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Pursued by an arrogant, dreaming, gossiping 'Artiste' he ventures into the cobblestone streets of New York.
Paul Manship, Salome, 1915
From the Smithsonian American Art Museum:
In the New Testament, Salome is King Herod’s beautiful stepdaughter. Herod was so entranced with Salome that he offered her anything “unto the half of my kingdom” if she performed the Dance of the Seven Veils for his birthday (Mark 6:21). John the Baptist had angered Salome by rejecting her, and after she performed her seductive dance she asked Herod for John’s head on a silver platter. This biblical story of royal intrigue, sex, and murder has inspired many artists, including composer Richard Strauss and author Oscar Wilde, whose 1893 stage version was banned in England for more than thirty years. Here, Salome’s elaborate drapery and long limbs lead the viewer’s eye to the decapitated head, emphasizing her bittersweet victory over the prophet.
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Dr. Pozzi at Home - John Singer Sargent, 1881
This painting is an example of the somewhat decadent and super refined world of Aestheticism in Paris. Its followers believed in art for art’s sake, with no obligation to promote morality or tell a story. Aesthetes believed that art shouldn’t imitate life; instead, art is about the search for abstract beauty.
Dr. Pozzi is an example of the artfulness that permeated this movement. His appearance is carefully cultivated, with a flamboyant flair tied into the sensuality of his hands. His fingers are playing with the neck of his robe, while his other hand is dragging down the tasseled cord. Many people of the time thought that Sargent was pushing the boundaries of good taste with this portrait, partly because of how he portrayed Dr. Pozzi, but also because this portrait was not commissioned; Sargent approached Dr. Pozzi about painting his likeness, and this was the result.
Man At His Bath - Gustave Caillebotte, 1884
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