Is hair parting genetically determined??? I see no sign of parting in my
kids' hair. It resembles sheepdog's hair.
How about those cultures where it was customary to part hair down the
middle, shave heads, or shave leaving a single patch?
The chitarrone gentleman is a regular righty bloke, who combed his hair the
way righties do- with his right hand.
Lest we get hairraisingly and hairbarainedly offtopic:
http://www.wikihow.com/Get-the-Perfect-Parting-in-Your-Hair
RT
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From: "Ron Fletcher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "lute@cs.dartmouth.edu" <Lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 1:39 PM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: metal contraption/RH on the bridge?
I would still suggest that this is not a mirror-image. Not only because of
the normal stringing of the chitaronne, but note that his hair is parted on
the left. Most European men's hair naturally lays this way. Fewer men have
a right-side parting.
There is no evidence to suggest he was a 'leftie'
Best Wishes
Ron (UK)
-----Original Message-----
From: Roman Turovsky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 4:45 PM
To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu; Anthony Hind
Subject: [LUTE] Re: metal contraption/RH on the bridge?
To put an end to this daftness: the JG portrait is A PRINT OF AN ENGRAVED
PLATE, therefore it is a MIRROR IMAGE of the actual artwork, and there is
absolutely NO REASON to suppose that Jacques was a lefty.
And besides, as I recall, during the Baroque and earlier eras lefties were
not taught string instruments, and had to limit themselves to keyboards.
RT
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From: "Anthony Hind" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 10:54 AM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: metal contraption/RH on the bridge?
Mathias
I see why David Van Edwards has inversed the portrait, this question
of the bass strings on the wrong side.
The text is definitely from left to right on the RA engraving, but
this could be a problem due to the engraving process.
You have to inverse the portrait in the original (negative) to get
the correct positive. Perhaps the person who wrote the text was not
the artist
and he did not know how a two-headed lute would look like.
However, there is another possible explanation. The artist might have
wanted Gaultier to look towards the right.
Due to our writing system, this is always the more dynamic direction,
particularly if it is reinforced by a an actual written text.
Thus the inversion could be deliberate.
Furthermore, Gautier (Orpheos) ends up looking towards the rising sun
(correct direction for the myth).
The light however, feels more like that of a setting sun, not perhaps
the image that the painter, engraver, wanted
to develop.
There are also conflicting estimations about the dates of the three
paintings. Some have claimed that all three are in the same year, if
so, then the difference in features does seem rather great, but the
estimations are quite vague. Gaultier would have put on a great deal
of weight in comparison with the other two paintings. However, the
estimations vary, by at least ten years, and this is clearly an
official portrait, while the other two are less so. Could it be that
a well fed man symbolizes a certain success. Should we see this as a
portrait of Jacques, or a portrait of the role he is playing in the
English court? King Charles was supposed to be a master of "mise en
scène", as judged by the colossal Masques he put on to make political
points over his enemies. An official portrait could just be part of
this tendency to "mise en scène", rather than as a true portrait.
Just a few thoughts, this may well have been discussed and put to
rest, by keener eyes than mine.
Anthony
Le 1 janv. 08 à 14:47, Anthony Hind a écrit :
Mathias
I have no argument in favour of the van Dyck being a portrait of
Jacques. It has also been argued that the portrait by Reyn is of
Jacques :
http://tinyurl.com/24rdsj
See, at http://tinyurl.com/27fvgm
I don't know what the general view of this is either.
If this is a true picture of Jacques Gaultier:
http://www.vanedwards.co.uk/spencer/html/Page%20419.html (right) - and
it has been discussed at length that he probably was left-handed, btw,
because of the instrument he is holding (the pic is wrong-sidedly
rendered in the Early music article).
However, I am not sure about the left/right sided question.
What appears to be the original of the engraving, is in the Royal
Academy, and is rendered in the inverse of the picture on the Van
Edwards' site.
Compare :
http://tinyurl.com/yt8ovw
and the original, at the RA
http://tinyurl.com/yvfn5z
Which is the right way round? Is it a case of positive and negative
in the engraving process. Jacques is not playing the lute. Can we be
sure?
There are other reasons why a portrait, or a painting might be inversed:
One might be the use of a camera obscura, as once it was supposed
Vermeer had used, but that seems unlikely for a stylized portrait,
see at
http://www.grand-illusions.com/vermeer/vermeer2.htm
The other might be for some symbolic reason, as argued for this
rendering of Criccieth Castle, by Turner.
http://tinyurl.com/2aj2j9
Compare with my own photo taken towards Criccieth Castle at sunset:
http://tinyurl.com/2bf8fa
It is generally considered that, by inversing the castle, Turner
increases the feeling of the wildness of the sea, against which the
castle is now facing.
Perhaps, a move to the left arm was required to focus on the lutist.
Regards
Anthony
Le 1 janv. 08 =E0 11:03, Mathias R=F6sel a ecrit :
"Anthony Hind" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb:
Ed
My message was "sabred". I will try again.
Ed
Perhaps, if this is so, van Dyck is giving an interpretation of
"English" Gaultier, not just as a Chitaronne player see also
http://tinyurl.com/2xa5by
There is some claim that this lute player could be Jacques Gaultier,
If this is a true picture of Jacques Gaultier:
http://www.vanedwards.co.uk/spencer/html/Page%20419.html (right) - and
it has been discussed at length that he probably was left-handed, btw,
because of the instrument he is holding (the pic is wrong-sidedly
rendered in the Early music article).
then this
http://www.classiquenews.com/ecouter/lire_article.aspx?
article=330&identifiant=7KV764UKJ1E3HWXL4VX6OACYI
is certainly not the same man: hair-cut, eyebrows, shape of face. You
would expect a painter to depict the traits as truely as possible,
wouldn't you. And his instrument is for a right-handed player.
Mathias
who it is also claimed escaped from France while he was wanted for
murder, and who later bit a piece out of an English lute player's
face (Jacques did not just leave traces on lute bellies, by all
accounts. See Janet Snowman, in an article, dated December 2006,
entitled APOL LO Academy Pictures On-Line, Robert Spencer)
http://tinyurl.com/239h99
.Regards
Anthony
Le 31 dec. 07 =E0 11:05, Ed Durbrow a ecrit :
On Dec 17, 2007, at 4:56 AM, Anthony Hind wrote:
Dear all,
There are new photos of unrestored lutes on Mimmo Peruffo's site at
http://www.aquilacorde.com/lutes.htm
What the heck is that metal contraption on the guy's hand in the
painting about 3/4 of the way down the page: Anton van Dyck (ca.
1630): archlute player? Is he holding a sword too?
Ed Durbrow
Saitama, Japan
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow
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