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Monday, September 8, 2008
The Siren
From the Fruhlinger Archives:Nimue, une sorcière de la rue de Londres (Alexandre Cabanel, Oil on Canvas, 1795)
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Even as ignorant of art as I am I am amazed that I haven't seen it before. Thanks.
7 comments:
Even as ignorant of art as I am I am amazed that I haven't seen it before. Thanks.
Everyone agrees that the human body is a beautiful thing, but why does it always seem to be young women painted by old guys?
Because no one wants to look at old guys painted by young women.
LOL Joanna!!!
Madame Joanna:
Kapteeni Carl Adolf Möllersvärd, 1775, by Ulrika Fredrica Pasch.
I stand corrected. No one wants to look at naked old men painted by young women.
besides, the guy in that picture doesn't look exactly old.
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