http://www.linesandcolors.com/2009/10/25/jean-fouquet/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:40:52 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.linesandcolors.com/2009/10/25/jean-fouquet/comment-page-1/#comment-825658 Todd Groesbeck Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:36:15 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/2009/10/25/jean-fouquet/#comment-825658 This is wonderful, thanks for posting Jean Fouquet's work. This is wonderful, thanks for posting Jean Fouquet’s work.

]]> http://www.linesandcolors.com/2009/10/25/jean-fouquet/comment-page-1/#comment-825651 Daniel van Benthuysen Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:22:45 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/2009/10/25/jean-fouquet/#comment-825651 The Madonna has some overtones that are not just sensuous but somewhat weird. Her breast has always appeared to me to have the consistency and high-gloss sheen of a billiard ball. That, together with the stiffness of her attitude, argue in favor of the Agnes Sorel likeness: It's a tricky business for a court painter to portray a king's courtesan. One wants to make the lady look great but not appear to be to familiar about creating the likeness. The Madonna has some overtones that are not just sensuous but somewhat weird. Her breast has always appeared to me to have the consistency and high-gloss sheen of a billiard ball. That, together with the stiffness of her attitude, argue in favor of the Agnes Sorel likeness: It’s a tricky business for a court painter to portray a king’s courtesan. One wants to make the lady look great but not appear to be to familiar about creating the likeness.

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