4792. He appears in these writings
to be a man of some knowledge of the arts, so much so, that he had perhaps
reached the point of actual boredom with culture. He wrote down his
observations as one who has seen "this kind of thing," a thousand
times before, even when the museum fare was strange and unusual.
4793. Such a man is not good
company in a tour of a museum, lacking, because of an excess of familiarity
with art, the wonder and astonishment that are so much a part of what the art
experience is to people like you and I, who are new to the subject. Here is what he has to say about an
exhibition in Rome.
4794. I wanted to write about the
Quadriennale in Rome. It is a huge show that claims to survey all the important
work going on in Italy right now, and other related movements elsewhere in the
world. It is an important international exhibition.
4795. I was unable to do so,
however, to the extent that I desired due to the return of a malady I've had
for several years now. This illness I have is a variation of Stendhal's
syndrome, that condition he described when he became delirious from looking at
too much art in Florence.
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