Tag Archives: Antoine-Jean Gros

catherine: her and thou

Posted on December 16, 2012 by Dave

The occasion was Catherine the Great’s triumphal tour of the Crimea, the longest, most lavish, most expensive boating party in world history. The Empress showed off the wonders of her realm, and they were many indeed. But were they real … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Madame Pickwick Weekend | Tagged Antoine-Jean Gros, Comte de Segur, General Potemkin, James Gillray, Louise Dresser, Madame Pickwick, Mamanov Catherine the Great Lover, potemkin village, Prince de Ligne, Robert K. Massie, rudolph valentino, Vilma Banky, Virginia Rounding | Leave a comment

a religious revolution?

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Dave

Or is it a religilous revolution in Egyptian. No not Mohammed Morsi who sacks experienced military leadership thatat least kept the “cold” peace with Israel and replaced them dog loyal, bowl licking lackeys who would just assume tha its only … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Antoine-Jean Gros, Auguste Mariette Egyptologist, Battle of the Nile, Benny Gantz IDF, Jean-Francois Champollion, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Mohammed Morsi, Mohammed Shehata, Murad Muwafi, Napoleon Bonaparte Battle of the Nile, Napoleon Egypt Campaign, pharaoh akhenaten, Richard Francis Burton, thomas friedman, thomas friedman new york times | Leave a comment

holiest of wars and purest of arms

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Dave

Sometimes you have to question if there is a difference that makes a difference. And also, is it true that a people can make themselves holy through a dedicated study of sacred texts? Or, is this strictly a Platonic idea … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Antoine-Jean Gros, Bill Maher, carl boese, Dennis Malone Carter, francois regnault, gary lucas, gary lucas the golem, Gnosticism, Harold Bloom, Jehuda Loew, Joann Sfar, L. Ron Hubbard, Napoleon Egypt, paul wegener, Sigmund Freud, Slavoj Zizek | Leave a comment

cairo: flights into egypt

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Dave

Sensationalism.The aesthetic of violence in the Society of the Spectacle. The birth of the agitated space and a relishing of absurd charismatic appeal. Art, like the society around it, became caught between the joy of freedom and the fear of … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Art | Tagged Antoine-Jean Gros, darcy grimaldo grigsby, Dominique-Vivant Denon, Edward Said, Jacques-Louis David, Jean Baptiste Regnault, joachim beuckelaer, john frederick lewis, Louis Sass, martin kramer, Robert Rosenblum, Saad Eddin Ibrahim, Suzi Gablik, sylvain bellenger | Leave a comment

Napoleon and the revolt agianst togetherness

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Dave

October 1810. The book was censored and then it was banned. So many representations and so much insistence overtaxed his patience. In order to give a definite answer to the petitioners, he took the book up again and lost his … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged Antoine-Jean Gros, Chateaubriand, colnaghi, francois gerard, Jean Jacques Rousseau, joseph chinard, madame recamier, Maximilien Robespierre, mirabeau, mme de Stael, Mme Germaine de Stael, Montesquieu, Napoleon, Napoleon Bonaparte, prince august of prussia, Rene Chateaubriand, Rene Magritte, rene magritte madame recamier de david, Robespierre | Leave a comment

napoleon: romantic muse and not amused

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Dave

It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. So said Dickens. But it was. As Napoleon began his rather blood-soaked, chaotic and passionate rule of France he met the force of two women , “femmes fatales” … Continue reading →

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BURNING LOVE

Posted on December 26, 2009 by Dave

In antiquity men spoke of her as the tenth muse. Today, Sappho ( 618 BC-565 BC ) remains one of the most famous lyric poets the world has ever known.Sappho was called a lyrist because, as was the custom of … Continue reading →