Tag: Edouard Manet
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43 Paintings, Streets of Paris, The Courtesans of Paris, as portrayed by Artists from 1850-1910 – Behind the Scenes, with footnotes #77
It seems that since the Musee dÓrsay’s Exhibition, everybody had something to say! Here are some Paintings that were in the exhibition, and others… Please follow link for full post
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43 Paintings, Streets of Paris, The Courtesans of Paris, as portrayed by Artists from 1850-1910 – Behind the Scenes, with footnotes #77
Van Gogh painted this sketch of a brothel parlor while working in close dialogue with fellow artist Paul Gauguin. In the fall of 1888, Van Gogh convinced Gauguin to join him in Arles in the South of France, and the two artists often painted there side by side. They also visited brothels together, partly to…
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01 Work , RELIGIOUS ART, Edouard Manet’s The Dead Christ with Angels – with footnotes #195
Manet identified the source for this painting, the first of several religious scenes, in the inscription on the rock: the Gospel according to Saint John. However, in the passage cited, Christ’s tomb is empty except for two angels. After Manet sent the canvas to the 1864 Salon, he realized that he had made an even…
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43 Paintings, Streets of Paris, The Courtesans of Paris, as portrayed by the Artists from 1850-1910 – Behind the Scenes, with footnotes #77
It seems that since the Musee dÓrsay’s Exhibition, everybody had something to say! Here are some Paintings that were in the exhibition, and others… Please follow link for full post
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42 Paintings, Streets of Paris, The Courtesans of Paris, as portrayed by the Artists from 1850-1910 – Behind the Scenes, with footnotes #77
Soliciting was prohibited in broad daylight, but was legal for registered girls at nightfall when the streetlamps were lit. This coincided with knocking-off time for women in the workshops in which some occasional prostitutes were employed. Prostitutes may have cultivated an air of ambiguity during the day, but their appearance gradually changed as the urban…
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