tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post1190096754892869894..comments2023-08-25T08:48:01.101-04:00Comments on The Pagan Sphinx: The Friday Evening NudesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17296223961815248113noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-4161606210180088042010-04-25T15:19:25.646-04:002010-04-25T15:19:25.646-04:00All rather lovely. Amazing life story.All rather lovely. Amazing life story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-1731363205428135612010-04-25T14:38:41.015-04:002010-04-25T14:38:41.015-04:00Wow these works are absolutely stunning. Thanks fr...Wow these works are absolutely stunning. Thanks fro drawing my attention to another artist I did not know beforejams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-57532467934778219792010-04-25T13:02:48.401-04:002010-04-25T13:02:48.401-04:00Yes, the first one was a very good choice for draw...Yes, the first one was a very good choice for drawing us into the others. The lines are clear and tenderly rendered of bodies all the more beautiful in their perfect imperfection. The subtle coloring is marvelous. <br /><br />The full color paintings done later are much stronger but don't become flamboyant which is also very nice but overall I think I prefer the line drawings over the watercolor. There's something about them that reminds me of Lautrec's honesty of vision.<br /><br />I think Steve's correct about the use of nudity in art. It was Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart who said it best: 'I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material I understand to be embraced within that shorthand description ["hard-core pornography"]; and perhaps I could never succeed in intelligibly doing so. But I know it when I see it, and the motion picture involved in this case is not that.'susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-13911171996952976362010-04-25T08:49:06.477-04:002010-04-25T08:49:06.477-04:00her lines are so wonderful - so bold and full yet ...her lines are so wonderful - so bold and full yet graceful<br />and the faces are so joyfulDiannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02946500110072411468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-87379269139193917762010-04-25T00:18:27.550-04:002010-04-25T00:18:27.550-04:00WOW. Those are lovely. I had never heard of that a...WOW. Those are lovely. I had never heard of that artist before.kenjuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342414519714356343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-18720833025657686562010-04-24T08:24:41.585-04:002010-04-24T08:24:41.585-04:00These are all so very beautiful!These are all so very beautiful!bobbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00658103343742852411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-63296294854646202362010-04-24T06:51:37.544-04:002010-04-24T06:51:37.544-04:00Great! And I loved that old post about Man Ray. I ...Great! And I loved that old post about Man Ray. I have to write a post about compemporary icconocast artists, those who produce to take money from people. In the ideia of Warhol "making money is art"<br /><br />A very good weekend for you.Táxi Pluviosohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03419519526820892824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-35530447444550934672010-04-24T05:29:20.238-04:002010-04-24T05:29:20.238-04:00I love seeing these Asian women with a little meat...I love seeing these Asian women with a little meat on their bones - I always seem to think of them as so petite and thin! I love your description of yourself at the top of the blog too.Susie of Arabiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13315336613944665651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-90228881779105099062010-04-23T20:43:42.917-04:002010-04-23T20:43:42.917-04:00An outstanding entry of yours. Please have a wonde...An outstanding entry of yours. Please have a wonderful start into the weekend.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://barefootnavigator.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">barefoot navigation<br /></a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-214663724093040392010-04-23T20:07:21.085-04:002010-04-23T20:07:21.085-04:00These are beutiful, and unique. My favorites, I t...These are beutiful, and unique. My favorites, I think, are the first and the last. They remind me the most of Chinese painting, seeming to partake of both traditions.<br /><br />It's a wonder to me that so many cultures around the globe do not appreciate or understand the nude in art. Part of me wants to work this out, and decide whether they are wrong or whether we are - whether depicting the nude in art is good in some absolute sense, or harmful in some absolute sense. The nude is used for many distasteful things. But all things can be used for ill. And the nude in art seems to foster an openness and enlightened view of the body, even of the worth of human life.<br /><br />But most of me doesn't want to tackle the problem at that scale. I'm content, I think, to leave this as a personal issue - something like spirituality, which must be worked out by every person for themselves. It's a maturity issue. A taste issue. A matter of readiness for the messages. I know there are messages I avoid and am unwilling to see or hear, as well... We all place our windows and walls where we choose - perhaps where we need them to be.<br /><br />I'm glad I have a large window, a door, on much of the art world. It's part of my soul. I'm glad I share it with others - like you and many of your readers.<br /><br />Thank you, as always, for finding, organizing, and posting these images and the informative captions and introductions.Steve Emeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08628329561652344403noreply@blogger.com