Saturday, September 10, 2011

Loie Fuller

Tell Stephane Mallarme and Henri de Toulouse Lautrec down there at the Folies Bergere to scoot over. I want to watch this show.

Loie Fuller dances in 1896 in a film by the inventor of motion pictures, Louis Lumiere.







A Loie Fuller lamp.





A poster by Jules Cheret.


Did I mention that Art Nouveau is a big guilty pleasure of mine?
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7 comments:

  1. June ButlerSeptember 10, 2011 at 9:10 AM

    Amazing! I didn't know moving pictures were invented in the 19th century. The dance is amazing, too.

    Why is Art Nouveau a guilty pleasure? I'm guilty, too. Well, now that you've come out as an admirer, you must feel so much better, like a weight has been lifted. ;-)

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  2. it's margaretSeptember 10, 2011 at 12:24 PM

    Are the color variations in her dress a modern imposition on the film or are they for real?

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  3. susan s.September 10, 2011 at 2:26 PM

    Maybe they painted the film one "cel" at a time, Margaret.

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  4. JCFSeptember 10, 2011 at 6:14 PM

    Did I mention that Art Nouveau is a big guilty pleasure of mine?

    You are forgiven, my son.

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  5. CounterlightSeptember 10, 2011 at 9:09 PM

    susan s. is right. The film is hand-tinted, a common practice all through the era of silent pictures. I could be wrong, but wasn't Disney's Snow White the first feature length color movie?

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  6. CounterlightSeptember 10, 2011 at 9:10 PM

    Thank you JCF+. ;)

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  7. it's margaretSeptember 10, 2011 at 9:47 PM

    ...first feature length color movie? either that or Fantasia....

    --wouldn't it be fun to be able to dance like that!

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