tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post7423351806024049296..comments2024-03-28T16:36:12.581-04:00Comments on Gurney Journey: Soulful MomentJames Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-47717403111698224942021-03-24T11:20:51.631-04:002021-03-24T11:20:51.631-04:00The book talks about how he would use some obscene...The book talks about how he would use some obscene amounts of flour to create the "snow slush."Ijon Tichy the Nthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16336283921623106537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-75946021157243002372012-01-28T13:46:43.558-05:002012-01-28T13:46:43.558-05:00Nick, thanks for mentioning it. I love that book, ...Nick, thanks for mentioning it. I love that book, which compares the fates and fortunes of Manet and Meissonier. I have added a link to it at the end of the post.James Gurneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-5269929945448663002012-01-28T13:43:20.467-05:002012-01-28T13:43:20.467-05:00If you haven't read it yet, check out "th...If you haven't read it yet, check out "the Judgement of Paris" by Ross King. Ostensibly the story of the Impressionists, it's actually hung together by the story of Meissonier, a much more interesting and complex character than he's usually portrayed.<br />http://www.amazon.com/Judgment-Paris-Revolutionary-Decade-Impressionism/dp/0802714668Nick Jainschigghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05605536593668106140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-53246181133095584462012-01-27T13:17:55.895-05:002012-01-27T13:17:55.895-05:00I love this painting. I look at it with different...I love this painting. I look at it with different eyes after reading your description of a Rembrandt windmill painting, a reproduction of which you had hanging in your studio. Now I notice the light-on-light (Napoleon's horse against the winter sky) and dark-on-light (Napoleon's hat against the same sky, and his horse's nose against the dark line of soldiers in the back right)scheme. There is not much dark-on-dark, unless you consider the mounted soldiers grouped together, but they really serve as a counterpoint to Napoleon.Janet Oliverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15211855672690293121noreply@blogger.com