#artist is georges de la tour

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art aesthetics: dark acadmia

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Magdalene with the Smoking Flame

Georges de La Tour

Oil on canvas, ca. 1640

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Georges de La Tour - Repetant Maria Magdalene

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Maria Magdalena mit einem Nachtlicht, ca. 1640-35 von Georges de La Tour (Öl auf Leinwand)

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Georges de La Tour (French, 1593–1652) The Penitent Magdalene c. 1640 oil on canvas, 133.4 × 102.2 cm

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The calling of Vanity 🦴🐰🕯🪞 (Composition and tenebrism study after Caravaggio and de la Tour).

[renaissancereflections]

The Repentant Magdalen

Georges de La Tour

C. 1635/1640

[art1for2the3masses]

The Fortune Teller By George De La Tour

A young, not to bright, man is having his fortune told by an old lady. But that is not all that is going on. The man is being robbed blind. In this video I'll show you all the details that tell us this lovely story.

Georges de La Tour - The Fortune Teller, circa 1630.

[itsnothingbutluck]

For Artists on Art, Helen Pashgian speaks on The Magdalen with the Smoking Flame by Georges de La Tour. Helen Pashgian is one of the California Light and Space artists who, beginning in the 1960s, focused on vision and perception, often using plastics and other synthetics developed for the aerospace industry. Her sculptures are concerned with how light interacts with materials and how the viewer perceives this. Born and raised in Pasadena, Pashgian studied art history in Boston before returning to Southern California for its light. “In those long-ago years,” she has said, “I was slowly becoming aware of light as a ‘thing.’” Pashgian has since worked with clear and translucent acrylics and resins to achieve spectacular effects, most recently with large-scale discs that seem to hover in space, seemingly blending into the surrounding air. Her work was celebrated at LACMA in the exhibition "Helen Pashgian: Light Invisible"

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Caravaggio's Basket of Fruit

Caravaggio‘s Basket of Fruit, c. 1595–1596, oil on canvas, Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milan‘s Basket of Fruit, c. 1595–1596, oil on canvas, Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milan (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Vanitas After completing his apprenticeship [1] in Antwerp, Peter Paul Rubens spent nearly eight uninterrupted years in Italy. Rubens may have seen Caravaggio‘s Basket of Fruit, a painting that seems…

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Louis Tomlinson's 35-hour marathons in Chile: the singer who revived pop fanaticism

Fans crowded at the airport, the hotel, the radio and the stadium; the four stops that the British artist had on his fleeting return to the country last April. On May 24, he returns to perform his fourth solo show after filling the Movistar Arena three times in 2022, and expectations are high. What does the artist have who came to think that he would be nothing without One Direction and today he moves masses? Those who witnessed his last visit decipher it.

By Dove Couple, 16 May 2024

If it weren't for the teenagers of the 60s, -in part- The Beatles would not be the legend they are today. That so-called "uncontrolled fanaticism" resulted in a single word: Beatlemania. The girls were called hysterical, however they were the first people to see the potential of John, Paul, George and Ringo.

FIRST STOP: SANTIAGO AIRPORT

On the night of April 3, the performer stepped on Chile for the third time, the first approach with his fans was at Santiago Airport, who waited anxiously for him after his flash visit was surprisingly confirmed to promote his May 24 show at the La Florida Bicentennial Stadium.

At 32 years old, the Briton already had experience in our territory, he had tried success in 2014, when he came as a member of One Direction with some very young Zayn, Liam, Harry and Niall. The group filled the National Stadium twice.

"Since their last three shows at Movistar Arena in 2022, the girls have been asking when the new tour begins, and the expectation is to see Louis' growth on stage," Rodrigo Ostolaza, Representative in Chile of the BMG label, and in charge of marketing and promotion, told La Cuarta.

Tomlinson greeted kindly those who were waiting for him, but visibly tired, he went straight to the Mandarin Hotel - where there was another group of young people shouting his name - that was his "home" for the about 35 hours he stayed in the country.

SECOND STOP: RADIO LOS40

The next day, he had scheduled a visit to Los40 radio, where he spoke live with the host Martina Orrego and answered the questions asked by the followers who won a contest to meet him. While others crowded on the outskirts of the Iberoamericana building.

"It was something that didn't happen a long time ago, but in a way I expected it, he is an artist who has an important fan, his audience has accompanied him in the development of his career, so I found it very exciting," Orrego confided to us.

The co-director of Los40 and creator of the program Mujeres Que Suenan, said that one of the most entertaining things "was to have the fans on the radio and that they could share more closely with him. It's something that happens so rarely and they were wonderful, they behaved super well."

THIRD STOP: HOTEL MANDARÍN

Back at the hotel, Louis had a press round with various media, including La Cuarta.

"What he provokes is something super unique and special, he is an artist very close to his fans and concerned about his environment, that the person who interviews him or talks to him is comfortable or comfortable," Rafaella Fornazzari, Media Manager of DG Media, in charge of the concert, told us.

The return of the star had the production company until the wee hours of the morning enlisting details. "Louis' visit was a nice challenge, it's been a long time since an international artist in this category came to promote a tour, we had to work together with the entire region where he will be performing with his 'Faith in the Future World Tour'," Rafaella added.

FOURTH STOP: BICENTENARY STADIUM

Indeed, his fleeting passage through South America included Brazil, Chile and Argentina; and in all these countries he visited the venues where he would appear. In which he took advantage of playing football for a while, recalling his past as a Doncaster Rovers footballer. And yes, he took the luxury of scoring a goal.

There he also had a meet and greet with followers, but the fans who were waiting outside the venue did not run with the same luck, they only saw him for a couple of seconds through the van that took him out of the place. Even so, they were happy.

THE SECRET OF SUCCESS

The expectations of the May 24 show are very high. "It comes with a new album and that immediately translates into a different show than those of 2022. In addition, it has the challenge of a larger capacity enclosure," Fornazzari revealed. "He is a very committed artist and involved with his career, he likes to deliver the best," he added.

For his part, Rodrigo Ostolaza hopes: "To see the Bicentennial Stadium full, he brought as a drag what was the One Direction phenomenon and those concerts they did at the National Stadium. It always moved a lot of people, and that lasted over time."

For Ostolaza, what happened in April reminded him of the visit to Chile of the RBD Mexicans, at the peak of his career: "We took them to Mekano and it was also crazy, a little what happened to Louis." Martina Orrego says that the effervescence that was lived can be assimilated to contemporary phenomena such as K-pop.

And the performer, who at some point thought he could not continue without One Direction, today has two successful albums - "Walls" and "Faith in the Future" - countless triumphs and a loyal community that he loves, protects and defends.

Unlike other singers, he does not charge for meet and greet, the events are always competitive, his lyrics go deep but he does not release so many commercial songs - as in his boyband time - that they can easily enter the radios, that's why the challenge of moving the masses is greater; on the other hand, fashion or social networks are not his strength, his thing is the live shows and the charts, where he goes up with his pop rock sound.

So, what is his secret? Beyond talent and charisma, he is a recognized worker, he finished a tour and immediately started another; and above all, he is close, simple and connected with people. Records sharing distly with your followers abound on the Internet.

"The successful boybands after a break have had their members as soloists. The 1Ds were the new generation of the good and beautiful that pop delivered, now Louis is the soloist who remains in contact with his fans," Fornazzari concluded.

Louis Tomlinson will perform at the La Florida Bicentennial Stadium on May 24. The latest tickets are still available through Ticketmaster.cl

[diioonysus]

"There are people who have money and people who are rich."

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art history dnd character class moodboard – rogue

A Cellarer with a Bunch of Keys – Eduard von Grützner // Allegory of Vanity – Antonio de Pereda // Ostentatious Still Life – Carlo Manieri // The Repentant Magdalene – Georges de La Tour // Saint Catherine of Alexandria – Caravaggio // The Denial of Saint Peter – Adam de Coster // Vanitas – unknown artist // Still Life – Camilla Friedlaender // The Locksmith – unknown artist

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You have probably already heard of the famous composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. But did you know that he had an equally talented sister who was sidelined?

This is her story. 

A child prodigy 

Maria Anna “Nannerl” Mozart (1751-1829) was born in Salzburg, Austria, to Anna Maria Mozart (née Perti) and composer Leopold Mozart. She was thus immersed in a musical environment from early on.

She began learning music at the age of 8. Like her little brother, Nannerl was a child prodigy and excelled at playing the harpsichord. But she wasn’t supposed to make a living out of it. Her musical education only aimed at increasing her value in the marriage market. 

Between 1763 and 1766, she toured Europe with her brother. Nannerl was 12 and Wolfgang 7. They gave concerts in no less than eighty cities. Contemporary praised Nannerl’s musical abilities, calling her a “wonder”, “prodigy” or “virtuoso”. She could indeed play the most difficult pieces “with precision, incredible lightness, with perfect taste”. She was sometimes even billed first. 

End of an artistic career 

Nannerl helped write down some of her brother's compositions and wrote her own as well. Wolfgang was supportive and encouraged her. He frequently asked for her opinions on his work. She sent him at least one piece and he called it “beautiful”. Her father said nothing of it.

A musicologist made the hypothesis that Nannerl could have written two of Wolgang’s concertos for violin. Sadly, as far as we know, none of her music survived. 

Nannerl, who referred to herself as an "obedient daughter", stopped touring and performing in public at 16. It was now time to prepare for marriage and her father now focused only on Wolfgang's musical talent. 

A loveless marriage 

Nannerl was 33 when she ultimately married an older aristocrat who already had five children from previous marriages and whom she didn't love. She had three children with him. She didn't completely give up on music and kept giving piano lessons.

After her father’s death, Nannerl managed to garner all of his estate. Her relationship with her brother became strained and their correspondence ceased after 1788.

Preserving her brother’s memory 

Wolfgang died in 1791. Nannerl later encountered Franz Xaver Niemetschek’s biography of him and was deeply moved by it, learning of the difficult conditions he spent the end of his life:

“Herr Prof. Niemetschek's biography so completely reanimated my sisterly feelings toward my so ardently beloved brother that I was often dissolved in tears since it is only now that I became acquainted with the sad condition in which my brother found himself.”

She later helped Georg Niklaus von Nissen (who had married her brother’s widow, Constance) in writing a biography of Wolfgang by lending him an important collection of letters.

Nannerl became blind at the end of her life and died in 1829 at the age of 78.

Her fate leaves us wondering what she could have become in a more supportive environment and what her music could have sounded like. 

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Further reading:

Gault Philippe, "Mozart : Sa soeur Maria Anna, dite Nannerl, a-t-elle composé certaines œuvres signées Wolfgang ?"

Laleu Aliette de, Mozart était une femme : histoire de la musique classique au féminin

Melograni Piero, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: A biography

Milo Sylvia, "The lost genius of Mozart's sister"

Solomon Maynard, Mozart: A life

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Dos aux images (fragment)

J’écris en tournant le dos aux images. Si je les avais tout le temps sous les yeux, je ne pourrais pas écrire. Et puis, si elles constituent mon environnement immédiat, elles n’entrent pas pour autant directement dans le processus d’écriture. Concrètement, dans la pièce où j’écris, j’ai disposé deux portes sur tréteaux qui m’offrent ainsi un vaste bureau, sur lequel se déposent assez vite livres, cahiers, papiers imprimés, feuilles volantes, phrases recopiées à la main, images découpées, cartons d’invitation, crayons, feutres, stylos… tout un petit bazar dont j’ai besoin pour me sentir chez moi – mon lieu de vie devenant lieu de travail. Cette grande table trônant en plein milieu de la pièce, on peut en faire le tour, elle est décollée du mur où j’ai aimanté une constellation d’images découpées dans la presse, d’images photocopiées – couleur et noir et blanc – d’œuvres d’art qui m’accompagnent depuis longtemps. Un grand nombre représentent des espaces conçus par des artistes : des vues d’installations in situ se mêlent à d’autres, prélevées dans le livre de Bernard Rudofsky – Architecture sans architectes – que j’avais dégoté chez un bouquiniste lorsque j’étais étudiant, en même temps que celui de Georges Perec – Espèces d’espaces. À la question posée par Breton « Qu’est-ce que ton atelier ? », Giacometti répondait : « Ce sont deux petits pieds qui marchent. �� Ainsi, je ne cesse d’aller et de venir entre le plan horizontal de la table et le pan de mur sur lequel je déploie mon atlas d’images en mouvement. Mais au moment de commencer un texte, je me saisis plutôt d’une bribe de phrase qui me turlupine que d’une image qui me fait signe. En revanche, par le travail d’écriture, je cherche à construire un espace d’images, en ayant toujours présent à l’esprit l’abri sous roche d’époque magdalénienne qui était dans le fond de la grange de ma grand-mère, à Enval, où des fouilles avaient eu lieu à la fin des années soixante, où ont été prélevés des outils en silex, des objets de parure, des plaquettes gravées, le fragment d’une vénus miniature. Le livre en cours renvoie à cet espace matriciel : terrier, grotte ornée, cavité que l’on creuse dans son propre sous-sol. Reste à savoir si le livre achevé correspond à la chambre excavée, déblayée, mise au jour, ou bien alors au monticule de déblais apparu à la surface, quelques pas plus loin, trié, réagencé, matériau pour un nouvel édifice.

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something about gaz using his hands to help and protect

artworks:

supper at emmaus by pontormo

allegory (woman with putto) by anonymous emilian artist

the patrician's dream by murillo

christ embracing saint bernard by ribalta

a miracle of saint joseph of cupertino by placido costanzi

the penitent magdalen by georges de la tour

the annunciation attributed to girolamo mazzola bedoli

dead christ supported by angels by trevisani