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...Ormindo.”Hargis compared Baroque music and its practice to Baroque art, stating that she often finds inspiration for her characters by looking at art from the period. She showed photographs of sculptures by Bernini, as well as paintings by Rubens and Watteau, pointing out the serpentine curves of their bodies and the grace and poise of each pose. Through excerpts of commentaries from as far back as the 17th century, Hargis discussed the importance of asymmetry in Baroque performance practice and used examples from the “handbooks” of the time, including...
...mileage out of wedding dresses, especially Christian Lacroix. The designer celebrated his 20th year in business Tuesday with a concise and painterly collection that included a patchworked bridal dress that harkened back to Lacroix's rustic Southern roots and a short embroidered coat inspired by Watteau. Although the palette was predominantly black, Lacroix wowed the crowd with some pretty amazing color combinations - the kind that only he can get away with in an haute couture collection. My favorite was a long draped chiffon dress shaded in plum, praline, and lime and topped off by violet fur sleeves. Another Lacroix signature...
...1980s-style stretchy bodysuits and slick, oversize jackets and sweaters. The layering theme he tackled paid homage to dancers, specifically the Broadway kind and the appropriate soundtrack mixed in music from A Chorus Line.On a completely different track, Peter Som looked to the 18th-century French artist Jean-Antoine Watteau for a beautiful color palette of watery blues and grays. Som's opening number, a dove gray jacquard coat, was a hit. And his finale of evening dresses in washed organdy will undoubtedly leave his front row of socialite fans singing his tune...
...Where did it come from? Reach back far enough, and you can see its beginnings in work not included in this show: Giorgione?s F?te Champ?tre, from 1510, and the 18th century f?tes galantes of Watteau. They provide the pictorial tradition - plush scenes of the aristocracy at leisure in green settings - that Seurat adapted to the world of middle-class entertainments...
...retrospective of her work. The 15-week exhibit, the largest the V&A has ever devoted to a British designer, features more than 150 of Westwood's designs, including clothing she created for the Sex Pistols in the 1970s and a 1996 ball gown inspired by an 18th century Watteau painting. From punk to parasols, Westwood's done...