Wonder Wednesday

Rilke's "Archaic Torso of Apollo" - Part I of II

In Art Matters, Peter De Bolla argues that man’s fascination with great works of art derives from an inherent “push-me-pull-me state of knowing,” which is to say that these works succeed at suggesting deeper meanings while being reluctant to offer them outright.[1] They stir their admirers into productive contemplation; the moment one believes to have a…