Post by snsurone on Dec 9, 2018 19:33:58 GMT
I only recently became a fan of Rococo art, and IMO this is one of the most beautiful paintings of that period.
It depicts the mistress of some French nobleman on a velvet swing that is pushed by a bishop (depicting the privilege of the nobility and clergy of pre-Revolution France) kicking off her slipper as her lover watches from below, his tricorn pointing in the direction of her crotch.
Yet, it was tastefully done, with most of the lighting focused on the demoiselle and her sweeping skirts.
The garden setting is absolutely Edenic. as it is in all Fragonard paintings.
In NYC, there is the Frick Museum, which was the home of industrialist (and art collector) Henry Clay Frick.
There is one room totally devoted to Fragonard paintings.
Sadly, "The Swing" is not among them.
It's in some museum in France (not the Louvre).
It depicts the mistress of some French nobleman on a velvet swing that is pushed by a bishop (depicting the privilege of the nobility and clergy of pre-Revolution France) kicking off her slipper as her lover watches from below, his tricorn pointing in the direction of her crotch.
Yet, it was tastefully done, with most of the lighting focused on the demoiselle and her sweeping skirts.
The garden setting is absolutely Edenic. as it is in all Fragonard paintings.
In NYC, there is the Frick Museum, which was the home of industrialist (and art collector) Henry Clay Frick.
There is one room totally devoted to Fragonard paintings.
Sadly, "The Swing" is not among them.
It's in some museum in France (not the Louvre).
