Re: And now for a little ego-boost... National Geographic online

[chris sloan <stonesbonesnthings@gmail.com>]

I can tell you that at NG there was certainly no intention to deride
Knight. He is held in very high regard and his paintings still hang on
corridor walls. I had a very different experience from Dan while
looking at the gallery Holtz narrated. I enjoyed it, even though, yes,
I'd heard it all before. I thought Holtz did a great job summing
thinkgs up. And I can't get enough of the dino art, old or new.

Chris Sloan
National Geographic Magazine

On 11/17/07, David Krentz <ddkrentz@charter.net> wrote:
> Yea, you young punks with your dinosaurs with feathers, colors,
> turkey wattles and high metabolic rates.. and your damned hulla
> hoops, ipods and rock and roll.  Why in my day why, when I was a kids
> in the 70's and 80's all we had were swamp dwelling tail-dragging
> brownish grey dinosaurs!  And we liked them!  Get off my lawn!
>
>    With a smile, nudge-wink and apology to Dan.
>
> David Krentz
>
>
> On Nov 16, 2007, at 2:11 PM, Danvarner@aol.com wrote:
>
> > Charles R. Knight's dinosaur  images have been beaten-up for over
> > thirty
> > years now. We got the message. Yes,  his dinosaurs sometimes
> > dragged their tails,
> > and, yes, some of them were  depicted living up to their armpits in
> > swamps,
> > and, yes, they weren't painted in  bubblicious colors. The Geographic
> > illustrations were painted in 1939 in the  context of their time.
> > Now, can we move on
> > without repeating this hackneyed  storyline without end? DV
> >
> >
> >
> >
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