Comments on: The Art Historical CV

By: Administrator

Administrator — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:00:59 +0000

Amusing appreciation of Leonardo da Vinci’s “resume”: http://www.cenedella.com/stone/archives/2010/01/leonardo_da_vincis_resume.html

By: JL

JL — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:38:28 +0000

I don’t want to pretend that it’s the biggest deal in the world. I don’t even know who was responsible for the decision to conceal her identity or why. So I’m not sure what harm there might be, but personally, I wouldn’t feel it was up to me to judge.

By: Administrator

Administrator — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:41:16 +0000

I worried that that paragraph would have the appearance of malice, but none was intended. I felt that the before/after comparison was rendered more interesting by knowing the actual person and her actual accomplishments. And I couldn’t see where the harm was in publishing her name.

By: JL

JL — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:34:00 +0000

I mostly agree with Aruna’s comment. The last paragraph of this post was unnecessary. While I’ve no idea how the student might in question might feel, the fact that it’s easy enough to find out someone’s true identity behind even a light disguise means that it’s polite or kind to publish it. Obviously I’m self-interested here, but nevertheless, it’s not very nice.

By: Aruna

Aruna — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:45:26 +0000

So, while it may make you wonder why the Chronicle bothered to disguise her identity, does it really make a difference knowing it? I feel like she’s been “outed” for no discernible reason — and given that I really like your blog, I am slightly disappointed to see this here.