Mr. Paisley

Mr. Paisley and the Polar Aesthetic
en art-library: Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Le Moulin de la Galette, 1876. A facet of Paris that drew the Impressionists’ attention was the leisure activities of its inhabitants. Scenes of dining, dancing, the cafe-concerts, the opera, and the ballet were mainstays of Impressionism. Although seemingly unrelated, industrialization facilitated these pursuits. With the advent of set working hours, people’s schedules became more regimented, allowing them to plan their favorite pastimes. Le Moulin de la Galette by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) depicts a popular Parisian dance hall. Some people crowd the tables and chatter, while others dance energetically. So lively is the atmosphere that the viewer can actually hear the sounds of music, laughter, and tinkling glasses. The painter dappled the whole scene with sunlight and shade, artfully blurred into the figures to produce just the effect of floating and fleeting light the Impressionists cultivated. Renoir’s casual placement of the figures and the suggested continuity of space, spreading in all directions and only accidentally limited by the frame, position the viewer as a participant rather than as an outsider. Whereas classical artists sought to express universal and timeless qualities, the Impressionists attempted to depict just the opposite—the incidental and the momentary.
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art-library: Mark Rothko, No. 14, 1960. Rothko’s chromatic abstractionist paintings—consisting of hazy rectangles of pure color hovering in front of a colored background—are compositionally simple but compelling visual experiences.
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Red Light Sundae
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an-imbibing-gentleman: Whimsical Cocktail Art (1950’s)
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le-desir-de-lautre: Henri-Edmond Cross (French, 1856-1910), Regatta, 1895, oil on canvas.
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Constant Pour
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travelingcolors: Hotel Le Relais Saint-Germain, Paris | France (via AFAR.com)
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dasinnerereich: Clovis Trouille - Dolmance und seine Gespenster der Sinneslust oder Unzucht, oder die Träumereien des Marquis de Sade
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oilpaintinggallery: The Flamingos by Henri Le Douanier Rousseau
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Daft Round + Round
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Neon Hand Drips
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Rain + the Sea
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