[lit-ideas] And When Did You Last See Your Father?
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
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- Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 18:57:55 EDT
This to note that this is the exact title of the painting:
at:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/Lastseefather.jpg
From:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Frederick_Yeames
And When Did You Last See Your Father?
"The oil-on-canvas picture, painted in 1878, depicts a scene in an
imaginary Royalist household during the English Civil War."
"The Parliamentarians [Roundheads. JLS] have taken over the house and
QUESTION the son about his Royalist [Cavalier. JLS] father."
"And when did you last see your father?"
"Yeames was inspired to paint the picture to show the
[Kantian. JLS] crises that could arise from the natural
frankness of young children."
---- Who are not yet mature to digest Aristotle's Ethica Nichomachea and
are still Kantian at heart.
"Here, IF the boy *tells the truth* he will endanger his father,
but
IF he lies he will
go against the ideal of honesty undoubtedly instilled in him by his
parents."
Horrible trilemma!
"The boy in the pictures is based on Thomas Gainsborough's painting The
Blue Boy."
"It was modelled by Yeames' nephew, James Lambe Yeames."
"Behind the boy, a sobbing little girl,"
-- who is ARISTOTELIAN, like Geary, i.e. teleological.
"probably the daughter, waits her turn to be questioned. The girl was
based on Yeames' niece, Mary Yeames."
"At the back of the hall the mother and elder daughter wait anxiously on
the boy's reply."
-- The elder daughter is Kantian, the mother is Aristotelian.
"The scene is neutral."
"While the innocence of the boy is emphasized by his blond hair, open
expression and blue suit,"
"the questioners are also treated sympathically;"
--- because he is Aristotelian. The only Kantian in the picture is the boy
and the Absent Father.
"the main interrogator has a friendly"
teleological
"expression and the sergeant with the little girl has his arm on her
shoulder as if comforting her. The painting is now held at the Walker Art
Gallery, Liverpool. Madame Tussauds in London has a life-size waxwork tableau
of
the scene, faithfully reproduced from the painting."
but made of wax.
Yours,
J. L. Speranza
Bordighera
And When Did You Last See Your Father?
And When Did You Last See Your Father? (1878)
The oil-on-canvas picture, painted in 1878, depicts a scene in an
imaginary Royalist household during the English Civil War. The
Parliamentarians
have taken over the house and question the son about his Royalist father.
Yeames was inspired to paint the picture to show the crises that could arise
from the natural frankness of young children. Here, if the boy tells the
truth he will endanger his father, but if he lies he will go against the ideal
of honesty undoubtedly instilled in him by his parents.
The boy in the pictures is based on Thomas Gainsborough's painting The
Blue Boy. It was modelled by Yeames' nephew, James Lambe Yeames. Behind the
boy, a sobbing little girl, probably the daughter, waits her turn to be
questioned. The girl was based on Yeames' niece, Mary Yeames. At the back of
the
hall the mother and elder daughter wait anxiously on the boy's reply. The
scene is neutral: while the innocence of the boy is emphasized by his blond
hair, open expression and blue suit, the questioners are also treated
sympathically; the main interrogator has a friendly expression and the sergeant
with the little girl has his arm on her shoulder as if comforting her. The
painting is now held at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. Madame Tussauds
in London has a life-size waxwork tableau of the scene, faithfully
reproduced from the painting.
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