Word: delacroix
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...which are a little too great for unaccustomed eyes." Among those "others" have been most of the best French artists of the past two centuries -- not only the classicists like Ingres, for whom Poussin's lucidity and intellectual control were a model, but more romantic ones as well, from Delacroix to Picasso, all of whom sensed the depth of response to the world that lay below the surface of the painter's art. "Each time I go to him," said Cezanne, "I know better...
...course of this dark assemblage, some surprisingly familiar names come to light notables such as Rembrandt Delacroix, Matrisse, Jasper John and Ahdy Warhol show their darker sides. And we get a disturbing perspective on some of our old favorites--Johns' signs ture stars and stripes become muddied, and Warhol's shiny look at Campbell's soup becomes squished and overladen with murky images...
Attempting to ascertain Eugene Delacroix's theory of painting as 'life,' i might've learned more than intended. An unsettling detail form his published journal (translated from the French, courtesy of the Fogg): "Last Tuesday morning, a little baggage named Marie--19 years old--came to pose. I took a big chance of a disease with her." (Now that's romantic...
Duccio to Delacroix: Masterpieces of European Paintings from the Collection. Through Jan. 2. Includes over 80 European paintings...
Duccio to Delacroix: Masterpieces of European Paintings from the Collection. Through Jan. 2. Includes over 80 European paintings...