http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/jean-leon-gerome-from-gladiator-to-the-matrix/ The online magazine of the Getty Fri, 24 May 2013 20:59:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/jean-leon-gerome-from-gladiator-to-the-matrix/#comment-165664 Mario Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:21:51 +0000 http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/?p=1672#comment-165664 Kimberly, I believe that the picture you saw wasn't by Gerome. There was a concurrent photographic exhibit at the Getty, called "Tasteful Pictures" by various artists. Kimberly, I believe that the picture you saw wasn’t by Gerome. There was a concurrent photographic exhibit at the Getty, called “Tasteful Pictures” by various artists.

]]> http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/jean-leon-gerome-from-gladiator-to-the-matrix/#comment-63048 Kimberly Mon, 26 Sep 2011 02:55:05 +0000 http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/?p=1672#comment-63048 I'm looking for the name of one of Gérôme's photography pieces. It was displayed at the Getty last year - a nude woman suspended in the air encircled by baguettes. If anyone knows the title of this work your help would be greatly appreciated. I want a print so badly! -Kimberly I’m looking for the name of one of Gérôme’s photography pieces. It was displayed at the Getty last year – a nude woman suspended in the air encircled by baguettes. If anyone knows the title of this work your help would be greatly appreciated. I want a print so badly!
-Kimberly

]]> http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/jean-leon-gerome-from-gladiator-to-the-matrix/#comment-9716 Viajes con mi tía » Blog Archive » Léon-Gérôme Sun, 05 Dec 2010 21:36:16 +0000 http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/?p=1672#comment-9716 [...] (Pollice verso, 1872, la pintura de Léon-Gérôme que inspiró más de una sencuecia del cine de romanos, incluido el Gladiator de Ridley Scott) [...] [...] (Pollice verso, 1872, la pintura de Léon-Gérôme que inspiró más de una sencuecia del cine de romanos, incluido el Gladiator de Ridley Scott) [...]

]]> http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/jean-leon-gerome-from-gladiator-to-the-matrix/#comment-5265 Ben's Hemp Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:59:34 +0000 http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/?p=1672#comment-5265 That's awesome, this painting was clearly ahead of its time! I thought it was a screenshot from Gladiator that was manipulated, only to realize it was painted over a century ago. That’s awesome, this painting was clearly ahead of its time! I thought it was a screenshot from Gladiator that was manipulated, only to realize it was painted over a century ago.

]]> http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/jean-leon-gerome-from-gladiator-to-the-matrix/#comment-5214 Samuel Montero Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:16:02 +0000 http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/?p=1672#comment-5214 Nice article - lots of interesting points here. But I have to wonder about your statement toward the end, about Gerome being the one to break the mold (with depicting the passage of time visually). If you look at Botticelli's "Scenes of the Life of Moses", which pre-dates Gerome's work by several hundred years, the passage of time is depicted here quite beautifully also, although in an entirely different way! I'm not sure if Botticelli was the first to employ this cinematic technique (doubtful), but his piece is definitely a masterpiece in its own right: http://www.1st-art-gallery.com/thumbnail/115102/1/Scenes-From-The-Life-Of-Moses.jpg Nice article – lots of interesting points here. But I have to wonder about your statement toward the end, about Gerome being the one to break the mold (with depicting the passage of time visually). If you look at Botticelli’s “Scenes of the Life of Moses”, which pre-dates Gerome’s work by several hundred years, the passage of time is depicted here quite beautifully also, although in an entirely different way! I’m not sure if Botticelli was the first to employ this cinematic technique (doubtful), but his piece is definitely a masterpiece in its own right: http://www.1st-art-gallery.com/thumbnail/115102/1/Scenes-From-The-Life-Of-Moses.jpg

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