The soul moved the pen, and broke it: Flaubert's emotional style

Re:The soul moved the pen, and broke it: Flaubert's emotiona... by anigbrowl on Tuesday March 19, 2024 @01:27PM (#39758162)

When he saw Breughel’s Temptation of Saint Anthony he fell into such a long, unresponsive rapture

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...

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.

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Re:The soul moved the pen, and broke it: Flaubert's emotiona... by HenryOliver87 on Tuesday March 19, 2024 @04:37PM (#39759958)

I got the detail from the Steegmuller biography. https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.62447/page/n13...

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#:~....

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Re:The soul moved the pen, and broke it: Flaubert's emotiona... by IncreasePosts on Tuesday March 19, 2024 @05:15PM (#39760286)

What's the deal with fish in strange places? Bosch seemed to be all about that too. Is it a Dutch thing?

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Re:The soul moved the pen, and broke it: Flaubert's emotiona... by HenryOliver87 on Tuesday March 19, 2024 @05:40PM (#39760546)

You might find this useful https://www.vitalchoice.com/blog/fish-art/#:~:text=In%201557....

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Re:The soul moved the pen, and broke it: Flaubert's emotiona... by anigbrowl on Wednesday March 20, 2024 @11:53AM (#39768298)

Well, looks like it's the Wikipedia article on the paintings that's wrong, sorry about that! I'll try adding the 'Brueghel follower' painting to the list.

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Re:The soul moved the pen, and broke it: Flaubert's emotiona... by cion on Tuesday March 19, 2024 @04:41PM (#39759986)

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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