[Republicanprofessor]

There is something cloying about Ingres that bothers me more than his distortions. But Thetis is pretty rubbery in that work.

Ah, now that I know your interest in life is literary, it explains your knowledge and preferences in art.

Now, I know you must have seen some Rothkos in person, so I can't say that is the matter. The Rothkos with the hard edges are less intriguing than the blurred blocks, to me.

I'm probably pushing Rothko too much lately; I don't know why. Probably because I just finished teaching his work. When the exams are corrected, I'll be burnt out and move on to someone else....

[MinuteGal]

This was a totally engrossing thread. I spent a lot of time studying everything on it. You have no idea how much I enjoy your posts and everything in them. I should be getting college credits for my studies here.

I'm off to the Freeper cruise tomorrow and will be gone for a week. I'm starting to get the FT's already, LOL.

Save my place while I'm gone, heheh.

Leni/Bahama Mama

[Joe 6-pack]

"There is something cloying about Ingres that bothers me more than his distortions."

He was a French political whore...

Thanks for this entire series...only wish I'd had more time to spend on the discussion end of things!

[AnAmericanMother]

I think Thetis needs a good dose of iodine.

And I agree with you - Ingres is somehow sicky-sweet and creepy at the same time. And his women aren't women - they're somebody's dream of women.

I prefer Gericault - although his madmen and his guillotined heads aren't for everybody, they are true.

[TradicalRC]

I worked at the MFA in Boston during the Renoir exhibit ('86-'87) and have had enough Renoir to last me a lifetime. I was blessed a few years earlier to catch the only exhibit of Bouguereau in this country at the Wadsworth Atheneum and have been a fan ever since.