Tag Archives: Felix Feneon

ASPIRING ONLY TO SILENCE

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Dave

In “The Painter of Modern Life,” Baudelaire is the first to define Modernism and does so as a conjunction of the eternal and the ephemeral. To find that element of the eternal in the ephemeral which Baudelaire saw as embodying … Continue reading →

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SEURAT: Trying To Connect The DOTS

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Dave

…Seurat suspended work on the large canvas until the fall. When Seurat resumed work on La Grande Jatte in October 1885, he incorporated his new divisionist technique and color theories that he began formulating during the summer while painting in Grandcamp. For … Continue reading →

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SEURAT & THE PSYCHOLOGY of GEOMETRY: Point By Point

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Dave

Over the past several decades, many scholars have attempted to explain the meaning of this great composition. For some, it shows the growing middle class at leisure. Others see it as a representation of social tensions between modern city dwellers … Continue reading →

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TRUTH AS COMEDY: FIDDLER ON JANE AUSTEN’S ROOF

Posted on October 24, 2010 by Dave

Some critics describe Jane Austen’s works as novels of social comedy. When she wrote Pride and Prejudice she was just twenty-one years old. Her literary life was comprised between 1786 and 1817. A characteristic for the eighteenth century was the … Continue reading →