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Art: The Midas Touch The great 19th-century painter Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, himself an ardent and excessive man, endowed his subjects with supreme self-confidence in their wealth, their health and their sexuality. An exhibition of his iconic portraits opens in London this month
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THE FIRST impression that one receives from the magnificent
exhibition of Ingres portraits at the National Gallery is of
unabashed frontality. Clear, candid and vivacious eyes gaze out to
meet one's own, without hauteur or false modesty.
The second impression is of an infinitely more benign painter than
many of Ingres' pronouncements would lead one to expect. The third
impression is of a painter who grew up in a recognisably Romantic
ambience, never experiencing the longing and dissatisfaction that
afflicted many of his great contemporaries, but who was powerfully
aware of a young man's ...
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How Van Gogh: influenced--and was influenced by--the art of drawing: while Rembrandt, Delacroix, and Daumier had a great impact on him, others, such as Matisse and Klee, were early beneficiaries of his example.(Museums Today)
Magazine article from: USA Today (Magazine)
; ...by artists Van Gogh admired, such as Jean Clouet and Paul Cezanne and even by several artists...ranging from rare Renaissance portraits by Jean and Francois Clouet to the stellar 19th-century works of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres and Delacroix...
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The way of imperfection: laughter and mysticism in Marguerite de Navarre's L'Heptameron.
Magazine article from: French Forum
; ...gives her work a mysterious hue that is comparable to the enigmatic smile that shines in her eyes in the portrait by Jean Clouet. (2) What Busson in particular discerns in Marguerite de Navarre's smile is the enigma of her unique, personal...
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A portrait of Europe at its most magnificent
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...us children to delight over - look especially at the tiny, brilliantly touching portrait of Madeleine de France by Jean Clouet, overshadowed by its broken-pedimented frame - and preposterous individuals to laugh at: don't miss the wonderfully...
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Beauty in life after DEATH; Richard Edmonds delves into the lost art of painting miniatures.
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England)
; ...gone before'. But first, a few words about the beginnings of the miniature. In the 16th Century, the French artist Jean Clouet, was possibly the first artist to paint in roundels, detaching the tiny picture from the normal religious motif and...
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Road Racing
Newspaper article from: Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
; ...Dick L'Heureux 3:20:39.1, 50. Peter Lodge 3:20:42.2 51. Daniel Doherty 3:20:56.1, 52, Jean-Marie Clouet 3:21:20.2, 53. Vicki Bryant 3:21:26.6, 54. Doug McCalmont 3:21:20.2, 55. Erik Seastead 3...
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Letter: Euro-sceptics economical with the reality
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...and was privileged to meet many brave Frenchmen and, indeed, married one of the most courageous: Commandant Jean-Francois Clouet des Pesruches, who died for his country having earned the highest accolade from General de Gaulle, La Croix de...
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Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...colonist and founder of Georgia, 1696; Jean-Etienne Liotard, painter, 1702; Carl...Franz Abt, composer and conductor, 1819; Jean-Henri Fabre, naturalist, 1823; Charles...Roman emperor, beheaded AD 69; Francois Clouet (Janet), miniature painter, 1572...
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A rare glimpse of Renaissance France
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe
; ...among the most impressive designs in the show is a drawing by Jean Cousin the Elder of a gold centerpiece given to Henri II at...Harvard's Houghton Library, and both attributed to Francois Clouet. They are also both exquisite. Mary, in white mourning...
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Portrait de l'autre.(Actualités/Débats)
Magazine article from: Etc. Montreal
; ...y donnais l'exemple du livre Le Regard du portrait, de Jean-Luc Nancy (1), qui me parat marquant dans le champ de la...Antiquit jusqu' Warhol et Richter, en passant par Van Eyck, Clouet, Holbein, Velasquez ... On n'aura pas pu manquer d'autres...
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