{"id":174,"date":"2019-10-22T08:53:12","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T08:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/dallasmckinnon\/?p=174"},"modified":"2019-10-22T08:53:12","modified_gmt":"2019-10-22T08:53:12","slug":"neoclassicism-romanticism-rococo-georges-de-la-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/dallasmckinnon\/2019\/10\/22\/neoclassicism-romanticism-rococo-georges-de-la-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Neoclassicism, Romanticism, & Rococo – Georges de La Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Georges de La Lueur<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Unsurprisingly, clear records about Georges de La Tour\u2019s early career do not exist. What little we do know is that he was born in Vic-sur-Seille, France, that he may have trained under Jacques Bellange, and that, in time, he would settle in Lun\u00e9ville. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He would eventually become known for his religious, candle lit scenes. Echoing the striking chiaroscuro of Caravaggio. King Louis XIII, Henry II of Lorraine, and the Duke de La Fert\u00e9 would collect his works. La Tour and his family would utlimately succumb to an epidemic in Lun\u00e9ville in 1652.
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<\/a>Georges de La Tour:\u00a0Joseph the Carpenter\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/strong> <\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In Georges de La Tour’s Joseph the Carpenter, we can really see is simplification of the human form into basic shapes. I think this adds to the effect of the light as more detail may have been distraction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Georges de La Tour<\/a>:\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>The Penitent Magdalen <\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In The Penitent Magdalen, we see La Tour almost treating the candle, and it’s reflection as the main subject of the painting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Georges de La Tour : Saint Jerome lisant Musee Lorrain <\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Here we see La Tours ability to render a more diffused light as the candle is obscured by the parchment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Georges de La Tour – Smoker <\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Smoker shows La Tours Chiaroscuro skills with a bluer light instead of the yellow flames of a candle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Georges de La Tour : Saint Andre collection privee <\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

One of La Tour’s brighter works. This piece really demonstrates the solemness, even with the brightness, that he is able to render.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I appreciate Georges de la Tour’s work as I can relate to his dramatic use of lighting, and darker atmosphere. His rendering of candlelight is so well done I can almost feel the heat coming off my screen!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Honorable Mentions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

George Stubbs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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George Stubbs – Horse Attacked by a Lion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Th\u00e9odore G\u00e9ricault<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Th\u00e9odore G\u00e9ricault – Last Portrait as a dying man<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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