tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post250100485939737946..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-73755808123470052602010-09-11T18:05:48.204-04:002010-09-11T18:05:48.204-04:00Oh how nice! The Friday evening nudes are back. I ...Oh how nice! The Friday evening nudes are back. I like the paintings rather more than the sculptures but I find I usually do. I've met a few artists whose work goes from soft and dreamy when they paint to constructionist in sculpture. Only a few have been able to pull off both media to my satisfaction - ie, Michelangelo. I have high standards :-)susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-10346983136460196312010-09-11T14:00:49.375-04:002010-09-11T14:00:49.375-04:00Excellent! another artist I did not know before. T...Excellent! another artist I did not know before. THanks!jams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-69610552857429710462010-09-11T11:06:24.497-04:002010-09-11T11:06:24.497-04:00Steve - thanks for your free-flowing descriptions....Steve - thanks for your free-flowing descriptions. I always enjoy the touches you add to your comments on the art. The sculpture is my favorite.<br /><br />Kenju: you ARE lovely! So stop it! :-)<br /><br />Dianne: You bet! Hugs to you tooAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17296223961815248113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-20155058892670728642010-09-11T08:49:51.662-04:002010-09-11T08:49:51.662-04:00they're all beautiful
I really like the 4th on...they're all beautiful<br />I really like the 4th one down<br />the color, the lines<br />her hand is so lovely<br /><br />thanks for sharing lady<br />hugsDiannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02946500110072411468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-65970530408924027092010-09-10T22:28:01.719-04:002010-09-10T22:28:01.719-04:00I think Maillol captures the youthful fullness and...I think Maillol captures the youthful fullness and fresh solid weight of his models. Without fussy detail he makes them seem more real, more present, than most sculpture or painting. Bronze seems like a perfect medium for these - the smooth polish, the dark color, emphasizes the curves, masses, and intersections which plainly fascinated him and gives a timelessness, a permanence that contrasts strongly (for me) with the rapid passing of youth. <br /><br />I have to admit, though, that my favorite is the painting with the blue and white cloth radiating out from her hand and breasts. I love all the movement, and the contrast of the cloth with the deep warm tones of her skin. And all those echoes, like the repeated waves of color in the drapery - in the upper left the cloth, ochre shape, hair, profile - and the soft upcurved red profile of her lips and of her right nipple... <br /><br />There is a respect for and awe of the female form that reminds me of Renoir. But where Renoir's nudes always seem to be smiling, or on the verge of smiling (of laughter, even), and seem to be comfortably in the viewer's company, Maillol's nudes seem to be in solitude, and have the silent gravity of introspection. There is an intensity instead of Renoir's sunny warmth. Renoir's subjects seem to be young mothers, or looking to have babies of their own soon, where Maillol's women give me no such impression. <br /><br />Thanks for posting these. I hadn't seen this many of his works at once before.Steve Emeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08628329561652344403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-92018503066787338882010-09-10T17:43:08.463-04:002010-09-10T17:43:08.463-04:00Cloudia and Kenju: I'm glad you enjoyed this ...Cloudia and Kenju: I'm glad you enjoyed this set!<br /><br />Fishing Guy: Thanks. The only image in this post that is mine is the one that says "Pagan Sphinx photo" under it. The other images are culled from the internet. Thanks for you visit!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17296223961815248113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-54396073107622472772010-09-10T17:15:11.835-04:002010-09-10T17:15:11.835-04:00PS: Neat captures of the beautiful art forms.PS: Neat captures of the beautiful art forms.This Is My Blog - fishing guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03826128050970967135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-73629418450955411062010-09-10T17:06:41.244-04:002010-09-10T17:06:41.244-04:00powerful
Aloha from Waikiki
Comfort Spiralpowerful<br /><br /><br /><br />Aloha from Waikiki <br /><br /><a href="http://comfortspiral.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Comfort Spiral</a>Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-84262305047578327792010-09-10T16:21:08.874-04:002010-09-10T16:21:08.874-04:00I meant I'm chunky - not lovely - LOL!!!I meant I'm chunky - not lovely - LOL!!!kenjuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342414519714356343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-7957208116785757752010-09-10T16:20:40.981-04:002010-09-10T16:20:40.981-04:00Lovely (chunky) women!! Just like me.Lovely (chunky) women!! Just like me.kenjuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342414519714356343noreply@blogger.com