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Vincent Price Guides You Through the Museum of Impressionism Part 2
Note how the music turns ominous and wild when Price talks about Van Gogh.
Vincent Price Guides You Through the Museum of Impressionism
Don’t you just love this man’s enthusiasm for art?
Vincent Price Guides You Through the Palazzo Pitti Part 2
Interestingly, Price does not include Titian when he talks about the Venetian painters.
Vincent Price Guides You Through the Palazzo Pitti
I love the way Price pronounces Bronzino’s name. Also, ouch on the Saint Agatha painting.
Vincent Price guides you through the Louvre
The second part of Price’s narration. Keep in mind, Price does not talk about the Ancient and Classical sections of the Louvre.
Also, “hurly burly”?
A look at the Louvre from the sixties
Found this 1966 booklet on the Louvre in my grandmother’s library. She said she purchased this in a library sale. Author Michel Gallet wrote the main text in English with French terms decorated all around it. For example, the Louvre map at the beginning has French labels. Publishers probably made this booklet for English speakers who visited France. In the intro, the text points out that the founders built the Louvre out of conquest and raids. Talk about not glossing over history.
They divide art by medium and in a linear timeline, then by country. Given the enormity of Western art history alone, it always a challenge for one to put together something coherent and cohesive. The reproductions consists mostly of black and white photographs with some color photos here and there. When reproduced in color, their brightness stands out nicely, but I can only wonder about the discussions that came up over which art getting the full color treatment. From ancient civilizations to the Renaissance, this little book offers a fairly comprehensive historical background from terms to wars to artists to style changes to analysis. It also writes about what the Louvre does not have, such as modern and medieval art. A good introduction to the museum for someone interested and wanting to know what they can find there.
Vincent Price says what I have always thought
Concerning the artistic quality in prints? Very high and wonderful in its many varieties according to Mr. Price. Which I agree.
By the way, did he leave that framed print crooked on the wall at about nine minutes in?
