Tuesday, February 28, 2023

2.4.5. INTRODUCING THE LOUVRE


ROMANS, THE ANCIENT GODS AND FIGURES FROM THE HEBREW BIBLE CARRY MESSAGES

The Raft of the Medusa by Théodore Géricault, 1819
    The artist stated the key to his painting.

And kids show adults the gift of observation: "Mommy, look at the vampire!," an eight-year-old cried out:

,Dante's Barque, 1822
 
"That's the best part of my painting!," the young artist said.
          -- Eugène Delacroix, age 26

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