Beautiful classics are the highest form of art.
Go away,
barbaric art!
Ingres
Inheriting the power of antiquity,
a pioneer of neoclassicism
She was a muse of neoclassicism who succeeded David. Her meticulous and cold-hearted approach to painting led her to constantly quarrel with Delacroix, a romantic who valued emotion.
Style
NeoclassicismHometown
Kingdom of France
Classics
- "The Source"
- "The Turkish Bath"
- "Grande Odalisque" etc.
This is the Ingres piece!
Grande Odalisque
An odalisque is a female slave who serves the ruler in the harem of an Islamic society. A seductive woman gazes at us with inviting eyes. The depiction of the body, such as the clearly elongated torso, is not accurate, but this is attributed to the influence of Mannerism. Nevertheless, it was fiercely criticized as a terrible painting by the art world of the time.
Critics back then would say things like, “She has too many vertebrae,” or “It’d be impossible to actually pose like that.”…L-like I don’t already know that, damn it!
Year
1814
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimension
88.9 cm x 162.56 cm
Collection
Louvre Museum
（France)
Who is Ingres?
Dominique Ingres
One of the leading painters of French Neoclassicism. Trained under David, he led the subsequent French art world with his meticulous line work and idealized physical beauty. In his later years, he became a pillar of the Academy and even served as a senator, enjoying widespread support. Yet his creative drive never waned throughout his life; he continued painting nude figures well past the age of 80. He had a profound love for the violin, and the phrase “violon d'Ingres”—referring to a hobby mastered to a professional level—remains in use today.
Full Name
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Born
August 29, 1780
Died
January 14, 1867(aged 86)