Description : "The naked child as a subject is as old as art itself. This series catalogues the many examples and discusses the issues around the naked child."
It wasn’t until I had seen Nicolas Poussin‘s work in the art galleries of Paris and London that I realised he was a candidate for this series. It’s not until you see Nymph with Satyr …in front of you (the National Gallery, London) and
There is an hypocrisy born of ignorance at the heart of the debate over the naked child in art. Those who condemn some images find others cute. Yet both types have the same origin in classical art.
I haven’t included many images of Cherubs and…
I had put this on the back burner, but a recent article on Polixeni Papapetrou… has prompted me to bring it forward. Polexini is an artist who got into the usual strife over taking nude photos of her daughter Olympia. This was all part of
In French the word Galleria also means shopping centre (mall). I think the play between gallery and galleria …is appropriate because a visit to the Louvre is like a visit to a large, crowded shopping mall. Many of the people going there are tourists intent
These two statues are on sale in one of the many commercial galleries in Paris, in this instance on the Rue de Rivoli, opposite the Louvre.
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So, made it to Paris. It’s 2 am. I’d like to say I’ve been out, but I just got up. I arrived very early Monday morning after an all nighter from Singapore. It was too early to access my room, so I changed for the…
Armand Point is a French symbolist. The Bathers …is from 1892. It seems to be of two sisters, the younger one obviously pubescent. You may have noticed by now that the theme of women bathing is quite common. Of course there are many more of
I should have posted this earlier, especially when I was talking about the theme of loss of virginity. Alas, my notes are haphazard and I missed Henri-Pierre Picou…. The first is a rather blatant allegory about the loss of sexual innocence. Note the red
Another female painter. Virginie Demont-Breton. Regrettably many of these reproductions are in monochrome. They fall into the cute category with several being made into postcards. This raises the question: why are these cute? Where is the line between cute and problematic?
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There is not a great deal known about Georges Sauveur Maury. He was born in France in 1872 and became known as an orientalist painter. Perhaps he died on one of his journeys overseas?
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