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eucanthos · 3 years

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Robert Rauschenberg (1925 - 2008)

Able Was I Ere I Saw Elba II (Japanese Recreational Claywork), 1985. Transfer on high-fired Japanese art ceramic 270 x 231 cm. Private collection – Robert Rauschenberg Foundation

Appropriated painting: Napoleon Crossing the Alps (or Napoleon at the Saint-Bernard Pass or Bonaparte Crossing the Alps; listed as Le Premier Consul franchissant les Alpes au col du Grand Saint-Bernard) is any of five versions of an equestrian portrait painted by the French artist Jacques-Louis David between 1801 and 1805, commissioned by the King of Spain.

Napoleon Bonaparte died in 1821, and the earliest appearance of “Able was I ere I saw Elba” palindrome was published in “Gazette of the Union” in 1848. The article credited someone with the initials J.T.R residing in Baltimore, Maryland with the creation of the palindrome – Quote Investigator

#Robert Rauschenberg #Transfer #ceramic #collage #mix #large format #hi resolution #Napoleon #quotes #Jacques-Louis David #appropriation #research

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loukho · 4 years

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Napoleon Crossing the Alps Artist: Jacques-Louis David Location: Château de Malmaison Created: 1801–1801 Medium: Oil paint Subject: Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleon Crossing the Alps (also known as Napoleon at the Saint-Bernard Pass or Bonaparte Crossing the Alps; listed as Le Premier Consul franchissant les Alpes au col du Grand Saint-Bernard) is any of five versions of an oil on canvas equestrian portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte painted by the French artist Jacques-Louis David between 1801 and 1805. Initially commissioned by the King of Spain, the composition shows a strongly idealized view of the real crossing that Napoleon and his army made across the Alps through the Great St. Bernard Pass in May 1800. Source-Wikipedia #aartcult#Art#Architecture#Culture#Cooking #music#dance#painting#photos#videos #support#artists#and#artistic#work#museums #italy#france#brazil#spain#india#uk#usa @india @earth @cookinglight @swedense @purenewzealand @yogajournal @maldives @1malaysia_official @fsmaldives @conrad_maldives @cooksillustrated @cookinglightdiet @cookingchannel @artncba @art @travelandleisure @forbestravelguide @natgeotravel @cntraveler @bestvacations (at Château de Malmaison) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAs16Uzproi/?igshid=1geg5nwdf0ndy

#aartcult #art #architecture #culture #cooking #music #dance #painting #photos #videos #support #artists #and #artistic #work #museums #italy #france #brazil #spain #india #uk #usa

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waske · 4 years

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Napoleon Crossing the Alps (also known as Napoleon at the Saint-Bernard Pass or Bonaparte Crossing the Alps; listed as Le Premier Consul franchissant les Alpes au col du Grand Saint-Bernard) is any of five versions of an oil on canvas equestrian portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte painted by the French artist Jacques-Louis David between 1801 and 1805. Initially commissioned by the King of Spain, the composition shows a strongly idealized view of the real crossing that Napoleon and his army made across the Alps through the Great St. Bernard Pass in May 1800. From Wikipedia 😁😁😁 #Louvre #LouvreAbuDhabi #OFWDiaries #Weekendtrip #pinoywanderer (at Louvre Abu Dhabi) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6nx2tAAws-Q96hAp5-mqOM5b4u2syK5wlesz40/?igshid=qpqlv0znww5b

#louvre #louvreabudhabi #ofwdiaries #weekendtrip #pinoywanderer

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hanneketravels · 7 years

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Paris - Day Ten

(Woohoo! Double digits!)

This day was quite uneventful, and that is why I will probably write the longest post yet about it.

After the intense day at Versailles we slept in for a little longer even though we wanted to be early for our second day at the Louvre. We succeeded in arriving there at 10 am and immediately walked to the section for French Paintings. Our goal was to scout after the three paintings that we had intentionally missed during our last visit, but that we really wanted to see. The first one was Le Radeau de La Méduse (The Raft of Medusa) painted by Théodore Géricault, a painting which Katrina had really longed to see. It describes the aftermath of the tragic wreck of the naval frigate Méduse. 147 of the men survived by quickly constructing a raft, but soon started to die due to starvation and dehydration. Only 13 men survived and it was a huge scandal as they had managed to stay alive through practising cannibalism. A powerful painting to say the least.

The second painting that we looked for was La Liberté guidant le peuple (Liberty Leading the People) by Eugéne Delacroix. I really wanted to see this painting because of its powerful history display and its contrasts between sorrow and happiness. The actual painting was very cool and did really mediate what I believe could be the genuine feeling of the French Revolution (but I could never possibly know that). I must admit however, that the Raft of Medusa in the end had a greater impact and I liked it better.

Our last painting was Bonaparte franchissant le Grand-Saint-Bernard (Napoleon at the Saint-Bernard Pass), painted by the artist Jacques-Louis David. We looked around for a long time, crossing the French Paintings section several times. We eventually asked the people in the souvenir shop about it, and to our despair the painting was not hanging in the Louvre... but in Versailles! Very typical, having been there just the day before...

Before leaving the Louvre we strolled through some of the gift shops and found a library/bookshop hidden in the back of one of the shops. That is where I bought most of my souvenirs, for both me and my family. We went outside to what we realised was probably one of the hottest days yet. Wanting to buy something fresher to wear and needing to purchase stamps for our post cards, we took the metro to the shopping center Beaugrenelle. We tried to go later in the afternoon and evening to avoid the heat, but instead suffered from it in our small, non-air conditioned room. Our wise plan failed even more as the temperature had not at all gone down. We found all the things we needed at Beaugrenelle and also stumbled upon the Dutch shop HEMA (a personal favourite) and I just had to show Katrina. She liked it and we walked out with a bottle of Jip en Janneke bubbelsap (cider). We got back home and cooked ourselves some risotto rice and nearly died of the heat. We each took an ice-cold shower in attempt to cool down, but in vain. We went to bed at 22.00 and dreamed very weird dreams that night (probably because of the heat). My dreams featured my family winning a Golden Globe, unassembled in a plastic bag on our toilet (yes, my dream-Golden Globe was very different from the real one) and myself getting a disease involving bugs with neon green and orange straws attached to them, crawling under my skin. You’re welcome for that imagery.

#my family did not sympathise with me and my disease in the dream #that was the traumatising part #we also had a pool that always looked gross which I ALWAYS had to pull the cover over #I was asked like five times at least to do it #and I always asked whether the pool cleaned itself and I always just got a *shrug* as an answer...#such a stupid dream #paris #france #text #day ten #paris 2017 #louvre #the louvre #paintings #dreams

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