The soul moved the pen, and broke it: Flaubert's emotional style
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The soul moved the pen, and broke it: Flaubert's emotional style
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#2When he saw Breughel’s Temptation of Saint Anthony he fell into such a long, unresponsive rapture
I wasn't familiar with this painting, for the very good reason that it doesn't exist: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temptation_of_Saint_Anthony_in...
I have a hunch the writer meant Bosch's version, given that his paintings are so visually dense that anyone would need a long time to take them in. An interesting essay, but I wonder how many other facts were negligently reworked by the author and how this shaped his critical opinions.
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Re: The soul moved the pen, and broke it: Flaubert's emotional style
#4When he saw Breughel’s Temptation of Saint Anthony he fell into such a long, unresponsive rapture I wasn't familiar with this painting, for the very good reason that it doesn't exist: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temptation_of_Saint_Anthony_in... I have a hunch the writer meant Bosch's version, given that his paintings are so visually dense that anyone would need a long time to take them in. An interesting essay, bu…
I got the detail from the Steegmuller biography. https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.62447/page/n13...
I believe it refers to this painting, which has, I believe, changed attribution, but which is still referred to as by a "Breughel follower". https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.41602.html#:~....
Re: The soul moved the pen, and broke it: Flaubert's emotional style
#5When he saw Breughel’s Temptation of Saint Anthony he fell into such a long, unresponsive rapture I wasn't familiar with this painting, for the very good reason that it doesn't exist: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temptation_of_Saint_Anthony_in... I have a hunch the writer meant Bosch's version, given that his paintings are so visually dense that anyone would need a long time to take them in. An interesting essay, bu…
I wasn't familiar with this painting, for the very good reason that it doesn't exist
Are you sure? The wikipedia page on Flaubert's novel says: "In 1845, at age 24, Flaubert visited the Balbi Palace in Genoa, and was inspired by a painting of the same title, then attributed to Bruegel the Elder (now thought to be by one of his followers)." And the National Gallery seems to think they have it in the West Building (https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.41602.html).
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Salammbo's characters are pretty stilted and awkward too, as is the flow of the story (like Dune's, fittingly, since that was its inspiration). But I don't know how much of that is from translation or being ~200 years removed in writing style.
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Salammbo's characters are pretty stilted and awkward too, as is the flow of the story (like Dune's, fittingly, since that was its inspiration). But I don't know how much of that is from translation or being ~200 years removed in writing style.
you got a link to such inspiration? also, slightly over 100 years between the two.
Re: The soul moved the pen, and broke it: Flaubert's emotional style
#9When he saw Breughel’s Temptation of Saint Anthony he fell into such a long, unresponsive rapture I wasn't familiar with this painting, for the very good reason that it doesn't exist: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temptation_of_Saint_Anthony_in... I have a hunch the writer meant Bosch's version, given that his paintings are so visually dense that anyone would need a long time to take them in. An interesting essay, bu…
I got the detail from the Steegmuller biography. https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.62447/page/n13... I believe it refers to this painting, which has, I believe, changed attribution, but which is still referred to as by a "Breughel follower". https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.41602.html#:~... .
What's the deal with fish in strange places? Bosch seemed to be all about that too. Is it a Dutch thing?
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I got the detail from the Steegmuller biography. https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.62447/page/n13... I believe it refers to this painting, which has, I believe, changed attribution, but which is still referred to as by a "Breughel follower". https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.41602.html#:~... .
What's the deal with fish in strange places? Bosch seemed to be all about that too. Is it a Dutch thing?
You might find this useful https://www.vitalchoice.com/blog/fish-art/#:~:text=In%201557....