Amédée David the Comte de Pastoret by Ingres
What’s the story behind this Count’s smug mug?
• Son of a revolutionary lady
• The challenge of Amédée David the Comte de Pastoret
• Bad reputation and Legion of Honor
• Symbols vs. substance
Madame de Pastoret and Her Son – Jacques Louis David
Table of Contents for art blog on Madame de Pastoret and Her Son:
• Aristocrats vs. revolutionaries
• Symbols in Madame de Pastoret and Her Son
• Working mothers of the French Revolution
• Prison, exile, and a missing needle
Gray and Gold by John Rogers Cox
Fascinating insights about the Gray and Gold Painting lie ahead, including:
• John Rogers Cox: Bank Teller-Painter-Soldier-Painter
• Fences and distance in Gray and Gold
• Magic mixed with Realism
• A meticulous method
The Fight of a Tiger and a Buffalo by Henri Rousseau
This art blog on Rousseau’s The Fight of a Tiger and a Buffalo includes:
• Bottoms up bananas – reality is overrated
• Fight? What Fight?
• Rousseau’s self esteem
• Flowers and animals paired in The Fight of a Tiger and a Buffalo
• Jungle mystery
The Parasol by Francisco de Goya
Contents for The Parasol painting by Goya include:
• Trapped lady and free servant
• Greenery versus greys
• Color and the duty in the Spanish royal court
• Six tiny, hopeful, leaves
Portrait of a Young Man in his Study by Lorenzo Lotto
My blog piece about the painting Portrait of a Young Man in his Study explores:
• Details as personae in the Young Man in his Study painting.
• Lorenzo Lotto’s secretive, telling lizard.
• This Young Man’s dating profile.