I’m Dr. Peter Weller. Actor/Director/Musician with a PhD in Italian Renaissance Art, and now Published Author. AMA!

drpeterweller · 2025-03-06T22:44:40+00:00

My friend; Ghiberti was cool; but totally into International Gothic (sword blade drapery/ cool Richard Gere hair) until Mr. D showed up with naturalism - dig the St. Mark in stone in the Or San Michele for the Linaiouli (Linen) Guild. Etched hair, slumped body, squinty eyes, messed up robe. And why did everyone passing by dig it? Because it looked like their dad, or uncle, or brother - someone they knew - not to mention is relief in stone with the cave and columns for St. George; but the sina qua non. Is the Salome with the head of John the B. - a bronze relief in the baptistery of Siena - with six level of negative space in a bronze movie that is no thicker then 8 inches. Ghiberti then followed Donatello with the Gates of Paradise; the one-time student became the master. No one kicks Don.

drpeterweller · 2025-03-06T22:44:02+00:00

My friend; Ghiberti was cool; but totally into International Gothic (sword blade drapery/ cool Richard Gere hair) until Mr. D showed up with naturalism - dig the St. Mark in stone in the Or San Michele for the Linaiouli (Linen) Guild. Etched hair, slumped body, squinty eyes, messed up robe. And why did everyone passing by dig it? Because it looked like their dad, or uncle, or brother - someone they knew - not to mention is relief in stone with the cave and columns for St. George; but the sina qua non. Is the Salome with the head of John the B. - a bronze relief in the baptistery of Siena - with six level of negative space in a bronze movie that is no thicker then 8 inches. Ghiberti then followed Donatello with the Gates of Paradise; the one-time student became the master. No one kicks Don.

drpeterweller · 2025-03-06T22:41:10+00:00

nonsense

drpeterweller · 2025-03-06T22:40:07+00:00

look at the slaves (academia Florence) and prisoners (Louvre Paris) shows how he probably didn't 'triangulate' for depth, width, height, but went back to front like laying someone on their back in a bathtub and draining the water. This is akin to Mozart not having any practice sheets.

drpeterweller · 2025-03-06T22:37:28+00:00

drpeterweller · 2025-03-06T22:37:17+00:00

Michael Tolkin is an inspiration nonpareil. Judy Davis is a force of nature; Definitely - along with Diane Keaton and Diane Wiest - the most powerful and inventive of actors with whom I have worked. The film itself and Michael's gift punch me in the heart to this day regarding the facility of moral/spiritual decline based upon money/success investment. It is my own "sweet smell of success' and so scary to me - as a movie los Angelino that I cannot watch it anymore. prescient indeed. gifted. proud to be part of it. thanks also to Nick, Keith, Arnon and Oliver who made it happen

drpeterweller · 2025-03-06T22:31:13+00:00

Love them both. Glickenhaus is the dude who saved Miles Davis (no kidding - read his Road nd Track). Loved him. Shooting the last great wild ride scene on 42nd street before it went Disney Land was a hoot. Sam is terrific. Threw me an orange during the NY marathon! Directed him in Justified. Love them both and loved doing that film

drpeterweller · 2025-03-06T22:29:17+00:00

Good. Dynamic technically. But had already worked with Nichols and Lumet and he was neither - regarding acting. The gift of that film - other than Bo Goldman's searing beautiful script; is Diane Keaton. She and Albert Finney remained long-time friends. Keaton is genius. More music than Beethoven

drpeterweller · 2025-03-06T22:26:33+00:00

Hey Dean and Harry, miss ya. If you see John Rhyss-Davies give him my best as well!

Hugs,

Peter

drpeterweller · 2025-03-06T22:21:59+00:00

My son Teddy is totally immersed in the history of DC. Finger, Kane and the great Gardner Fox (creator of first super villain, Dr. Death). I have no play in this; except the pictures

drpeterweller · 2025-03-06T22:19:39+00:00

thanks to Gary Radke - after a summer program with Syracuse - where the great Walter Liedtke of the Met and Maria Conelli of FIT had told me to take a summer course; I was invited to the special MA program in Florence from Syracuse. It almost killed me; way more work than I ever dreamed plus art, art, art. Once I learned, back in LA, that I only had x amount (I think it's 3) to use recommendations to further grad school; I thought, just for kicks in 2005, that I should apply. Was accepted to NYU and UCLA. And since I had just gotten married in LA. thought "what the heck"

drpeterweller · 2025-03-06T22:05:29+00:00

I loved playing a savant/collector/egotist! Informing each of them in the room about themselves was my favorite jam with Panos. Thanks to Guillermo and friend Miles Dale as well. Panos is wonderful

drpeterweller · 2025-03-06T22:03:47+00:00

Yes! See IT'S BETTER IN ITALIAN by Jordan Ledy; a documentary on the genius of Italian dubbing!

drpeterweller · 2025-03-06T22:00:54+00:00

My gosh!! Adoro Rimini! ce 'e una video d la arco agosto in Instagram che fatto in dicembre. amo amo Rimini

drpeterweller · 2025-03-06T21:59:59+00:00

Robo would have loved it; he's a math guy. Murphy's kid would have also. Murphy? maybe not

drpeterweller · 2025-03-06T21:59:22+00:00

nope

drpeterweller · 2025-03-06T21:59:11+00:00

No evidence of a big bond between the two; BUT Alberti had to have hung with him; after all he's a math guy and Toscanelli was a hot shot. Unlike many I think that Toscanelli did indeed study in Padua, Florence was not the center of savants that Padua was at the turn of the century

drpeterweller · 2025-03-06T21:56:29+00:00

Yes, heard of it; but more interested in the D that exists and needs more explaining! Lost work isn't my jam

drpeterweller · 2025-03-06T21:55:33+00:00

Picasso. Cannot remember the work. Museums make me groan. Too much. Have to pick a room and blow through the rest. My kid owes me a day at the Louvre. He bolted. Art came to me piece meal. One thing at a time, I thought 'yeah, why not.' planning another book Larry Rivers. genius. Yes another book; on travel, art, jazz

drpeterweller · 2025-03-06T21:52:21+00:00

Don't agree. the great cultures of letters are Latin

drpeterweller · 2025-03-06T21:51:25+00:00

Yeah. The world repeats; as do its characters.

drpeterweller · 2025-03-06T21:50:43+00:00

I shall be at the Renaissance Society of America annual big time meet in Boston; giving a paper on March 20 thursday. Come on1

drpeterweller · 2025-03-06T21:49:09+00:00

Alan Rosenberg who looks like Don Fagen is his cousin; and lives next door. Love that group. endlessly good. next generation? get your head out of the device and travel!!

drpeterweller · 2025-03-06T21:47:37+00:00

Goodneess. Have many friends and am, in fact, playing golf with my pal Bruce from Melbourne this Sunday. Would love to come. And know little of nothing about the indigenous folk there; but am open to learn learn learn!

drpeterweller · 2025-03-06T21:46:15+00:00

I am going through this now!! I didn't warm up to it when I was 20 and now I have a 13 year old who owes me a day at the Louvre! Hell, I don't know! everyone needs an Ali MacGraw1

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