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Friday, January 20, 2012

The Friday Evening Nudes

Tonight I feature various renditions of Danae The Rembrandt is for my lovely friend Susan. 



Artemisa Gentilesch
Danaë 

(That red blanket takes my breath away.  ~ P.S.)



 Rembrandt
Danaë 
Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia




Danae
(detail)





Danae
(detail)





In 1985 this painting was viciously slashed and bathed in acid by a deranged man. The restoration proved highly successful. 



Danaë 
Jacob van Loo


Happy Weekend.
(Feeling a bit Sphinx-like),
Gina
:-)
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Friday, September 25, 2009

The Friday Evening Nudes


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

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Friday, September 11, 2009

The Friday Evening Nudes

 
Artemisia Gentileschi
Italian

Cleopatra
 1622
 

Edward John Poynter
English
Andromeda
1869
 
Frederick Carl Frieseke
1909
American Impressionist

 
The Enchantress
Luis Riccardo Faléro
(Spanish-born, raised in London)

1878
Robert Falk
Russian

German

1929
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