标题: The Otherworldly Power of Crystal [打印本页] 作者: choi 时间: 9-3-2019 16:48 标题: The Otherworldly Power of Crystal Peter Saenger, The Otherworldly Power of Crystal; From fashion to religious art, works made of quartz and other crystalline materials can hae extravagant charm. Wall Street Journal, Aug 31, 2019 (in the Review section) https://www.wsj.com/articles/the ... crystal-11567101558
("a major exhibition about crystals. 'Crystals in Art: Ancient to Today,' which will be on display at the museum in Bentonville, Ark, from Oct 12 to Jan 6, 2020, spans four millennia, from a string of ancient Egyptian beads to work by Andy Warhol, Marina Abramović, Picasso and Ai Weiwei. * * * A crystal can be made of any material that forms naturally into symmetrical shapes,from snowflakes to grains of salt. But the exhibition catalog points out that when we talk about crystals we are usually referring to quartz")
My comment: There is no need to read the rest of this review.