Art Underfoot
Ah, the National Gallery. In what other museum could you trample on a mosaic of Bertrand Russell lowering a naked woman into a well while removing her sunglasses. The woman is very small compared with Russell. She is holding a magnifying glass up to Russell’s face so he won’t notice. Do you think she stands any chance of a hot date with the philosopher, or will she ever remain to him merely “Experimental Subject Number Five Hundred and Eighty Three”?…