There are alot of artists' names out there that get butchered/mispronounced all the time! I was guilty of this sin too. I'm no linguist or anything but with a little crafty googling I found the answers to my pronunciation queries.
So here is a helpful list of the culprits, courtesy of www.inogolo.com and www.forvo.com
enjoy!
Artists' names and their correct pronunciations!
Jean-Auguste Ingres - pronounced: "Zhahn-oh-gust" "Ayng"
Jacques-Louis David - pronounced: "Zhahk-loo-ee" "Dah-veed"
Hyacinthe Rigaud - pronounced: "Yeah-sahnt" "Ree-goo"
Nicolas Poussin - pronounced: "Nee-ko-lah" "Poo-sah"
Georges Seurat - pronounced: "Shore-hes" "Soower-ah"
Giovanni Tiepolo - pronounced: "Jah-van-ee" "Tee-poh-low"
Paul Klee - prounounced: "Pow-ull" "Klay"
Käthe Kollwitz - pronounced: "Kay-tah" "Kohl-vitz"
Berthe Morisot - pronounced: "Bayer-tah" "Mo-ree-zoh"
Gustave Caillebotte - pronounced: "Goo-stahf" "Kai-buh-t"
Gustave Courbet - pronounced: "Goo-stahf" "Cohr-bay"
Titian - pronounced: "Tih-shuhn"
Wayne Thiebauld - pronounced: "Tee-boh"
and saving the best for last!...
Amedeo Modigliani - pronounced: "Ah-may-day-o" "Mo-deel-yah-nee"
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
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Kosuth and Kolliwtiz are weird ones too.
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