Comments on: Angels 2: The angels of Paris http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2006/12/19/angels-2-the-angels-of-paris/ • • • Being a journal by artist and designer John Coulthart, cataloguing interests, obsessions and passing enthusiasms. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:11:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Thombeau http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2006/12/19/angels-2-the-angels-of-paris/comment-page-1/#comment-47484 Thombeau Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:51:27 +0000 http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/?p=1169#comment-47484 Wow, this stuff is awesome! Wow, this stuff is awesome!

]]> By: John http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2006/12/19/angels-2-the-angels-of-paris/comment-page-1/#comment-4730 John Thu, 21 Dec 2006 03:01:02 +0000 http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/?p=1169#comment-4730 Heh, yes I'd be surprised as well if P&G had only done one angel. It's quite probable that Flandrin's pose originates with the Ancient Greeks, seeing as he was a Classicist. His painting of Polites is very Greek in its profile as well as its subject matter. But if there's a prior example I've yet to find it. http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/image.asp?id=31078 Heh, yes I’d be surprised as well if P&G had only done one angel.

It’s quite probable that Flandrin’s pose originates with the Ancient Greeks, seeing as he was a Classicist. His painting of Polites is very Greek in its profile as well as its subject matter. But if there’s a prior example I’ve yet to find it.

http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/image.asp?id=31078

]]> By: Nathalie http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2006/12/19/angels-2-the-angels-of-paris/comment-page-1/#comment-4697 Nathalie Wed, 20 Dec 2006 07:36:06 +0000 http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/?p=1169#comment-4697 To cross over from this post and the next, i.e. Parisian angels and gay icons, I could not help but think about the art of Pierre et Gilles, who are gay icons of their own right. And indeed, with only a little research have found an angel of theirs (how could they have failed to produce at least one ?) although it is not based on Flandrin, which is why I post it here and not as a reply to your fallen angel entry. http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/spacedlaw/pierregilles.jpg I quite like your angel. When it was mentioned befor,e I went to have a look at it and had wondered about the resemblance with Flandrin - but then again the pose is extremely classic - and so was not surprised when you mentioned the link. To cross over from this post and the next, i.e. Parisian angels and gay icons, I could not help but think about the art of Pierre et Gilles, who are gay icons of their own right.
And indeed, with only a little research have found an angel of theirs (how could they have failed to produce at least one ?) although it is not based on Flandrin, which is why I post it here and not as a reply to your fallen angel entry.
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/spacedlaw/pierregilles.jpg

I quite like your angel. When it was mentioned befor,e I went to have a look at it and had wondered about the resemblance with Flandrin – but then again the pose is extremely classic – and so was not surprised when you mentioned the link.

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