin recently starred in Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins’ production of GLORIA which finished its run at the Hampstead Theatre, Colin took the role of Dean in the play that centred around the offices of a notorious Manhattan magazine. The play also starred Kae Alexander and Ellie Kendrick.

Colin will be seen leading British mystery drama WAITING FOR YOU written by Hugh Stoddart and directed by Charles Garrad. The coming of age feature centres on Paul Ashton who investigates his late father’s increasingly disturbing past. Co-starring Fanny Ardant, the film premiered at the Belfast Film Festival this April.

Last year Colin starred in supernatural BBC One drama THE LIVING AND THE DEAD. The original six part series has been created by Ashley Pharoah and Colin plays protagonist ‘Nathan Appleby’ with Charlotte Spencer playing his wife ‘Charlotte’. Set against the breathtaking back drop of the West Country during the industrial revolution in 1894, the programme focuses on a brilliant young couple who inherit an old farmhouse and move to the isolated corner of England to begin a new life.

In 2015, Colin starred in hit sci-fi drama series HUMANS as ‘Leo Elster’. Based on the award-winning Swedish science fiction drama REAL HUMANS, the series explores the blurring of the lines between humans and machines. Co-starring Gemma Chan and William Hurt, the eight-part series became Channel 4’s biggest original drama hit in twenty years. The second and most recent series TX’D in October 2016.

2015 also saw, Colin star as ‘Frank Shea’ in crime thriller LEGEND with Tom Hardy taking on the roles of both ‘Reggie’ and ‘Ronnie Kray’. Focusing on the relationship between ‘Ronnie’ and ‘Frances Shea’ (Emily Browning) the feature told the story of the identical twin gangsters and their organised crime empire. The feature was written and directed by Brian Helgeland and adapted from John Pearson’s book.

In May 2014, Colin appeared in psychological thriller THE FALL with Gillian Anderson and Jamie Dornan. Colin played ‘DC Tom Anderson’ in the second and third series of the hit BBC Two series, which is created, written and directed by Allan Cubitt. Also in 2014, Colin took on the role of ‘Victor Richardson’ in historical drama TESTAMENT OF YOUTH, co-starring Alicia Vikander, Taron Egerton, Dominic West and Kit Harrington. Directed by James Kent and written by Juliette Towhidi, adapted from the autobiography by Vera Brittain, the film is set against the backdrop of World War One where ‘Vera Britten’ (Vikander) abandons her studies at Oxford to become a nurse.

In 2011, Colin starred in independent drama feature ISLAND, based on Jane Rogers’s acclaimed novel of the same name also starring Natalie Press and Janet McTeer. In 2010, he appeared in award winning drama feature PARKED with Colm Meaney. Directed by Darragh Byrne, Colin plays 21 year old stoner ‘Cathal O’Regan’.

Colin played the title role in the fantasy adventure series MERLIN. The programme ran over five series from 2008-2012 on BBC One in the UK and originally on NBC in the US, before moving to the Syfy network. The programme follows a young King Arthur and Merlin growing up in Camelot when Arthur’s father has banned magic. Also starring Anthony Head, John Hurt and Katie McGrath, Colin was nominated for numerous awards for his scene stealing turn: in 2013 he won the National Television Award for ‘Most Popular Male Drama Performance’ and an SFX Award for ‘Best Actor’ the same year, and Variety Club Award for Best Newcomer.

Colin’s work on stage has also garnered critical acclaim. In late 2013 he played ‘Skinny’ in Ian Rickson’s MOJO at The Harold Pinter Theatre opposite Ben Whishaw, Rupert Grint and Danny Mays. Written by Jez Butterworth, the wickedly funny play is set in The Atlantic Nightclub in 1958 and Colin’s portrayed a lowly attendant besotted with nightclub boss ‘Ezra’ (Whishaw).

Also in 2013, he portrayed ‘Ariel’ at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, in the Jeremy Herrin helmed production of TEMPEST starring alongside Roger Allam and Jessie Buckley. In 2011, Colin starred in OUR PRIVATE LIFE at The Royal court Theatre. The black comedy, directed by Lindsey Turner and written by Pedro Miguel Rozo, is set against the backdrop of a Colombian village, and focusing on a respectable family and their efforts to discern truth from slander become fused with a desire for justice. Colin played depressed son ‘Carlos’ in a cast including Ishia Bennison, Clare Cathcart, Anthony O’Donnell in the play.

In 2008, Colin appeared at The Young Vic Theatre as feral heroine addicted teenager ‘Jimmy’ in A PRAYER FOR MY DAUGHTER. Also starring Matthew Marsh, Corey Johnson, Sean Chapman and directed by Dominic Hill, the Thomas Babe penned production is set on the Fourth of July in a downtown Manhattan precinct and is a poetic meditation on the lack of clear boundaries between masculine and feminine, and good and evil.

In 2007, Colin portrayed ‘Esteban’ in ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER at The Old Vic Theatre. Starring opposite Lesley Manville, Dianna Rigg and Mark Gatiss, the production was written by Samuel Adamson and directed by Tom Cairns. In the same year, Colin made his stage debut, while he was still at drama school. He played the title role, the story’s scapegoat hero falsely accused of being accessory to a mass murder in small town Texas, in Rufus Norris’s critically acclaimed production VERNON GOD LITTLE at The Young Vic Theatre an adaptation of DBC Pierre’s Man Booker prize-winning book of the same name.

#Colin Morgan #lots of profile

[themaninthegreenshirt]

“I wanted to be with the men I admired rather than the Scottish Arts Council crowd, so I spent a lot of time in graveyards. You get less trouble from the dead.” 

Alexander Stoddart

#Alexander Stoddart #quotes #art #artists #sculpture