(Jusepe de Ribera, Jacob's Dream, 1639)
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Pallas Athena
Monday, April 27, 2009
Friday, April 24, 2009
The Raising of Lazarus; Death of Orpheus
Apologies for the lack of posting yesterday, I was sans Intarwebz! Here's two.
I have decided that resurrections should make a *ding* noise from now on.
I have decided that resurrections should make a *ding* noise from now on.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Jupiter and Thetis
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Monday, April 20, 2009
Bonjour Monsieur Courbet
Beard duels were surprisingly common in the mid-19th century, peaking in the 1868 throwdown between politicos Rutherford B. Hayes and Friedrich Engels that catapulted them both to stardom on the Transatlantic Bearding Circuit. Despite their popularity, the violent nature of these duels led to their depiction being censored by Christian family groups and stuffy Paris Salon judges until the 1880s, by which time the craze had waned. Courbet cleverly sidestepped the strict anti-beard statutes by portraying the initial challenge which led to the infamous Normandie Bearding of 1852 that left three Frenchmen dead and a Belgian fishwife four months pregnant.
(Gustave Courbet, Bonjour Monsieur Corbet, 1854)
Friday, April 17, 2009
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Monday, April 13, 2009
The Premature Burial
Friday, April 10, 2009
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Gold Marilyn
Happy 100th installment of mah blog!
(Andy Warhol, Gold Marilyn, 1962)
So, frequent contributor Regina and I both made versions of Carlos Schwabe's La mort du fossoyeur, and I can't decide which one I want to post. Then it occurred to me that as the Symbolists are so much fun to mess around with, maybe this would be an excellent opportunity for a contest? I really have no idea how many people read this blog, nor how many more would want to do such a thing, but let's give it a few weeks and see what happens. The picture is thus:
(Click for a larger version.) A couple suggestions: I use Impact font for all of mine, as that seems to be kind of a standard, at least for those that make these on PCs. Some creative use of word processing programs and judicious cut-and-paste suffices for almost all of the ones you see on this site. And you can send your submissions to stoptouchtell at gmail dot com. I'll keep reminding people for a while about it, and I'm curious to see what happens. Happy macroing!
(Click for a larger version.) A couple suggestions: I use Impact font for all of mine, as that seems to be kind of a standard, at least for those that make these on PCs. Some creative use of word processing programs and judicious cut-and-paste suffices for almost all of the ones you see on this site. And you can send your submissions to stoptouchtell at gmail dot com. I'll keep reminding people for a while about it, and I'm curious to see what happens. Happy macroing!
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Tilla Durieux as Circe
Maybe Regina's right... the Symbolists and Pre-Raphaelites (and most of the early Renaissance/Mannerists) are just too easy. It takes considerably more thought to do a Rothko or Mondrian for these, and I think one of these weekends I have to just sit down and work on some from other schools of art. There's only so much 14th/15th/19th century one can do. Tomorrow will be the 100th friggin' picture, which is pretty cool... after that, we may have to make some changes.
In the meantime, you know what soop she's holding? Iz chikum noobulz.
In the meantime, you know what soop she's holding? Iz chikum noobulz.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Monday, April 6, 2009
Friday, April 3, 2009
The Divine Breath
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Girl in Blue Kimono
She just looks SO FED UP with those fish. One wonders what they did. Probably they forgot the six-month anniversary or got her a blender for Christmas or something.
(Robert Lewis Reid, Girl in Blue Kimono, 1911)
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