#rococo art
At work I came across these papercut/aquarelle artworks from 1773-75.
What I loved about them wasn’t necessarily the depicted muses, or the style of the painting. It was the cutout areas, which had been filled with scraps of fabrics on the reverse. The scraps showed traces of seams, selvages and reverse fabric sides. Looks like re-used garment pieces, or maybe cut-offs. For a dress historian this is HIGHLY interesting!
The motifs shows Calliope (top), Clio (bottom left) and Euterpe (bottom right). There is also a Melpomene in the collection; the rest of the muses are alas missing. The artist is unknown, but the backside shows a signature AMM, and various months written in English, plus years ranging from 1773-75. So by all accounts English origin. You can see the full motifs here:
http://samling.nasjonalmuseet.no/no/object/OK-17260
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I spent all of 2020 hoping to be loved, to be noticed, to be looked at and smiled as if I was the best thing ever in the world. But I wasn’t.
My friend Kelly told me that I deserve to be looked at like the art that I am.
So you know what… WHATEVER, I BECAME ONE OF MY FAVORITE PAINTINGS.
I am a whole ass masterpiece and whoever gets to be my boyfriend/girlfriend is lucky. Just saying.
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Nicolas de Largillière, Study of Hands, 1715.
