Tag archives: Elizabeth's Appraisals
Antoine-Louis Barye and a Victorian Bronze Age
PP has a 20” plaster casting of a Dromedary (Arabian) camel ‘after’ (reproduced from) a sculpture by Antoine-Louis Barye (1795-1875), the great bronze artist/animalier of the mid-19th century. Sculpture of this period, in which Barye was a leading figure, had a story to tell; and it was a monumental story. This is the period of […]
Mickey’s Gloves
Mickey Mouse is trending in memes; as of January 1, 2024, he entered the public domain. Disney fought for years to block this day, but to no avail. Now the mouse can be made to say or do any number of scandalous and snarky things: social media is awash with creepy Mickeys such as the […]
