Izzy Slone is a recent high school grad who loves visual art, fashion and making people smile. She joined the AGO Youth Council this past year and will be attending UofT in the fall. This week Izzy teaches us how to juggle!

People have always used humour to deal with anxiety in difficult times. Daniel Rabel (1578 – 1637) was a French painter who lived in France during a time of war. Among his many skills, he designed sets and costumes for court ballet performances. Some of these ballets were more like the parades we know today and included jugglers, acrobats and magicians. They were intended to amuse and entertain often in a subversive and anti-authoritarian way. The figure he painted here is from a grotesque ballet – so-called because the comic figures often had grotesquely exaggerated features and bodies that mocked the fashion obsessions of the court.

 

 

 

 

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Izzy Slone is a recent high school grad who loves visual art, fashion and making people smile. She joined the AGO Youth Council this past year and will be attending U of T in the fall. This week Izzy teaches us how to juggle! #AGOYouthSkillz #AGOFromHome @agotoronto

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