Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
The Turkish Bath by Ingres: description and curiosities about the painting
THE TURKISH BATH BY INGRES: EVERYTHING YOU MUST KNOW ABOUT THE PAINTING The Turkish Bath by Ingres is an exercise of imagination! It’s one of those masterpieces originated from the creative mind of a great artist who, inspired by the description given by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, wife of the British ambassador to Turkey, painted a […]
The Grande Odalisque by Ingres: meaning and description
THE GRANDE ODALISQUE BY INGRES: MEANING AND DESCRIPTION OF THE PAINTING In front of a beautiful woman such as the Grande Odalisque by Ingres I can’t help wondering who she is and why an artist decided to paint her giving her immortality. After describing The Source by Ingres I decided to write a new post […]
Works by Ingres: The Source
WORKS BY INGRES: THE SOURCE Works by Ingres. When I visited the exhibition dedicated to Impressionism in Treviso I was impressed that the among the first paintings on shown there were some portraits by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, a leading figure of Neoclassical painting, a style which would be overwhelmed by Impressionism. But it’s the first time […]
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In this blog, I don't explain the history of art — I tell the stories that art itself tells.