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Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Chow / Visual Art Life Imitates Art, "Top Chef" Edition

Posted by on Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 4:33 PM

Does the Chef in the Hat at Rover's (from Bethany's "Top Chef" post) know about this famous painting by Watteau (ca. 1718-19)?

I like to think that he does.

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*I am sorry for not knowing how to arrange images on a screen correctly the first time around.

 

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Will in Seattle 1
The one on the left looks more like a Cuban drug lord.
Posted by Will in Seattle http://www.facebook.com/WillSeattle on April 7, 2010 at 4:56 PM
2

Do the guys at "Cracked" know you're copying their shtick?

Posted by Generation Xerox on April 7, 2010 at 6:43 PM
pissy mcslogbot 3
Watteau the fuck, you be Poussin me off with this kind of comparison, I Canaletto you be talkin' such crap about my Manet!

shit.
Posted by pissy mcslogbot on April 7, 2010 at 7:09 PM
Timmytee 4
So even in the early 1700s chefs dressed in whites?
Posted by Timmytee on April 8, 2010 at 5:16 AM
Peteykins 5
Not to be a total dick, but the hat is different, the top is different, the pants are different in style and color, and the shoes are different.

Other than that, yeah, he obviously copied the look.
Posted by Peteykins http://sparklepony.blogspot.com on April 8, 2010 at 5:34 AM
6
Oh, and the Watteau is a harlequin or jester, not a chef.
Posted by Elroy's Stepchild on April 8, 2010 at 7:11 AM
7
I love Thierry and am totally rooting for him!
Posted by mitten on April 8, 2010 at 7:41 AM
8
nice pictures, really exact dress, what a coincidence.

Drew
Posted by drew hause on April 21, 2010 at 6:51 AM

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