Alexandre Cabanel
French
Albayde
1848
Not full nudes, but rather, scantily-clads
Italian
Romanticism
Alexandre Cabanel
Albayde
1848
below:
Frederick Childe Hassam
Georges d’Espagnat
1870-1950
French
Rubens
Little Fur
Artemisia Gentilesch
Lucretia
1620
(ok, I admit some of these are of the variety that people want to write captions about. Feel free if you are so inspired. ;-) And be advised that I am only a teeny tiny bit judgmental. ;-)
Have a happy and safe Friday.
Pagan Sphinx
(ok, I admit some of these are of the variety that people want to write captions about. Feel free if you are so inspired. ;-) And be advised that I am only a teeny tiny bit judgmental. ;-)
Have a happy and safe Friday.
Pagan Sphinx
No caption here....just a thanks for the nice collection of pics! Have a good weekend!
ReplyDeleteBefore this, I was unfamiliar with Cabanel. His work is wonderful!
ReplyDeleteok- the last one where she's grabbing her boob is a bit risque for the 1600's imo ;) love the cabanets- love them! and the rubens reminds me of me. i have a closet full of clothes that are 'little' for me these days ;)
ReplyDeleteLucretia is not only popping out her breast, she is intending to do something to it. Ouch. Take a closer look.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this beauty.
ReplyDeleteMakes ME feel beautiful.
Aloha, Friend!
Comfort Spiral
Caution: thank you for visiting. And whether or not it's true, you've convinced me (who knows how)that is really you in your icon image. ;-)
ReplyDeleteBetmo: Cabanel is one of my favorite painters of nudes. And as I said, take a closer look at the painting of the woman holding her breast. She has something else in the other hand.
Lady Kenju: I love your comments on the art posts. I'm glad you found something new here!
Hugs to all,
Gina
My dear Cloudia - you have a way of touching on the essence of things. A nice gift; rare. That is exactly what the Friday nudes are intended to do; only I didn't know how to put it into words and your words are just perfect! The nudes (for the most part) are supposed to make us feel beautiful; they are supposed to allow people who love women to see all the way that women can be and still be beautiful. You are a treasure in the blogosphere, Luv.
It's funny but just the other day I was talking with a friend about the experience of having the milk drop. The painting of Lucrezia reminded me.
ReplyDeleteI wanted to let you know we're on our way to buy me a new computer this morning. Within days of not being able to access your blog with my unupdatable browsers the same thing happened with a few more. Expect to see me more often in future :-)
A beautiful selection. I don't think I've ever seen Cabanel's works before. Truly a superb portrait.
ReplyDeletethe cabanel's are so lovely
ReplyDeleteHurray! Susan will be able to visit more often. And Susan, meet Jams o donnel, I think you will like each other's blogs!
ReplyDeleteDi: Cabanel paints prettily, yes.
I am intrigued by the Hassam and the flag outside. The woman's face suggests to me she is ill at ease.
ReplyDeletei'm loving the 'scantily clad' ladies for some reason...there is something rather innocent about them...whether intentional or not. :)
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I wish to lodge a complaint.
ReplyDeleteI've seen more flesh exposed on a cloistered nun than lady number two, above, is howing.
You advertise nudes - please give us nudes!
Priest: and how, pray tell (pun intended), were YOU allowed into the cloister??? ;-)
ReplyDeleteI did say they were not full nudes but semi-clads. You just happened to go right for the images and failed to read that!
Sandy: good observation. There is a story there. I wonder why she's holding her fingers in that way, also...
Linda: talk to the Mad Priest for me, won't you? ;-)
ReplyDeleteLove you, dear Linda
Gina
MadPriest is funny, and I want to know how he happened into the cloister.
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