http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/a-horse-of-course-curator-anne-woollett-on-equine-painting/ The online magazine of the Getty Fri, 24 May 2013 20:59:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/a-horse-of-course-curator-anne-woollett-on-equine-painting/#comment-270229 Tuesday links | Tyler Green: Modern Art Notes | ARTINFO.com Tue, 12 Jun 2012 12:30:55 +0000 http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/?p=8264#comment-270229 [...] Great horses in great art. More fun. [...] [...] Great horses in great art. More fun. [...]

]]> http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/a-horse-of-course-curator-anne-woollett-on-equine-painting/#comment-269679 Mysticism Mon, 11 Jun 2012 16:16:04 +0000 http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/?p=8264#comment-269679 During my last visit to the Getty, I remember seeing "An Allegory of Passion" by Holbein and reading in the caption that the quotation in the painting read, "And so my passion carries me along." The passionate horse was being used to convey human passion. In those days, horses were the primary means of transportation, so people would have more naturally perceived their allegorical meaning. In our age, they have been replaced by machines, so their allegorical value has diminished. During my last visit to the Getty, I remember seeing “An Allegory of Passion” by Holbein and reading in the caption that the quotation in the painting read, “And so my passion carries me along.” The passionate horse was being used to convey human passion. In those days, horses were the primary means of transportation, so people would have more naturally perceived their allegorical meaning. In our age, they have been replaced by machines, so their allegorical value has diminished.

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