[Leica] IMG: Bouguereau & America Show

[Tina Manley]

Impressive!!

Tina

On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 10:27 AM Montie via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:

> Well, it is what it is, great examples of academic art (neoclassic,
> romantic, etc.) and now, of course, appear somewhat formulaic, but
> beautiful nevertheless.
>
> Montie
>
>
> >>I have never heard of the painter, and this sort of work does not appeal
> to
> me at all, and the highly allegorical mythological subject matter does not
> help in the understanding, either. The paintings look like the typical
> salon stuff that was being churned out in the mid 19th century, and we
> really have to thank this sort of paint-by-numbers, sanitized stuff for the
> dynamic, innovative art that followed as a reaction,  Impressionism and
> beyond, so it could not have all been bad.
>
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
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