[HN Gopher] The soul moved the pen, and broke it: Flaubert's emo...
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       The soul moved the pen, and broke it: Flaubert's emotional style
        
       Author : apollinaire
       Score  : 34 points
       Date   : 2024-03-18 20:19 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | anigbrowl wrote:
       | _When he saw Breughel's Temptation of Saint Anthony he fell into
       | such a long, unresponsive rapture_
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       | I wasn't familiar with this painting, for the very good reason
       | that it doesn't exist:
       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temptation_of_Saint_Anthony_in...
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       | I have a hunch the writer meant Bosch's version, given that his
       | paintings are so visually dense that anyone would need a long
       | time to take them in. An interesting essay, but I wonder how many
       | other facts were negligently reworked by the author and how this
       | shaped his critical opinions.
        
         | HenryOliver87 wrote:
         | I got the detail from the Steegmuller biography.
         | https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.62447/page/n13...
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         | I believe it refers to this painting, which has, I believe,
         | changed attribution, but which is still referred to as by a
         | "Breughel follower". https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-
         | page.41602.html#:~....
        
           | IncreasePosts wrote:
           | What's the deal with fish in strange places? Bosch seemed to
           | be all about that too. Is it a Dutch thing?
        
             | HenryOliver87 wrote:
             | You might find this useful
             | https://www.vitalchoice.com/blog/fish-
             | art/#:~:text=In%201557....
        
         | cion wrote:
         | _I wasn 't familiar with this painting, for the very good
         | reason that it doesn't exist_
         | 
         | Are you sure? The wikipedia page on Flaubert's novel says: "In
         | 1845, at age 24, Flaubert visited the Balbi Palace in Genoa,
         | and was inspired by a painting of the same title, then
         | attributed to Bruegel the Elder (now thought to be by one of
         | his followers)." And the National Gallery seems to think they
         | have it in the West Building
         | (https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.41602.html).
        
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