The Horse Fair by Rosa Bonheur
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
French Painter
A Sunday on La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat
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?
The Cheat with the Ace of Clubs by Georges de La Tour
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
Acrobats at the Cirque Fernando by Renoir
What’s the story with Renoir’s Acrobats at the Cirque Fernando?
• Truth about his real acrobat models
• What oranges represent
• Darkness lurking nearby
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