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10 May 2009

Romantic

Maybe it's just the expression on Alex's face and all of the hands, but this photo on the BBC Web site's report on the Arsenal v. Chelsea match reminds me of a 19th century Romantic painting. I'm scraping O-level art history from a distance nook in my brain, but maybe a Géricault or a Delacroix..?

6 Comments:

Adam Schwartz said...: For my money, it looks a lot like this Caravaggio
here.; 11 May, 2009 01:22
Mark said...: Yeah good call - for me it's a bit Caravaggio: http://dcartnews.blogspot.com/uploaded_images/Caravaggio%20Taking%20of%20the%20Christ-797656.jpg

and a bit Gericault: http://www.avenuedstereo.com/modern/gericault_raft.jpg; 11 May, 2009 14:16
Mark said...: Spooky! I hadn't clicked on Adam's pic when I posted that..!; 11 May, 2009 14:17
Craig said...: Nice work Adam and Mark. You can tell by my lack of knowledge of Caravaggio that I didn't do that period at school; we were all about the Neo-Classicists and Romanticists.; 11 May, 2009 21:42
Mark said...: Oh, it was all Caravaggio this and Masaccio that round our way..; 12 May, 2009 00:15
Craig said...: Up Lincoln way, it felt like we spent a whole year looking the meaning of "The Death of Marat."; 12 May, 2009 00:21