Art
L’Astronomer
The Astronomer The Geographer, The Philosopher, The Astrologist, The Astronomer
Johannes Vermeer (1632 – 1675) Age 43
Musée du Louvre (1668)
Département des Peintures : Peinture hollandaise
Richelieu Wing (North Wing of the Louvre)
2nd Floor
Room 38 (Holland, second half of the 17th century
Also see:
The Lacemaker (Louvre)
The Geographer (Städel Museum, Frankfort)
La Danse
Cinema
La Danse — Le Ballet de l’Opera de Paris (Dance Documentary)
Frederick Wiseman (2009)
Le Louvre ou D’Orsay?
The Louvre or Musée d’Orsay?
One of these is an impressionist painting entitled Olympia, by David Manet
The other (neo-classical) is Juliette Récamier, by Jacques-Louis David
(a recamier is also a backless couch with a high curved headrest and low footrest – Merriam-Webster)
Odalisque
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grande_Odalisque
http://cartelfr.louvre.fr/cartelfr/visite?srv=car_not_frame&idNotice=10214
Le Chat Mort (Géricault)
(le shah morr)
The Dead Cat Le Louvre
According to my Louvre Calendar, Le Chat Mort was acquired in 2003 and at one time “bought from a second-hand dealer who had no idea of the treasure in his hand”
Sully Wing
2nd Floor
Room 61
Théodore Géricault (1791 – 1824)
(Tay-oh-DOOR jay-ree-KO)
1st Major Work: The Charging Chasseur and the Wounded Cuirassier
Known for: The Raft of the Medusa (1818)
Other areas of specialization:
10 Portraits of the Insane
Still Lives of Severed Heads and Limbs
Anatomy and Action of Horses
Géricault’s Grave at Pere Lachaise
Also See:
Le Singe Peintre (The Monkey Painter) Le Louvre
Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin French Painter
Chat Assis (Seated Cat) Le Louvre
Egyptian Antiquity
Dora Maar au Chat (Dora Maar with Cat)
Pablo Picasso (1941)
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