le style et la matière: la Saint-Valentin

Monday, February 14, 2011

la Saint-Valentin

Modesty gives in

to Love

La Pudeur cède à l'Amour

1853

by Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Debay: le Fils

Château de Fontainebleau

8 comments:

home before dark said...: I am sucker for folds in stone. So lovely and so hard to execute. Sigh....

In my garden Cupid is the only male statue (here, concrete, more sighs, oh well). He is lying down, looking up impishly. Once he adorned my table for a Valentine's Day Dinner. No one commented about him until my son looked at Cupid lying among the roses on the table and said to me matter of factly as he appraised the statue, "nice butt, mom."; February 15, 2011 5:36 PM
le style et la matière said...: HbD: How could Cupid get such a cold reception? Thank goodness for your son! Would he take after you by any chance?; February 15, 2011 6:22 PM
Laurent said...: I think of his hunter in the Louvre with the same energy if not the same benignity. This posting presented an excellent narration in its editing; and for a long moment I found myself wishing the sculpture had stood there 200 years earlier.; February 16, 2011 12:10 AM
le style et la matière said...: Laurent: Thank you. Yes, it's something about the energy of the intention.; February 16, 2011 9:55 AM
Olga said...: You have a beautiful blog. This sculpture reminds me of Canova sculptures in the Hermitage.; February 16, 2011 4:55 PM
le style et la matière said...: Olga: Thank you. This is a particularly sensuous example by Debay!; February 16, 2011 9:26 PM
Mlle Paradis said...: zat is so french! before paris hilton and kim kardashian at least.; February 17, 2011 3:54 AM
le style et la matière said...: Naturellement.; February 17, 2011 7:08 PM

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