Tag: Georges

Georges Seurat — Une baignade à Asnières (Bathers at Asnières) #notesontheartwork

Just like in my last #notesontheartwork text, I decided to continue with pieces that take us to refreshing summer moments because despite being September, it’s still quite hot in Europe. This time we will dive into Une baignade à Asnières or Bathers at Asniè...

The Knight of the Flowers — Georges Rochegrosse

This is the case of The Knight of the Flowers by Georges Rochegrosse, a painting that explodes visually and seeks no other pretension than the admiration of beauty. The scene painted by the French artist belongs to an opera by Richard Wagner, Parsifal, which adapts a medieval epic ...

Watching a Documentary Meant to Destroy the Legacy of George Floyd

We’re less than five minutes into The Fall of Minneapolis and my students are already being subjected to disturbing footage of an officer pointing a gun at George Floyd’s head. The footage was taken on May 25, 2020. Police have been called by a convenience store clerk in Min...

The Beast of the Bastille| Guy Georges

Do you ever just randomly Google strange serial killer names? No, just me, great. Anyways, that’s what I did and came to a random list of strange serial killer names and came across this one and thought it was pretty interesting because I’ve never really known any true crime, serial kill...