tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569004503761494300.post3335685621486923441..comments2024-03-06T02:34:10.108-08:00Comments on Desserts for Breakfast: Postcards from Paris: The Museum LifeSteph (desserts for breakfast)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07806977864958481985noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569004503761494300.post-66470368066549814022015-05-30T09:44:52.174-07:002015-05-30T09:44:52.174-07:00I also think about the tools that these artists us...I also think about the tools that these artists used to achieve the texture of the paint on the canvas. It's one of the reasons I like seeing van Gogh paintings in person- all those chiseled smears, all that vibrancy of color. When I visit the Louvre, I find myself transfixed by how Rembrandt was able to capture such keen emotion in the face of Bathsheba. By titling the painting, you know what has caused the look on her face and yet what the viewer sees is a letter in her crestfallen hand- what the painting lacks in visual narrative, it compensates for through its name. It makes me wonder how I might react to the painting had it been named another woman's name with less of a well-known story. Would I have felt as drawn into its emotional world? Maybe. I love that your first Paris post starts with art. Of course. annelieshttp://www.thefoodpoet.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569004503761494300.post-1948410726430121592015-05-20T13:12:32.594-07:002015-05-20T13:12:32.594-07:00I really appreciate your ideas about art. The &quo...I really appreciate your ideas about art. The "lost in translation" stuff is so interesting...almost magic.<br />Wonderful pictures, full of light and life. Amazing those about the canvas, taken from so short a distance....how could you take them?!<br />Really wonderful blog.<br />AliceAlice - Panelibrienuvolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13511121756034786089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569004503761494300.post-31194039819139594272015-05-20T04:30:17.125-07:002015-05-20T04:30:17.125-07:00I think I loved the spaces in the Louvre & Mus...I think I loved the spaces in the Louvre & Musée d'Orsay almost as much as the art - the whole experience was wonderful.Vickiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747186080633456540noreply@blogger.com