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Post by Einhorn on Dec 5, 2023 11:08:53 GMT
in london, perhaps. Far too many live in quaint english villages. Fairford for example last month seemed still to be the model for Camberwick Green Are quaint English villages not the very essence of England's green and pleasant land. Think of what our Nation stands for, Books from Boots' and country lanes, Free speech, free passes, class distinction, Democracy and proper drains. It's hard to see how something can be simultaneously typical and quaint, by the way. |
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Post by Einhorn on Dec 5, 2023 11:10:54 GMT
Then...  and now.  Interesting contrast. Why did you choose an idyllic village for your first picture, rather than, say, slums in the East End of London (or any other major city)? |
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Post by Dan Dare on Dec 5, 2023 11:25:37 GMT
We artistic types call it the Chiaroscuro Effect. Caravaggio used it to great effect in heightening the emotional tension in his works.
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Post by Einhorn on Dec 5, 2023 11:29:02 GMT
We artistic types call it the Chiaroscuro Effect. Caravaggio used it to great effect in heightening the emotional tension in his works. We more down-to-earth types call it a false contrast. Your second picture would look positively idyllic compared to actual photographs of life in the slums at that time. |
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Post by Dan Dare on Dec 5, 2023 11:41:25 GMT
No doubt you'll have had something like this in mind:  |
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Post by Einhorn on Dec 5, 2023 11:44:37 GMT
No doubt you'll have had something like this in mind: Don't you have an idyllic chocolate box version? |
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Post by Montegriffo on Dec 5, 2023 12:13:33 GMT
No doubt you'll have had something like this in mind: Don't you have an idyllic chocolate box version? 1960s England was so much better.  |
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Post by Einhorn on Dec 5, 2023 12:21:14 GMT
Don't you have an idyllic chocolate box version? 1960S England was so much better. Yes, but that window undoubtedly shows views of rolling green countryside and Bachannates dancing in mountain groves. |
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Post by Pacifico on Dec 5, 2023 22:28:31 GMT
Don't you have an idyllic chocolate box version? 1960s England was so much better. Thats because they had all this White Privlige |
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Post by Orac on Dec 6, 2023 9:10:11 GMT
People flooded in in their millions because 'it wasn't any better".
That's what's known as an unlikely sounding hypothesis.
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Post by Einhorn on Dec 6, 2023 10:21:05 GMT
People flooded in in their millions because 'it wasn't any better". That's what's known as an unlikely sounding hypothesis. Aren't there degrees of bad, then? |
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Post by Orac on Dec 6, 2023 10:28:58 GMT
People flooded in in their millions because 'it wasn't any better". That's what's known as an unlikely sounding hypothesis. Aren't there degrees of bad, then? You might as well name them 'degrees of good' |
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Post by Einhorn on Dec 6, 2023 10:32:28 GMT
Aren't there degrees of bad, then? You might as well name them 'degrees of good' Okay, slum conditions are good. It doesn't sound right, but have it your way. |
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Post by Dan Dare on Dec 6, 2023 10:42:45 GMT
"These new shanty towns for failed asylum seekers who should be in Rwanda are creating a bally nuisance for one's garden parties"  |
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Post by Orac on Dec 6, 2023 11:08:39 GMT
You might as well name them 'degrees of good' Okay, slum conditions are good. It doesn't sound right, but have it your way. 'Slum' is a relative word. It makes more sense than theorising that large numbers of people flooded into an area to endure something bad. |
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