ART 104L Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Financial Planner, Syphilis, Cuckold
Document Summary
Painting: breakfast scene from marriage a la mode. Diderot liked chardin"s art art should have social purpose not only be used to appeal to upper classes. Chardin"s colors show humility: white, black, brown. Marriage was a business sir squanderly feet bound up - ate too much meat, rich man"s disease. Breakfast scene couple apart from each other a lot of wealth art crammed into corner lights not taken care of house in disarray - servants not doing job financial planner - holding stack of paper. Music- harmony ladie card game out all night unladylike siting. Man sword on ground loose pants shirt not tucked in dog - symbolizes faithfulness figures out that man has been cheating (picked up set) series of work destroys perception of wealthy. Where people are groomed lawyer in scene little girl playing with statue sign means cuckold and cheated on husband dies lawyer dies.
