Tag Archives: Honoré Fragonard

a gendered gaze

Exactly how many pieces of art are in the Louvre is not clear. At the most extreme is the assertion that there are 300,000 paintings and a minimum of 5,000 and the total pieces of art ranging from 35,000 to … Continue reading

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full louvre fever

While the cruelties of the French Revolution were taking place, and the young Republic was fighting for survival, the National Convention did not forget its museum. On August 10, 1793, the Grand Galerie was opened, and not only were masterpieces … Continue reading

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play it again zorba: the crocodile cure

Its a bit ambivalent.  Michael Lewis applying the screws to the Greek population. Fatuous moral righteousness with  the cruel guile that only Ugly American can muster.A targeted assassination of an un-people.  Not that descriptively the proof is in the pudding. … Continue reading

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angel fatigue: it’s lonely at the top

Rewards and air miles. frequent flyers.Who knows who you’ll cross flight paths with up in the heavens.  Its a difficult issue in dealing with   whether ,and how many other spirits in the celestial hierarchy are good or evil, fallen or … Continue reading

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growing up absurd: disavowals of innocence

In Jan Miense Molenaer’s “The Smoker” from the 1620’s, viewers have an up-close regard on merrymakers, where children are inserted as metaphors for adult behavior. There is a capturing of the spirit of the figures through actions and facial expressions.The … Continue reading

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shaggy dog stories: the dog peeling the banana…

Sometimes the bark is worse than the bite. Sometimes its not…In the tradition of Greek mythology, Cerebrus, a triple headed canine, guarded the entrance of the gate of the dead, and served as a protector for those crossing over.Generally, the … Continue reading

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Multiple personality art: 3d goth on the long way back

He claims to be haunted by an alter-ego.And he is probably right. Perhaps more than one. He is also becoming a celebrity; making noise in the world of pop art and serious art with  haunting, surreal, and mysterious digital prints, … Continue reading

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salon not saloon? : against the assaults of boors and madmen

In practice the Academy became a closed circle of conventional talents , of men skilled equally in he manipulation of trite formulas for painting and the manipulation of advantageous personal contacts. The situation was deplorable, but it was also inevitable. … Continue reading

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EYE CANDY FOR THE RULING CLASS: “Les Caresses Dangereuses”

“Later, during the Renaissance, the mad were displayed in cages set up in the streets, or were visible through the bars on the windows of their cells in the as yet unreformed asylums. In fact, up until the early nineteenth century, Foucault tells us, … Continue reading

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MEAT PUPPETS: TEENAGE WASTELAND

The intersection between anatomy, art and religion continues to be a divisive and sensitive issue since its locus is a conjunction in a grey zone that straddles the difference, and blurs the barriers between life and death, where clear demarcation … Continue reading

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