Tuesday, March 10, 2009

The Most Beautiful Woman in the World

And lucky me, she lives in my hometown museum, the MFA. This is Renoir's Le Bal a Bougival.





You can get some info on this painting at http://blogs.princeton.edu/wri152-3/s06/mgawrys/dance_at_bougival_2.html although I strongly disagree with their interpretation that the female figure, Marie Clementine, is unhappy because she is not smiling or making eye contact with her partner. For me, this woman, has always had a look of almost pure joy (although it is not necessarily dependent on her partner). She is completely caught up in the moment and freedom of the dance.

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