Still Raising Eyebrows after 150 Years feat. Lilianne Milgrom, author of L'Origine

Art In Fiction

Join me as I chat with Lilianne Milgrom, author of L’Origine, an intriguing novel about the creation and history of L’Origine du Monde by Gustave Courbet, one of the world’s most provocative paintings.
Highlights:

• Find out why Courbet's L'Origine du Monde is still raising eyebrows after 150 years
• The effect of the painting on Lilianne
• Gustave Courbet and realism
• How reactions to L'Origine du Monde are like those to a Rorschach test
• Is the painting odious or empowering?
• The Paris Commune of 1870 and its role in L'Origine
• A reading from the novel
• Advice for authors

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Lilianne Milgrom's Website
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Music Credits
Intro: Paganology, performed by The Paul Plimley Trio; composed by Gregg Simpson
Ad: Celtic Calypso, performed by Lunar Adventures; composed by Gregg Simpson
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Chapter

1. Welcome (00:00:00)

2. What L'Origine is about (00:01:21)

3. Why "L'Origine du Monde" is so scandalous (00:02:04)

4. Artist Residency in Paris: becoming a copiste (00:02:40)

5. Courbet and realism (00:04:18)

6. What's appealing about "L'Origine du Monde" from a painter's perspective? (00:07:33)

7. The painting and feminist art criticism (00:09:00)

8. Courbet and the 1870 Commune Uprising in Paris (00:12:55)

9. Researching and writing the novel (00:17:36)

10. A kaleidoscopic novel (00:21:55)

11. Famous artists in "L'Origine" (00:24:01)

12. Reading from L'Origine (00:27:16)

13. What's the hardest part of writing a novel? (00:34:27)

14. Final advice for writers (00:38:50)