#École des Beaux-Arts

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Decorative Sunday with Henry P. Kirby

These charming sketches are the work of New York architect Henry P. Kirby (1853 - 1915). Architectural Compositions contains fifty loose plates printed on Whatman paper and housed in a portfolio. It was published in Boston in 1892 by Bates, Kimball & Guild, publishers of one of the United State’s leading architectural journals of that time, The Architectural Review (Boston), not to be confused with the longer running Architectural Review still in publication out of London. 

Kirby would have been working as a draftsman for George B. Post at the time of publication, for whom he later worked as lead designer before striking out on his own. Some of the subject matter also evokes Kirby’s time in France, where he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts after training with his father, also an architect. Per the subtitle, some of the sketches were “made in connection with actual projects,” while many were “the result of study during leisure moments.” I found Kirby’s eye for the human elements in his sketches particularly endearing, from the foreground figures to details on the buildings themselves, like open widows and overgrown foliage, or what looks like a duvet cover hanging out to dry (first image above). 

For any music buffs reading, the final sketch includes some bars of "Très-jolie" from the opéra comique smash hit La Fille de Madame Angot. 

Our copy of Architectural Compositions was gifted to UWM by Gustav A. Elgeti in 1966. 

Find more Decorative Sunday posts here.

-Olivia, Special Collections Graduate Intern

[diemelusine]

September Evening (1891) by Maurice Denis. Musée d'Orsay.

[meta-holott]

1975 Paris, Ecole des Beaux-Arts, atelier Guignebert

[alisfelia]

academic art

Academic art, a style prevalent in the 19th century, adhered to traditional techniques and subject matter, often depicting historical, mythological, or biblical themes. It emphasized realism, precise draftsmanship, and idealized forms, aiming to elevate the viewer's moral and intellectual sensibilities. Led by institutions like the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, academic art set strict standards, which some saw as stifling creativity. Yet, its influence persisted, shaping the development of art education and laying the groundwork for later movements to rebel against its conventions.

flaming june by frederic leighton

[frenchcurious]

source Moto Vitelloni - Wheels n' wings

[cheminer-poesie-cressant]

source : @cheminer-poesie-cressant

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Impuissant et résigné nous disons "tout s'accélère".

En réalité nous profitons de plus en plus de la vie

car le passage du temps sous nos yeux a de moins en moins de secret.

Nous en connaissons l'ouverture et nous en connaissons la fin.

Nous le ressentons jusque dans nos veines.

Et nous approchons chaque jour davantage la vérité, le cœur de la vie.

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(Dans la portée des ombres, extrait)

© Pierre Cressant

(mercredi 5 octobre 2005)

[lemuseum]

[pier-carlo-universe]

Mostra "Emanuele Luzzati tra Fiaba e Fantasia" a Cherasco: Un Omaggio all'Arte dell'Immaginazione

Un viaggio attraverso le opere di Emanuele Luzzati, tra scenografie teatrali, illustrazioni e reinterpretazioni oniriche, per celebrare la creatività di un artista poliedrico

Un viaggio attraverso le opere di Emanuele Luzzati, tra scenografie teatrali, illustrazioni e reinterpretazioni oniriche, per celebrare la creatività di un artista poliedrico La città di Cherasco ospita la mostra “Emanuele Luzzati tra Fiaba e Fantasia” presso il Palazzo Salmatoris, aperta al pubblico dal 1° novembre 2024 al 23 febbraio 2025. Questa esposizione, a ingresso gratuito, è un omaggio…

[science70]

Originally appeared as a poster produced by the Atelier Populaire at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris during May 1968 riots.

1973

[musographes]

Illustrations et dessins satiriques #74

La vie d’étudiant dans un atelier parisien, illustration de Samuel Begg pour The Illustrated London News, 23 décembre 1886.

LÉGENDE (de g. à d.) : - duel du bleu de Prusse contre la lacque bordeaux (NDLR : allusion à la guerre perdue contre la Prusse) ; - Français et Anglais : God Save The Queen contre la Marseillaise ; - types d’étudiants ; - pour ses péchés; - un mauvais quart d’heure ; - types de modèles ; -  dans les nues ! ; - visite du professeur : tout n’est que silence (NDLR : on l’on voit un modèle nu bien jeune).

[learnelle]

The 5th edition of my annual birthday + life updates post! ☕️🖤

Despite receiving two dreamy French university offers, I will be continuing to study psychology, this being my fourth year out of six!

I will be studying modules in intermediate statistics, biopsychology, cognitive psychology and the philosophy of knowledge. I’ve been yearning to do these modules since the start of my degree hehe

I will also be taking classes in the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, even though the materials list burnt a huge hole in my wallet rip </3

I’m so excited to be 23, and I hope this next academic year will be kind to us all~

[antonio-m]

‘Figure Study’, by Edgar Maxence (1871-1954). French Symbolist portrait and figure painter. École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-arts, Paris.

[kitsunetsuki]

Deborah Turbeville - Romeo Gigli, Mirabella Magazine, École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1989, from Deborah Turbeville: The Fashion Pictures (2011)

[meta-holott]

1975 Paris, ecole des Beaux-Arts

[myownprivate]

Francesco Salviati, Tre nudi maschili, 1527 ca., Parigi, École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts.

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Magnifico disegno di Francesco Salviati, Tre nudi maschili, 1527 ca., Parigi, École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts..