Tag Archives: Berthe Morisot

legacy: last manners

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Dave

Michel Monet’s rich legacy of art had been casually, not to say carelessly, stacked about his house since 1926. His own tastes ran to hunting trophies and garish African souvenirs. The inheritors had to scramble from attic to cellar, and … Continue reading →

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just lookin’ for a kiss

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Dave

Is it true that women in the entertainment business are deterred from being funny. From being comic. Is the mixture of being beautiful and funny too combustible a substance to let out of the yard? Or is it because women … Continue reading →

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MANET: DESIRES OF THE PASSING MOMENT

Posted on October 11, 2010 by Dave

… and beauty of the eternal. Is love pleasure or desire? The Good, the Bad and those eternal constants. Edouard Manet, proved that he was an observer of a world in constant flux. Through  the initial reaction to  ”Olympia”, idealism … Continue reading →

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MANET & MORISOT: AMBIGUITY BETWEEN PLEASURE AND DESIRE

Posted on October 10, 2010 by Dave

“For Realist painters at mid-century, the experience of the senses was not something to be allegorized. It was something to be given to the viewer full-on. Such a statement became a philosophical position. It was part of the materialist view of the world … Continue reading →

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REAL IMPRESSIONS: NOBLESSE OBLIGE LESS

Posted on October 10, 2010 by Dave

In contrast with Post-Impressionism and the avant-garde trends of the twentieth century the painters of French Naturalism and Impressionism rarely gave verbal expression to their aesthetics. “The most solid base for the work of art is reality constantly studied.” ( … Continue reading →

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OLYMPIA GAZE: DIRECT AND DEFIANTLY UNACCOMODATING

Posted on October 9, 2010 by Dave

“On first inspection, one might wonder what all the fuss was about. Manet considered himself a painter of still life, and perhaps that’s why Olympia has such a quiet mystery about her. She lounges serenely, starkly unclad but strategically adorned … Continue reading →

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