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Tag Archives: Rosa Bonheur
the undraped: Of anecdotal interest
There are few styles in art that fell so far into disrepute as the once prized academic art of the nineteenth-century. As awful as much of it was, there are still grounds for some of it to be redeemable and … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged Alexandre Cabanel, Cabanel Birth of Venus, Edouard Manet, edouard manet olympia, Emperor Napoleon III, French Salon Art, John Wolfe banker, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Rosa Bonheur, Sarah Bernhardt, Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, Sir Edwin Landseer
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Cuddly Critters
Its almost unpardonable in its sentimentality. Almost a crime to get sucked into the trite, obvious and even vulgar. But then painting is merchandise. There was a long period where hack, formula art was considered a patriotic defense of the … Continue reading
the undraped: Of anecdotal interest
There are few styles in art that fell so far into disrepute as the once prized academic art of the nineteenth-century. As awful as much of it was, there are still grounds for some of it to be redeemable and … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft
Tagged Alexandre Cabanel, Andrew Graham Dixon, Edouard Manet, Ferdinand Georg Waldmuller, French Salon painting, Jean Leon Gerome, Jehan Georges Vibert, John Wolfe, Manet Olympia, Rosa Bonheur, Sir Edwin Landseer, Titian Venus of Urbino, William-Adolphe Bouguereau
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