{"id":22816,"date":"2015-12-30T11:58:51","date_gmt":"2015-12-30T11:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/blog\/?p=22816"},"modified":"2019-02-28T22:40:03","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T03:40:03","slug":"how-the-painting-got-its-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2015\/12\/how-the-painting-got-its-name\/","title":{"rendered":"How the Painting Got Its Name"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/n3\/1907891-how-the-painting-got-its-name\/\">Here<\/a> is a wonderful article by Ruth Yeazell, a professor at Yale University, that appeared in the Epoch Times last month. \u00a0Professor Yeazell gives a quick overview of her recent book: <em>Picture Titles: How and Why Western Paintings Acquired Their Names<\/em>. \u00a0I found this part\u00a0very amusing:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Even modern pictures often derive their titles from middlemen. Jackson Pollock\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/collection\/the-collection-online\/search\/482518\">Pasipha\u00eb<\/a> (1943) appears to have been named after the mythical queen who cuckolded King Minos and gave birth to the Minotaur, and some distinguished commentators interpreted it accordingly. But Pollock had actually intended to title his picture Moby Dick: it was a museum curator who came up with Pasipha\u00eb.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWho the hell is Pasipha\u00eb?\u201d the artist <a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=vNoX4iTHPs0C&amp;pg=PA242&amp;lpg=PA242&amp;dq=%22Who+the+hell+is+Pasipha%C3%AB?%22&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=G-OvtJfQxZ&amp;sig=EnLFb1ssJHsLwOENpgHZ9ig8HNI&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0CCoQ6AEwAmoVChMI3su_voiUyQIVwR4eCh0N_ArE#v=onepage&amp;q=%22Who%20the%20hell%20is%20Pasipha%C3%AB%3F%22&amp;f=false\">is reported to have inquired<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I think you will all enjoy reading the article (click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/n3\/1907891-how-the-painting-got-its-name\/\">HERE<\/a>) and some may even be interested in obtaining a copy of her book.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 322px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/n3\/1907891-how-the-painting-got-its-name\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/GettyImages-455580160-676x4502.jpg\" alt=\"GettyImages-455580160-676x4502\" width=\"312\" height=\"208\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Constable &#8220;The Hay Wain&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a wonderful article by Ruth Yeazell, a professor at Yale University, that appeared in the Epoch Times last month. \u00a0Professor Yeazell gives a quick overview of her recent book: Picture Titles: How and Why Western Paintings Acquired Their &hellip; 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