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37. Yes, there is the irony of the evanescense of both the brioche and the flower.

Sat Dec 22, 2012, 06:10 PM

Dec 2012

They are "momentarily" wonderful. In that sense, all "still lifes" are ironic. In French the name for still life is "nature morte," which tells you something.

Now, the Chardin is much more explicit. The living cat and the dead rabbit, couldn't be clearer.

I'm reading a long essay now on art in the Metropolitan Museum's permanent collection and how Chardin took the Dutch still life motif and infused in it new height of artistry. I saw a huge room of it in Haarlem at Frans Hals house museum. The still lifes by those artists are full of slowly decaying fruit and vegetables, along with cornucopias of shellfish and game. That display was quite impressive and BIG...

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Hello, my DU friends. The Friday Afternoon Challenge today is entitled “Evanescence.” a subject that [View all] CTyankee Dec 2012 OP

I assume 6 is Sloan cthulu2016 Dec 2012 #1

yes, it is an atypical Sloan IMO. CTyankee Dec 2012 #2

It's a great painting. cthulu2016 Dec 2012 #3

BTW, there is a Bellows show at the Metropolitan Museum in New York on now. CTyankee Dec 2012 #4

2 is either Hudson River School or Caspar David Friedrich. Manifestor_of_Light Dec 2012 #5

no, but it does somewhat resemble the Hudson River School. CTyankee Dec 2012 #6

5. Renoir mia Dec 2012 #7

Lovely painting, isn't it? Part of the permanent collection at the Museum of Fine Arts CTyankee Dec 2012 #8

#2: Peter Paul Rubens - A Forest at Dawn with a Deer Hunt pinboy3niner Dec 2012 #9

Yes, doesn't it just tremble in awaiting the dawn light? What an evanascent moment! CTyankee Dec 2012 #10

4a is Still Life with Brioche by Edouard Manet. yardwork Dec 2012 #11

do you "get" its companion piece? CTyankee Dec 2012 #12

I had to look it up! yardwork Dec 2012 #13

No, as a matter of fact I just learned of the earlier Chardin through a perusal of his works CTyankee Dec 2012 #14

Do you see Manet's cat, zizzi, peeking in the upper right hand side of the painting? CTyankee Dec 2012 #25

I never noticed the cat in Olympia! Went to look... it looks like a different cat. yardwork Dec 2012 #27

I managed to screwthat up royally while researching the brioche painting. CTyankee Dec 2012 #30

This is fascinating! I had no idea that Manet was enthralled with cats. yardwork Dec 2012 #33

Here's a source that thinks Chardin (once again) provided a source for Manet CTyankee Dec 2012 #35

The cat is wonderful in that painting but I can see why you didn't use it. yardwork Dec 2012 #36

Yes, there is the irony of the evanescense of both the brioche and the flower. CTyankee Dec 2012 #37

#3: John Constable - Study of Tree Trunks pinboy3niner Dec 2012 #15

Yes, isn't it lovely. Almost impressionistic! The effect of sun dappled trees and water... CTyankee Dec 2012 #19

I didn't know any of them JNelson6563 Dec 2012 #16

thank you, what a nice thing to say! CTyankee Dec 2012 #22

Well, at least I think I am doing better, as I actually .... oldhippie Dec 2012 #17

Hudson River School is worthy of more of my attention... CTyankee Dec 2012 #21

I think #1 is Caillebotte's Yellow Roses ..... oldhippie Dec 2012 #18

YEs, it is! I know it is in Dallas. Lucky you, it is a simply lovely work. CTyankee Dec 2012 #20

Thank you for continuing to do these. This is the first time I've gone through knowing most all of uppityperson Dec 2012 #23

Oh, I'm glad to hear from you! Were you an art history major? CTyankee Dec 2012 #24

My folks were art lovers so I grew up reading books, going to art museums and exhibits, etc uppityperson Dec 2012 #29

I had a meltdown in the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. CTyankee Dec 2012 #31

#1 was the High Times 2005 Cannabis Cup winner jberryhill Dec 2012 #26

If you are suggesting I get a little "high" on art, well, buster... CTyankee Dec 2012 #32

Thank you so much for these wonderful posts... CherokeeDem Dec 2012 #28

I'm glad you are here. CTyankee Dec 2012 #34