Wednesday, May 21, 2014

名画欣赏

如何欣赏一幅画

I Always Loved You by Robin Oliveira: imagines a passionate scene between Edgar Degas — a French artist known for his paintings of dancers — and Mary Cassatt — an American painter known for her scenes of family life. The kiss in the novel is pure fiction, but then again, "nobody knows what goes on in their neighbor's house, let alone what happened between two artists 130 years ago," Oliveira says.

Friday, May 16, 2014

Some have read this book: Into thin air


Into thin air by John Krakauer

TV documentary based on the book Death on Everest 

John Krakauer's article on New York Times 4/21/14 -- Death and anger on Everest

Mt. Everest - The Storm (1996) - PBS Frontline

于珈:攀登莎斯塔峰

People died:
Rob Hall 
Andy Harris
Doug Hansen
Yasuko Namba
Scott Fischer