Bravo Greg! French historian by training and profession here, and I don’t think I could have written a pithier, more engaging analysis than you’ve done here. Next time I teach the late medieval era I’m definitely showing my students that Fouquet painting. Somehow I forgot how weird and wonderful it is.
Bravo Greg! French historian by training and profession here, and I don’t think I could have written a pithier, more engaging analysis than you’ve done here. Next time I teach the late medieval era I’m definitely showing my students that Fouquet painting. Somehow I forgot how weird and wonderful it is.
Thanks so much, Janine. I don't know much about art history, so this is a bit of a detour for me. I'm glad you liked it, as you know much more about this period than I do.
Fouquet's portrait of the king is excellent, too. You can tell so much from the face...
I’m no art historian but my recollection from a long ago college course is that Fouquet was kind of out there. As you so keenly identify, his visions resonates with modern sensibilities in a way that other artists of his age don’t
Bravo Greg! French historian by training and profession here, and I don’t think I could have written a pithier, more engaging analysis than you’ve done here. Next time I teach the late medieval era I’m definitely showing my students that Fouquet painting. Somehow I forgot how weird and wonderful it is.
Thanks for this engaging piece
Thanks so much, Janine. I don't know much about art history, so this is a bit of a detour for me. I'm glad you liked it, as you know much more about this period than I do.
Fouquet's portrait of the king is excellent, too. You can tell so much from the face...
I’m no art historian but my recollection from a long ago college course is that Fouquet was kind of out there. As you so keenly identify, his visions resonates with modern sensibilities in a way that other artists of his age don’t