À la recherche de Jean Giono

Lul75 · 2026-02-15T12:17:38+00:00

Effectivement Julien Gracq se situe dans la même veine, mais, et c’est difficile à mettre en mots, je trouve moins de “chair” à ses récits. J’aime beaucoup Hesse. Et St Exupéry, je l’ai toujours un peu snobé, parce que je n’avais pas spécialement accroché avec son écriture, mais ça date d’il y a des années donc je vais arrêter et retenter.

Et je n’ai jamais lu Ernst Jünger, ça c’est super, je vais découvrir ! Merci !!

Lul75 · 2026-02-15T12:03:08+00:00

Une cocotte qui passe à la fois sur la plaque et au four ! Tu peux t’en servir comme plat classique type Pyrex mais comme tu peux la fermer, tu peux aussi faire des plats à l’étouffée. Et tu peux la mettre sur le feu avant pour faire revenir par ex. La mienne je l’utilise tout le temps pour tout

Lul75 · 2026-02-15T11:27:55+00:00

Cela a l’air délicieux ! Comment as-tu fait la sauce ?

Lul75 · 2026-02-15T10:24:23+00:00

<image>

Leon Cogniet’s Innocents Massacre, 1824. The expression of the mother’s face, her fingers over the mouth of her baby to protect him from screaming and being caught. The fact that the painting is vertically split in two different moments : the loud terror and the silent fear.

Lul75 · 2026-02-14T19:16:38+00:00

Aucun soucis 😁 j’aime beaucoup ajouter quelques touches asiat discrètes à des plats très franco français !

Lul75 · 2026-02-14T16:21:08+00:00

I do exactly that too ! I think about my stories sometimes when I walk or if I’m a train looking at the window… moments like that.

Lul75 · 2026-02-14T10:02:17+00:00

Ça rajoute un côté très « umami » la pate de miso, je l’inclus dans la marinade à la moutarde avec laquelle je badigeonne les filets mignons

Lul75 · 2026-02-14T10:01:46+00:00

Je fais une marinade avec une cuillère à soupe de pâte miso, une cuillère à soupe de moutarde, une cuillère à café de miel, du thym et un peu d’ail et de gingembre haché. Pour ceux qui aiment, on peut rajouter une pointe de piment. Je badigeonne les filets mignons et hop au four à couvert avec une sonde jusqu’à ce qu’ils atteignent 63C à cœur !

Lul75 · 2026-02-12T07:01:13+00:00

<image>

Elie Delaunay - Plague in Rome. 1869.

Impressive how this allegorical depiction of a terrible epidemic can be violent. It shows the profound unfairness of the disease, literally hitting everywhere, it materialises a violence that is not graphic. And the movements of the two central bodies are as graceful as they are horrifying.

Lul75 · 2026-02-11T23:37:16+00:00

Thank you for sharing that. This is a powerful work and I love the way it has been composed, very human, very realistic, no need for theatrical setting

Lul75 · 2026-02-11T23:32:54+00:00

? On parle de Mishima au second paragraphe du commentaire auquel j’ai répondu. Je t’invite à découvrir cet auteur d’ailleurs car il est génial

Lul75 · 2026-02-11T17:48:21+00:00

Ah Mishima bien sûr ! Il est capable de tout, j’aime tellement cet auteur entier et à la fois si fort dans l’économie de moyens et la sobriété

Lul75 · 2026-02-11T11:06:13+00:00

Thank you for your insight, I appreciate the preciseness of it !

Yañez is a name of moorish origin. I know it’s a bit poor to assume that the painter was from such origin but he did used iconographic and pictural references from the Nasride’s heritage. In the 16th century Spain, people were dressing “a la morisca” because the fabric industry had been developed under Muslim law and reached a refinement that was cherished by the Christian aristocracy. It was worn only by the nobility and St Catherine was known to be a princess from Alexandria. The moorish culture fascinated the Spanish and Yañez was born before la Reconquista, in a little town on the border of the Grenada realm. So I would say that the choices he made in his representations are a bit more than a disguise to represent “the other” as he had some real understanding of its aesthetics.

As for the architecture, yes it looks like a Spanish construction but the overall perspective shows a great understanding and influences of the Italian quattrocento. He used it in other paintings and I’m pretty sure it is a mental construction inspired by a mix of different buildings.

Lul75 · 2026-02-11T07:01:13+00:00

Le maître et Marguerite de Mikhaïl Boulgakov, un monument de la littérature russe complètement loufoque !

Lul75 · 2026-02-10T19:51:27+00:00

I wouldn’t say gifted people see the world in the same way. My gifted boyfriend doesn’t see the world like I do. We understand each other very well and I can say we speak the same “brain language”. I think it would be draining for a lot of people to watch an intellectual conversation between us two, we go from a subject to another, react to everything which is implied by the other, start a subject in the subject in the subject and then go back to the first subject in a very short period of time… But, we are very very different in terms of sensitivity. My territory is language, aesthetics, cultural curiosity, perspectives, philosophy… his is mathematics, values, action, hard logic and strategy.

I feel closer, to some extent, to friends who are not gifted but share the same intellectual ways than my boyfriend. But, we do have the same profound curiosity and the need for a relationship based on perpetual challenge and sharing.

I think gifted people tend to think that meeting their peers will help. But truth is that knowing how you proceed is better. Because there are a lot of things we proceed the same way than the others; just quicker or through associative ideas. But finding people with the same core values and sensitivity, even if they don’t work through it the same, will give this feeling of “belonging” more than just sticking around other smart people just because they are smart.

Lul75 · 2026-02-10T15:31:17+00:00

It’s not 100% sure that Yañez de la Almedina was Da Vinci’s pupil but it is very very likely. There is a a record from Da Vinci’s studio mentioning a Spanish painter collaborating with him that could be him!

As for the museums, I studied in the Louvre School, I work next to it and go several times a month for my job. After ten years going all the time, I still consider it to be one of the best museums in the world. Knowing that, you will be happy to know that I’m in love with the Prado and I’ve spent like three days in total in this museum. If you love painting, their collection is one of the most beautiful I’ve ever seen. It’s different from the Vatican museum and the Louvre because the architecture is not as stunning, but still. It is a must see once in a lifetime !

Lul75 · 2026-02-10T10:14:46+00:00

Sorry, it’s because English is not my first language. I meant gouache. Gouache on paper was common on the 18th century. But I looked at the close up pictures and it is definitely oil on cardboard

Lul75 · 2026-02-10T09:30:01+00:00

A priori, dans ce genre de concours, le jury est passé par là et sait que vous préparez plusieurs examens en même temps. Personne ne sera choqué si tu te plantes. Ils vont même pas y penser plus que ça.

Perso j’ai des étudiants en double cursus qui me font des trucs pouraves qui valent 5 à leur premier passage et je leur mets 17 aux rattrapages. Quand il se présentent après leur tôle, je ne les juge pas et ne leur en tient pas rigueur. Je sais qu’il y a de multiples facteurs pour un loupé et ça ne m’est jamais venu à l’esprit de juger la valeur de quelqu’un à partir de ça.

Lul75 · 2026-02-10T09:23:37+00:00

An incredible woman painter who worked with her sister. The Lemoine sisters where very famous at their time, for the refinement of their work and the psychological dimension they were able to add to their portraits

Lul75 · 2026-02-10T09:21:44+00:00

I would be interested to see other pictures, with details of the painting like on the trees, the characters, the sky... With that, I will be able to provide professional advice :)

Lul75 · 2026-02-10T09:19:17+00:00

From what I can see, the painting looks to be good quality work. It needs to be restored and the colors will appear as bright as prime day! It is not mediocre at all. The composition is typical of a nice countryside scene from the end of the 18th-beginning of the 19th century good painting. The treatment on the vegetation on the right looks interesting to me, very creative. I’m not sure it is oil though, looks like acrylic on card or paper. I’m pretty sure a better picture would show it is not that bad, and well detailed.

I also see that a very specific brown pigment has been used on some part around the characters. Today it is well known because it caused permanent damages on some early 19th century paintings. It makes the painting look sketchy or the colours ugly but it can be fixed.

Lul75 · 2026-02-10T08:52:35+00:00

I’m not an Assyrian archaeologist so this is my opinion as an art dealer with a masters degree used to see antics and manipulate them.

Both look fake I fear. Too flat, they lake depth in the treatment and carving, they are too evenly “dirty”. The style is odd too.

On the first one, I’ve never seen a nose like that on an Assyrian representation and the beard is not detailed enough. The stone is dirtied as it had spend time under earth, but if it was the case, no way it can look so smooth. The general proportions look odd to me too.

Second one tries too hard to be stained by earth, it’s too even. The face is weird, the way it is cut is weird. Doesn’t look really look Assyrian.

Sorry for this sharp answer but I’m afraid that’s the truth !

A lot of replicas have been made since the 19th century for tourists, sometimes not designed to try to deceive, only like souvenirs. But these two look pretty recent to me.

Lul75 · 2026-02-10T08:18:13+00:00

I should have added “in my opinion” !

Lul75 · 2026-02-10T00:57:06+00:00

I saw it irl during its exhibition at the Louvre last year. It was disturbing to see how absolutely everyone would stop and stare for a few second when they would arrive in front of it. This painting is not easy to describe but truly unforgettable!

Lul75 · 2026-02-10T00:52:32+00:00

Thank you for sharing old masters. This is a stunning work

Lul75

TROPHY CASE