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« Reply #255 on: Oct 03, 2008, 02:51 » |
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As a compensation for my repost and because it reminded me of this: Medusa - a female monster loaded with erotic symbolism - with hair og live snakes, turning men to stone by her gaze and finally decapiteted by Perseus - a subject interpreted by a number og artist...  Caravaggio  Böcklin Franz StuckThese two above reminds me a lot of Giger:   Rubens - almost as stilleben composition  Bernini - exposes also the sadness of the character |
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adamPadam
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« Reply #256 on: Oct 03, 2008, 03:45 » |
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The starsign Perseus including, which is not as much about Perseus, as it is about Medusas evil eye - Algol, the ghoul star.  Perseus by Cellini  the severed body up close, blood spraying from the neck:  ...which leads nicely on to Dali, who apparently really had a thing with Medusa:  and  and  and  finally Medusa, not as female monster, but then again - a monstrous historical shipwreck, leading to cannibalism amongst the survivors: The Shipwreck of Medusa  Here the original - [url+http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Raft_of_the_Medusa]Le Radeau de la Méduse[/url] by Théodore Géricault:  More on it hereA few more (ancient) Medusa-examples |
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« Reply #257 on: Oct 03, 2008, 14:00 » |
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Maaaaagnificent! Thank you so much for this round-up - so much art historical eye candy in there! *drools*  |
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adamPadam
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« Reply #258 on: Oct 03, 2008, 16:09 » |
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Always at thy service, miss Suzanne   ... it was a fun subject to dig in to. But it struck me that there weren't really any contemporary examples. Have the classics been all but forgotten... |
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Suzanne
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« Reply #259 on: Oct 03, 2008, 16:53 » |
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I love the academic proportions of your research!  Hmm.. that's interesting and concerning that you mention the lack of contemporaries who tackle the subject. But as a matter of fact, my bf has recently mentioned that he wants to construct a Medusa cryptid of some sort in the near future. I'll keep you posted! |
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« Reply #260 on: Oct 21, 2008, 08:23 » |
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Suzanne
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« Reply #263 on: Dec 30, 2008, 18:00 » |
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Maybe not a very "erotic" haircut at a first glance, but definitely rather risqué considering the epoch...  "Jeune fille en buste" by Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, 1794 |
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Suzanne
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« Reply #264 on: Jan 04, 2009, 15:58 » |
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« Reply #265 on: Jan 19, 2009, 20:27 » |
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« Reply #267 on: Apr 07, 2009, 06:55 » |
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perfect movie for this topic Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus  |
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« Reply #268 on: Apr 10, 2009, 19:42 » |
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Why don't you grace this item with a photo of your lovely long hair, Ms. Wurzel Tod? Please? *cough*   FIY: That's partly a hairpiece with the same length as my real hair, i.e. the light purple highlights are artificial. beautiful, beautiful hair. your curls are delicious! i love this self-portrait. my own hair was that long until only recently.. (the split ends told me it was time for a trim, woe). but i always keep some length!  |
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« Reply #269 on: Apr 10, 2009, 20:01 » |
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my own hair was that long until only recently.. (the split ends told me it was time for a trim, woe). but i always keep some length! You've got some delicious tresses there too, Ms. Wrongcity. Thanks for sharing them with us! |
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