Fragonard's Naughty Swinger
You’ve been invited to Fragonard’s naughty game 😆 In this episode, I explain the raunchy story behind in Fragonard’s masterpiece, The Happy Hazards of the Swing, that I mentioned in my very first episode. Join me as I take you into the swinging, dizzying world of mischief, passion, and mystery in this small painting!
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For Further Reading 📖
Jennifer Milam, “Playful Constructions and Fragonard’s Swinging Scenes,” Eighteenth-Century Studies, volume 33, no. 4 (2000), pp. 543-559
Michel Delon, Le savoir-vivre libertin (Paris: Hachette Littératures, 2000)
Image Credit 🖼
Fragonard, The Happy Hazards of the Swing, c. 1767-68 / Wallace Collection / photo by wartburg.edu / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain
Etienne Falconet, Menacing Cupid, 1757 / Rijksmuseum / Public Domain
Jean Honoré Fragonard, The Swing, c. 1775/1780 / National Gallery of Art / Public Domain
Emmanuel de Ghendt, after Hubert-François Gravelot, Fidélité, in Hubert-François Gravelot and Charles Cochin, Iconologie par Figures, tome 2 / Internet Archive, digitized by Duke University Libraries / Public Domain
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Music 🎼
“Day Trip” by Raymond Grouse from Epidemic Sound
“A Lovely Lonely Day” by Arthur Benson from Epidemic Sound
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