Tag Archives: Thomas Couture

fire sale

Yes, the complete Roman empire was once set on the auction block. Including Rome itself, the eternal city at the height of its glory. Yes, everything from Araby to Aragon. A very impressive piece of real estate indeed. The story … Continue reading

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america the brave: toga party on the potomac?

Is America a country on the precipice before the fall? Is America in decline and a decadent society and how anxious should that make us? There is no better example of framing an answer than to begin by comprehending the … Continue reading

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Not in my salon

Few styles fell so far into disrepute as the once-prized academic art of the nineteenth-century.Bad as most of it really was, some of it did not deserve the exile it had received. This banishment of French Salon paintings took a … Continue reading

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REAL IMPRESSIONS: NOBLESSE OBLIGE LESS

In contrast with Post-Impressionism and the avant-garde trends of the twentieth century the painters of French Naturalism and Impressionism rarely gave verbal expression to their aesthetics. “The most solid base for the work of art is reality constantly studied.” ( … Continue reading

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COUNTRY LIFE: IS PARIS BLUSHING?

He was a painter trained in the staid academic tradition but too exuberant to be constrained by it: He was influenced by the old masters, particulary Velazquez and Goya, but Manet reasoned that ones art should reflect ideas and ideals of … Continue reading

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BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY:DON’T SIT ON THE GRASS

“A commonplace woman of the demimonde, as naked as can be, shamelessly lolls between two dandies dressed to the teeth. These latter look like schoolboys on a holiday, perpetrating an outrage to play the man…this is a young man’s practical … Continue reading

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KISS OF INDULGENCE

”Italy and expatriates go together like peanut butter and jelly. So it’s not surprising that Rome has attracted more than its fair share of writers–English, German, American, and otherwise–who have found both artistic inspiration and a temporary home in the … Continue reading

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