tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post8456741849586717881..comments2023-06-01T04:51:52.926-04:00Comments on ROSE C'EST LA VIE: Odalisques Oh!Rose C'est La Viehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17193872186283731567noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-36871348130633629462010-03-28T10:16:17.182-04:002010-03-28T10:16:17.182-04:00Odalisques & orientalism are fantastic themes ...Odalisques & orientalism are fantastic themes because they reflect fantasies rather than reality. Matisse or Delacroix may have gone to "the Orient" (the Near-East) but their paintings are not realistic. Odalisques are expressing the fantasies of their time & place under the cover of another time & another place.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing these great works.<br /><br /><a href="http://davidikus.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://davidikus.blogspot.com/</a>davidikushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01122152277968126355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-39245691181072571212010-03-26T12:31:43.077-04:002010-03-26T12:31:43.077-04:00Wow these are fantastic they have such a vividness...Wow these are fantastic they have such a vividness to them, the colors really make the paintings come alive, thanks for posting!Pattyhttp://www.ultimatefitnessgear.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-50964938616138049522010-03-26T11:41:46.730-04:002010-03-26T11:41:46.730-04:00Home, I agree entirely. Thanks for producing the ...Home, I agree entirely. Thanks for producing the stripes and patterns defence! <br /><br />Polskey, I ought to produce a pair of harem pants for the model at my life class. Not a bad idea come to think of it.Rose C'est La Viehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193872186283731567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-20176003919041635662010-03-26T11:22:34.841-04:002010-03-26T11:22:34.841-04:00I do think it is strange that we feminists are dra...I do think it is strange that we feminists are drawn to these images. I, myself, blame it on stripes and patterns. Gets me every time. And I second Ms. Polskey's nomination.home before darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13272062955786414729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-90983567335767003112010-03-26T08:46:30.369-04:002010-03-26T08:46:30.369-04:00Can we see your paintings on the subject please :)...Can we see your paintings on the subject please :)Polskeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03730976948904409705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-30337319798664896142010-03-25T19:23:00.464-04:002010-03-25T19:23:00.464-04:00Renee, thank you for your very kind comment.Renee, thank you for your very kind comment.Rose C'est La Viehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193872186283731567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-39843979810541113842010-03-25T18:15:01.798-04:002010-03-25T18:15:01.798-04:00what an incredible post.
you have a lovely blog.
x...what an incredible post.<br />you have a lovely blog.<br />xRenée Finberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05089653023972180206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-19816530309687497672010-03-24T17:39:36.238-04:002010-03-24T17:39:36.238-04:00I know Mr Worthington, and it's much better th...I know Mr Worthington, and it's much better than female slave. Perhaps one shouldn't celebrate odalisques but the name is so seductive.Rose C'est La Viehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193872186283731567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-49859219149127407562010-03-24T17:27:44.670-04:002010-03-24T17:27:44.670-04:00I guess I never thought of odalisque as a synonym ...I guess I never thought of odalisque as a synonym for concubine, but<br />how could it be otherwise?Toby Worthingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05887066048372484464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-17934094704397000942010-03-24T13:55:59.018-04:002010-03-24T13:55:59.018-04:00I thought it was the pussy cat? And the black mai...I thought it was the pussy cat? And the black maid against her marble skin. You are probably right. She is almost insolent. <br />I have just looked at Vuillard on the net as I confess I have rather overlooked him over the years. There is certainly a lot of patterning in his interiors.Rose C'est La Viehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193872186283731567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-51550885209690169152010-03-24T13:07:26.334-04:002010-03-24T13:07:26.334-04:00I still wonder why Manet's Olympia provoked su...I still wonder why Manet's Olympia provoked such an outcry when the odalisque had been a fixture of French academic painting for decades. I've heard it suggested it was because she returned the male gaze dead on. Maybe it's more because the model is clearly in it for the cash.<br />I've never painted a nude that I would display in my house, except for a couple of Valloton copies. It's a very difficult thing to bring off without being creepy.<br />BTW Rose, your post today made me wonder how much of an influence Vuillard may have been on Matisse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com