Tag Archives: Francois Boucher

leda and the black swan: daddy’s little princess on the lake

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Dave

Is ballet dying or is it just an appropriate metaphor for death? Are we in love with the idea of ballet and all it stands for or are we repulsed by the obscure side that is in juxtaposition to its … Continue reading →

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

Posted on January 30, 2011 by Dave

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

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Dave

“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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POMPEII: Dangerously Low Necklines

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Dave

When the ruins of Pompeii came to light, they caused a revolution in taste-stripping away rococo gilt, reshaping the female figure, and leaving a deposit of pseudo-Greek temples from Moscow to Mississippi- although what sometimes passed for “classical” would have … Continue reading →

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UNWRITTEN CONFESSIONS: THEATRE and PLAY of EXPECTATIONS

Posted on December 12, 2010 by Dave

Rococo was the elegant and cynical expression of the ideas of the eighteenth-century.In the twentieth century, art historians use Rococo to designate the art of the eighteenth century, mainly in France, and characterized what could be termed ”fun of out-of-place … Continue reading →

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Antique Eurythmics: “TABLEAU VIVANTS” at POMPEII

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Dave

When the ruins of Pompeii came to light, they caused a revolution in taste- stripping away rococo gilt, reshaping the female figure, and leaving a deposit of pseudo-Greek temples from Moscow to Mississippi; although what sometimes passed for “classical” would … Continue reading →

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FROM POMPEII to Madame de Pompadour:Games People Play

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Dave

When the volcano Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, it destroyed the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, as well as a host of luxury villas overlooking the Bay of Naples. That ancient tragedy was a gift to the modern world: the … Continue reading →

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IMPOSSIBLE WORLD: DISILLUSIONED SOULS AS A REFRAMED VALUE

Posted on October 16, 2010 by Dave

Jean Antoine Watteau( 1684-1721) was thirty-three when he painted “Embarkation” . Two years later in 1719 he went to London to sonsult Dr. Richard mead, the queen’s physician, and was there subjected to such treatment as the best medical knowledge … Continue reading →

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WATTEAU:EMBEDDED LANGUAGE AS AN ART OF LIVING

Posted on October 15, 2010 by Dave

There is always two contradictory dimensions which Watteau’s paintings contain. On the one hand there is melancholy pleasure signifying sadness, the metaphysics of pleasure; on the other hand, a libertine pleasure without any metaphysical meaning, pleasure which signifies only itself: … Continue reading →

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WATTEAU & UTOPIA ON STANDBY: THE GHOSTS OF STYLE

Posted on October 15, 2010 by Dave

Should we let bygones be bygone eras?These are precious, because Watteau’s paintings so unmistakably draw meaning from and give memorable form to a certain now far distant subculture.He is a master of in-between situations….Watteau introduced just such a change of … Continue reading →