CHESS IN ART
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Chess has always been an irresistible subject for painters and sculptors. The mathematical precision of the board and moves, the sculptural form of the pieces and the attitudes of the players have all provided inspiration for artists since the game began . Art thrives on the subtitles of mood and tension, and nothing creates more tension in a silent room than a chessboard. The game provides handy metaphors for almost anything an artist wants to use it for : the civility of urban life ; the complex dynamics of a relationship; the savagery of war. It has been depicted in every style from documentary realism to 20th-century abstraction and the political cartoon . ( Few major world events pass without at least one cartoonist reaching for the chessboard) The leading artist player was Marcel Duchamp , who took up the game to such good effect that he played on second board for the French national team.
That’s cool
I like that painting
Woollensocks I didn’t know you lived in Europe that’s cool
A Staffordshire printed pot lid , mid-19th century. John Bull challenges the Pope’s bishop
It’s a very cool painting, what are they saying?
“ Lady Players “ an illustration by an unnamed artist on the cover of a popular French magazine, 1910
A cartoonist ‘s wry comment on the much -hyped 1972 World Championship between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky
Sorry for the fact that I didn’t delete the underlying photos !
