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Category Archives: Toni O
Still Lingering
My mom died a year ago but, for me, she’s more alive than ever. My parents divorced when I was six months old. My dad just disappeared and all the responsibility of raising me was left to my mom. And … Continue reading
Back to Rome
Once back in Rome and far away from Revolutionary France, I felt safe again. But that feeling quickly disappeared in 1798. It was a February morning and I was climbing down the Spanish Steps when an overpowering noise like thunder … Continue reading
Fantasies
Versailles—where too much is not enough. At first I was dazzled but it didn’t take long for the Rococo style to wear me out. All that theatrical exuberance, all those asymmetrical curves, all those volutes and festoons made me dizzy. … Continue reading
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Tagged Fantasy Figures, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Rococo
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The Power of a Gaze
It was at the Petit Trianon that I’d met the artist Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun. Elisabeth, after the royal family’s arrest, wisely left France taking her young daughter with her. At the time of Marie-Antoinette’s execution, she was in Vienna … Continue reading
Guillotined Styles
Charlotte Corday was just beginning to blossom as a woman when the French Revolution broke out. She saw nothing liberating about the aftermath of the Revolution and its atrocities. Believing Jean-Paul Marat to be a blood thirsty monster who sent … Continue reading
Posted in Art Narratives, Toni O
Tagged Charlotte Corday, French Revolution, Jacques-Louis David, Jean-Paul Marat, Neo-Classical
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