Tag Archives: Cardinal Richelieu

Bernini:smoothing the bump on the bourbon shnoz

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Dave

With Bernini perhaps the roots of heaven were made of stone. But Bernini and his short sejour in France at the behest of Louis XIV, was something short of heavenly and the divine…. …Nor could Bernini adjust to the customs … Continue reading →

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bernini: it ought to rock him

Posted on September 18, 2012 by Dave

Bernini: behold the roots of heaven. They are made of stone… In 1623 Cardinal Barberini became Pope Urban VIII and, according to a probably apocryphal anecdote, told Bernini: “it is your great good luck, Cavaliere, to see Maffeo Barberini pope. … Continue reading →

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poussin the golden: divine means of abstract geometrical truth

Posted on September 10, 2011 by Dave

He tried to live in France from 1640-42, called back by King Louis XIII and the urging of Cardinal Richelieu who felt it imperative that France had greater artistic luster.Claude Lorrain was also compelled to return. Poussin had been appointed … Continue reading →

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montaigne’s soul daughters

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Dave

Michel de Montaigne invented what can be termed the “personal essay” at the dawn of the seventeenth-century. It was seen quickly by Marie de Gournay that Montaigne’s disdain for logic and linear progression was part of a larger attack on … Continue reading →

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Zut alors: Art in service of the state: d’honneur et d’honte

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Dave

By 1642, when Cardinal Richelieu had died,he had confirmed the power of France on all her land and sea frontiers, and had turned the tide against Spain and her allies. Beyond the political and military achievements, an expansion in all … Continue reading →

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THE MEN WITH A THORN IN THEIR SIDE

Posted on July 29, 2010 by Dave

”… about the boom in political satire in France. On that subject, you might remember how Stéphane Guillon, Sarko’s imitator on France-Inter radio, upset the president with his impertinence.As predicted here, Sarkozy has just made it known that he wants … Continue reading →

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CARDINAL RULE: DON'T GET CAUGHT PETTING CRABS

Posted on July 29, 2010 by Dave

The party’s over It’s time to call it a day They’ve burst your pretty balloon And taken the moon away It’s time to wind up The masquerade Just make your mind up The piper must be paid The party’s over … Continue reading →

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ELUSIVE FORTY-FIRST SEAT

Posted on January 23, 2010 by Dave

A language police and literary garbage removal squad.Painful protocol for a poet to swallow.The Academie Francaise was created by Cardinal Richelieu in 1635 as the official agency of linguistic formalism. It began as a reaction against female domination of the … Continue reading →

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