jeanne's imaginary of The Culture of Denial: Villon, 15th Century, Courbet, 19th Century

The Culture of Denial: Villon, 15th Century, Courbet, 19th Century
The Ballad of the Hanged - Ballade des Pendus
by François Villon (1431 - 14-?)
Around the time of Jeanne d"Arc

In the computer image above I was trying to capture the the culture of modernism, and perhaps of postmodernism as well, that came to accept images of horror, like the dead rabbits, deer, chickens, etc. or the skulls, that were often a part of still life scenes along side a bowl of fruit. I borrowed the bowl of fruit from Courbet, but it hardly looks like his, as the links will show you. Then I called it the Culture of Denial.

I think what I had in mind about five years ago, when I did that image, was the crazy juxtaposition (postmodernity) that we came face to face with as we realized that the enlightenment wasn't all we had thought it would be.