Tag Archives: Michael Levey

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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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 →