Digital mischief undergoes a renaissance Aug 29, 2008
When Jacques-Louis David painted her in 1818, Eucharis's arms were firmly wrapped around Telemarchus, the son of Odysseus. Almost 200 years later, she is shown in a digital embrace with Batman's nemesis on the image manipulation website Worth1000. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Women In Art Jul 6, 2008
The roll call includes Tintoretto's daughter, the brilliant and forgotten Marietta Robusti; Judith Leyster, whose paintings were often mistaken for ones by Franz Hals; and Constance Marie Charpentier, some of whose canvases were extolled and attributed to Jacques-Louis David only to be discounted when the painter was found to be female. It may be the case, as Griselda Pollock argues in the show's catalog, that these female Impressionists "expanded our understanding of the world and its modern... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
DMA Director John R. Lane Retires May 23, 2008
Works by Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825), Eug;ne Delacroix (1798-1863) and Henri Matisse (1869-1954) now grace the museum's galleries. During Lane's tenure, the Dallas Museum of Art's ambitious program of special exhibitions included. (Suite101.com)
Exhibit traces tastes of Marie Antoinette Mar 15, 2008
The hurried ink sketch by the painter Jacques-Louis David shows the queen awaiting the scaffold, clothed in a simple white vestment, her hands bound behind her back and her eyes lowered. "Marie Antoinette" runs at the Grand Palais in Paris until June 30. (MSNBC -- News)
Acknowledging, finally, the work of women artists Jan 18, 2008
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington Female nudes in the exhibition include Lotte Laserstein's "The Morning Wash," 1930. Published: January 18, 2008. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
In Which World Gallery Nov 12, 2007
Belisarius by Jacques-Louis David ... The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David. (Suite101.com)
The Sunshine Boy Oct 13, 2007
Twelve years earlier, the Little Colonel had been famously painted by Jacques-Louis David on a rearing horse, preparing to cross the Alps at St. Bernard Pass. The maelstrom that engulfs Hannibal, who would eventually be worn down by the Romans, is Turner's way of predicting that Napoleon would be cut down to size too. (Time.com)
Comment is free: Agns Poirier Jul 10, 2007
The Economist showed him on its cover as Bonaparte on his horse after the famous painting by Jacques-Louis David, and the foreign press at large has depicted him as a Napoleonic figure, based on his short stature and authoritarian stance. But what foreign journalists seem to forget is that France boasts as many authoritarian styles as it does cheeses. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Bite-Size Art Jun 19, 2007
" And with it the series turns toward an inquiry implicit in its title, pondering the "power" of artworks compared with that of armies and politicians. Schama represents "Guernica" -- Picasso's great protest against the unprovoked German and Italian bombing of a defenseless Basque city -- as his greatest work, after which followed "the longest, saddest anti-climax in the history of art": the remaining three decades of Picasso's career. Never mind real and possible arguments to the contrary.... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
A fight with real bite Mar 25, 2007
I have a terrible confession to make. I was watching 300, the spectacular fantasy epic based on the graphic novel by Frank Miller (creator of Sin City), when I turned and said to a fellow critic: My God, these CGI actors look so real. (Times Online)
Go tell of the Spartans Mar 9, 2007
The book's front cover features the painting "Leonides at Thermopylae" by Jacques Louis David. The painting is one of the major attractions at the Louvre in Paris. (Times Herald-Record)
