French Art
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"The Three Graces - Louvre Museum, Paris, 100BC"
They are the beautiful sister Goddesses who attended
Aphrodite, the Goddess of love and were personifications of grace and beauty. They spread the joy of nature and lived on Olympus. Their names, number and parentage vary, but they are generally said to be three sisters named Euphrosyne, who represented jollity, Thalia
identified with abundance, and Aglaca, a representation of splendor. They are daughters of Zeus and Euryeome or Hera. They influenced artists throughout the ages. They were depicted in sculpture and vase paintings by the ancient Greeks, in Roman wall paintings at Pompeii, in
Botticelli’s allegorical painting known as Springtime, and in a marble statue carved by Canova."
The Thinker is part of Auguste Rodin's major work, Gate to Hell. The work was planned as an ornamental door for the proposed Palace of Decorative Arts. After his visit to Italy in 1875, the sculptor read Dante's Divina Comedia and was inspired to do groups from the poems. Today, The Thinker is Rodin's best known work and one of the most famous sculptures in the world. It was received with critical opposition which can be summed up in the sentence, ""A fine brute-but no thinker."" Rike, however, with the keen and sensitive perception of a poet, had this to say in his description of Gate to Hell: ""Above the crossbeams sits the figure of spectacle, because he thinks. He sits forlorn and mute, heavy with images and ideas, and all his strength (the strength of a man of action) thinks. His entire body has turned into a skull and all the blood in his veins into brains
"The Alyscamps, by Paul Gauguin (French 1848-1903) Museé d'Orsay (Stained Glass)"
"The Alyscamps, an ancient Roman necropolis in Arles, was a scene painted by Paul Gauguin upon his arrival in October 1888. Three women - the artist referred to them as three Graces at the Temple of Venus - make their way down an aisle of poplars with the octagonal tower of the Romanesque chapel of Saint Honorat at the end of the avenue. The autumn colors are arbitrary but brilliant, applied sparingly in lean and tight striations.8 3/4" x 11 1/16"
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