tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807469356676934317.post5275534625604440560..comments2024-03-25T10:50:11.187-07:00Comments on Gods and Foolish Grandeur: 24 rue de Courcelles, à Paris - interiors of the hôtel of princesse Mathilde Bonaparte, by Sébastien-Charles GiraudStephiliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08562830870365561419noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807469356676934317.post-84531312479746228342022-04-12T09:51:39.043-07:002022-04-12T09:51:39.043-07:00She was a fine painter in her own right.She was a fine painter in her own right.jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12274529801309092058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807469356676934317.post-22527910856121308992017-07-30T19:16:36.882-07:002017-07-30T19:16:36.882-07:00Thank you, Valerie. I don't think genre painti...Thank you, Valerie. I don't think genre painting meant anything different then than it does now - although such a thing doesn't actually exist anymore, does it? Genre painting usually refers to scenes of everyday life, of whatever class. The paintings of the seventeenth century Dutch masters are probably the most obvious examples, but every country produced this kind of work, at least up until the beginning of the twentieth century.Stephiliushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08562830870365561419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807469356676934317.post-18070867014850673432017-07-30T12:15:02.540-07:002017-07-30T12:15:02.540-07:00What a loss to demolish such a place. Ah, to be at...What a loss to demolish such a place. Ah, to be at those salons. Also, that's the first time I've heard of "genre painting." Do you know what exactly that meant at the time? Thanks, Stephen. I love your newsletters.Valerie Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03974801169865595635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807469356676934317.post-77300231207216678152017-07-28T15:51:30.913-07:002017-07-28T15:51:30.913-07:00Why would anyone want to demolish a salon that was...Why would anyone want to demolish a salon that was recognised as serving the intellectual and artistic elite of the Second Empire? Today's academics learn more about 19th and early 20th century cultural societies through salons than through any other sources of information. And as you said Mathilde Bonaparte hosted Anatole France, Proust, Réjane, Giraud and every other important figure we would have wanted to meet.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.com