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smarter than he looks
“failure is not the enemy of success; it is its prerequisite” – N. Scherman
marat: santa’s advance scout
Charlotte Corday and Marat Sade as Christmas decorations. Peace and Goodwill to All but only after some necessary business is taken care of. Even those crazy Jacobins had gift giving on their mind. A painting as political cinema noir or … Continue reading
karl marx: man of many faces
The many faces of Karl Marx. There are many we all know about; the prophet, the revolutionary, philosopher, but there is another less known: the romantic idealist exhorting man to triumph over the things he manufactures… …Instead of productive labour … Continue reading
GOLDEN GEESE IN THE CUCKOO’S NEST
The scope and character of the pensions bourgeoises – renamed maisons de santé early in the Revolution – changed dramatically following the passage of the Law of Suspects in September 1793. This legislation called for the creation of the Revolutionary … Continue reading
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Tagged Bourbon Restoration, Bradley S. Reichek, Buchner Danton, Charlotte Corday, Chris Moore, Comte de Saint-Aulaire, Dr. Jacques Belhomme, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Duchesse d'Orleans, French Revolution, James Gillray, Jean Baptiste Regnault, Jean-Baptiste Raynault, Jean-Baptiste Rayneaud, Jean-Baptiste Regneault, Jean-Paul Marat, Joseph Ignace Guillotin, Joseph Wright, Lady Emma Hamilton, Marcus Stone, Marquis de Sade, marsden French Revolution, Mia Farrow, Mlle Mezeray, Naomi Campbell, Nelson Mandela, Nick Pisa, Philippe Egalite, Richard Basehart, Robert Carlyle, Robert Carlyle Byrd, Robespierre, Silvio Berlusconi, Talleyrand, Thomas Rowlandson, Vanessa Allen
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PAINTING ON THIN ICE
During the century that followed Jacques Louis David’s death, three forces struggled for position in French art; classicism, romanticism, and realism. But their initial struggle took place in the art of David. His heroic style, suppressing passion beneath a hard … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Miscellaneous, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc.
Tagged Charlotte Corday, Condorcet, French Revolution, Jacobin Terror, Jacques-Louis David, Jean jaques Rousseau, Louis XVI, Marquis de Condorcet, Maximilien Robespierre, Napoleon Bonaparte, Oath of the Horatii, Poussin, Robespierre
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