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A light post: Reading about the painter, Manet, I came across this in a letter he wrote about the French war with Prussia in 1870:
“Yesterday we were with Degas and [my brother] Eugene at a public meeting at the Folies-Bergere where we heard General Cluseret speak." As good a place for a war meeting as any, no? |
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General Cluseret [/ QUOTE ] The cartoon bubble in my brain immediately popped up with Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau --- don't know why, but it did. Also don't know why I decided to share that cartoon bubble, but I did. |
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It seems even we liberals like to laugh at the apparent vanity of the French. Sellers' Clouseau ("That ees not my dohg.") is exhibit A.
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This is interesting: (scroll down to the map) Folies-Bergere 'Location'
The street layout is very poetic. Your post inspired me to check out some quotes about the French in 'The Book of Poisonous Quotes' that I always keep handy. Paris is a disease; sometimes several diseases. - Honore de Balzac. Paris is a great city of gaieties and pleasures, where four-fifths of the inhabitants die of grief. - Nicholas de Chamfort The largest country in Europe, a great boon for drunks who need room to fall. - Alan Coren, "The Sanity Inspector". There has always been something fishy about the French. - Noel Coward The only country where the money falls apart and you can't tear the toilet paper. - Billy Wilder You are reading about 'ART'? Are you that bored? [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] -Zeno |
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Who said I was reading about art? Manet. New four-part biography by Jeffrey Meyers called "Impressionist Quartet: The Intimate Genius of Manet and Morisot, Degas and Cassatt"
Manet was not actually an Impressionist, but he was close. You should have seen Millet's "Man With a Hoe" at the Getty. Google that and Millet's "The Gleaners" to see a true artist's work. |
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I do distinctly remember 'The Man with a Hoe' at the Getty. A very poignant painting and well done.
I think I’ve seen ‘The Gleaners’ in some art book about my fathers place. There is also a Degas at the Getty (I was hoping for one about Dancers), subject of woman hat makers I think. Then there is the Jackson Pollock dribble painting. The farther away you view it, the better it becomes, until finally, when you can't see it all you realize what a masterpiece it really is. -Zeno |
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"The farther away you view it, the better it becomes, until finally, when you can't see it all you realize what a masterpiece it really is."
One is reminded of the definition of an expert: someone knows more and more about less and less until he finally knows everything about nothing. |
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![]() ![]() Waiting Edgar Degas 1882 The J. Paul Getty Museum and Norton Simon Art Foundation, NY |
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![]() ![]() Dance Lesson Edgar Degas 1872 Musée d'Orsay, Paris |
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![]() ![]() The Dance Class Edgar Degas 1876 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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