Dear Gary,
I do agree: this is why I suggested that 'In short, the very act of
posing for the picture was
the statement rather than the playing of music'.
regards,
Martyn
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From: Gary Boye <[email protected]>
To: Martyn Hodgson <[email protected]>
Cc: David Van Edwards <[email protected]>; "[email protected]"
<[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, 24 November 2015, 13:19
Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: Another lute picture?
Martyn,
There seems to be an inside joke we're not privy to here. It may just
be that the artist liked the 90 degree angle created by the 2
instruments when held this way. And/or if she held it in the normal
position she would have risked obscuring the man's face and throwing
off the composition.But look at the dog: he/she doesn't seem to be
enjoying the lute playing and the reaction is aimed pointedly at the
lute player. Something important is happening there.
This borders on parody, seen apparently from the point of view of the
male gamba player, who looks directly at us. Subtle; but barely . . .
It seems to me to be a joke on the woman, whether or not she was "in"
on it.
Gary
On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 6:14 AM, Martyn Hodgson
<[1][email protected]> wrote:
Very interesting David.
It may be simply a fashionable couple wanting to be portrayed
performing but in fact unable to play a note! Perhaps the painter
who,
as you point out, might be thought to have known better was
laughing up
his sleeve...
Or perhaps, and maybe more likely (the painter might not have
wished to
be later seen to make fools of his rich clients), they had
insisted on
this sort of pose (it certainly looks very stylised especially
with the
young lady's eyes turned to heaven etc) and their insistence
overcame
any scruples the painter may have expressed about depicting them
actually playing. In short, the very act of posing for the
picture was
the statement rather than the playing of music.
regards
Martyn
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From: David Van Edwards <[2][email protected]>
To: [3][email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, 24 November 2015, 10:50
Subject: [LUTE] Another lute picture?
Dear All,
My Lute of the Month series has dwindled to lute of the Year
these
days! It's because I've mainly been writng them for the Lute
Society's
newsletter, Lute News, now it has a nice full colour cover.
But here is the latest, as it were more public, example up on
the web
at
[1][4]http://www.vanedwards.co.uk/month/Nov%2015/month.htm
I hope you find it fun! As usual please email me any
corrections or
comments
Best wishes,
David
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