tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807469356676934317.post3162827368206568643..comments2024-03-25T10:50:11.187-07:00Comments on Gods and Foolish Grandeur: The Empress Maria Theresia, by Jean-Étienne Liotard, 1747Stephiliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08562830870365561419noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807469356676934317.post-45197828965525013692014-11-17T15:30:38.202-08:002014-11-17T15:30:38.202-08:00Mainly, I find things when I'm looking for som...Mainly, I find things when I'm looking for something else! Whenever I prepare a blog post, I scour the internet trying to find the largest, best images pertinent to the post. While doing so, I'm constantly stumbling over the most marvelous things. I copy them to a file on my computer, and they often find their way to a post of their own. Thus, whole days of my life are lost--oh, but delightfully so! : )Stephiliushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08562830870365561419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807469356676934317.post-84359027988822154892014-11-17T08:17:20.851-08:002014-11-17T08:17:20.851-08:00Enamel on copper! Now I'm really impressed.
An...Enamel on copper! Now I'm really impressed.<br />And yes, perfectly consistent with Liotard's pastels, as you say.<br />How DO you come up with such fabulous images???Toby Worthingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04494294732826925579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807469356676934317.post-61979249168572036892014-11-16T10:32:18.125-08:002014-11-16T10:32:18.125-08:00It appears to be enamel on copper rather than oil-...It appears to be enamel on copper rather than oil--and rather than the rightly expected pastel. But how amazingly consistent it is with his pastels. I know nothing of enamel technique, but I find very interesting the fine stippling in some of the flesh tones.<br /><br />"Maria Theresia" seems like a very apt term for so many particular examples of old furniture!Stephiliushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08562830870365561419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807469356676934317.post-63404222628022958502014-11-16T07:46:24.704-08:002014-11-16T07:46:24.704-08:00There seems to be no end to the charming surprises...There seems to be no end to the charming surprises found here.<br />Unusual to see what appears to be an oil portrait rather than the more expected pastel by Liotard, or have I got that wrong?<br /><br />On a personal note, one of my grandmothers, born in Croatia at the end of the 19th century, always referred to any piece of furniture that looked old or antique, as "Maria Theresia"---and here is MT staring out at me this very morning, conjuring up part of my own past.Toby Worthingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04494294732826925579noreply@blogger.com