Thursday, May 15, 2014

Shall We Talk?

Conversation. What is it? A Mystery! It's the art of never seeming bored, of touching everything with interest, of pleasing with trifles, of being fascinating with nothing at all.
~Guy de Maupassant


The art of conversation today:

The Discussion
by Harry Wilson Watrous (1857–1940)

Chiacchiere a riomaggiore
by Telemaco Signorini (1835–1901)

Diskussion
by Gottfried Buchberger
photo by Buchhändler

Paar im Gespräch
by Simon Glücklich (1863–1943)

A Conversation
by Vladimir Makovsky (1846–1920)

Au Theatre
by Albert Guillaume

A Fine Point
by Jehan Georges Vibert

A Political Discussion
by Émile Friant

Teaching Students How To Discuss

5 comments:

Irene Latham said...

Love the variety of pieces here... really want to know what the woman is whispering to her date in "Au Theatre." :)

HWY said...


And it should remain a mystery! (Often enough, we'd be disappointed if we actually heard what they were saying. :-)

Wonderful art work here. Enjoyed every piece.

And not a smartphone in sight.

Retta said...

Here you go, HWY. Thought this would give you a tickle:
http://www.commonsenseevaluation.com/2013/05/31/cartoon-of-the-day-uno-momento/#sthash.oBfkPH6M.dpbs

HWY said...

Ha! Wonderful cartoon. Bizarro (one of my favorites) strikes again!

Liz Steinglass said...

I especially love the first one. I want to be at that table!