How did Duchamp’s painting Nude Descending a Staircase No 2 set the art world ablaze?
– Abhorred and adored all at once
– Nudity without critical comprehension
– Changing a turn of the century outlook
Why is Rosa Bonheur’s painting The Horse Fair important?
– Muscularity in motion
– Obedience and freedom in The Horse Fair
– Bonheur – LGBT pioneer and fashion iconoclast
Why is the painting A Sunday on La Grande Jatte an emblem of Impressionist zeitgeist?
• Georges Seurat – obsessed and bullied misanthrope
• A passionate painting with dispassionate subjects
• How is A Sunday on La Grande Jatte like a mullet?
This blog post about La Tour’s The Cheat with the Ace of Clubs includes:
• A fancy pants sucker
• Finger pointing
• Fraud on many levels
• Mastery in 17th century details
What’s the story with Renoir’s Acrobats at the Cirque Fernando?
• Truth about his real acrobat models
• What oranges represent
• Darkness lurking nearby
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