tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post2757434829123338639..comments2024-02-11T03:50:53.613-05:00Comments on Counterlight's Peculiars: Who Says Men Don't Like To Play Dress Up?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-75920534178326703252012-10-18T22:06:01.513-04:002012-10-18T22:06:01.513-04:00John XXIII may not have been a handsome man, but h...John XXIII may not have been a handsome man, but he had wonderful look about him, as Counterlight said, kind and intelligent. He looks like the saint that he is...except in his own church, where he, along with Oscar Romero, is still a saint-in waiting.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-36904056587677721192012-10-18T20:10:02.552-04:002012-10-18T20:10:02.552-04:00Yes but Leo X looks every inch the epicure that he...Yes but Leo X looks every inch the epicure that he was. <br />And John XXIII looks both kind and intelligent, which he was.<br />There's something else besides Mr. Toad looks that makes Cardinal Burke and so many Roman hierarchs these days so unattractive.Counterlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345956180434795401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-30940156607257727982012-10-18T11:46:30.640-04:002012-10-18T11:46:30.640-04:00One has to admit that Catholic prelates are most l...One has to admit that Catholic prelates are most likely not chosen for their looks. Having just finished a biography of Lorenzo de' Medici, I suppose I can now think of at least one reason in favor of having teenage cardinals. <br /><br />From Raphael's portrait of the Magnificent Lorenzo's son Leo X, to just about any image of Blessed John XXIII, traditional ecclesiastical garb is frequently unflattering, especially if one doesn't have much to work with in the first place. But of course the point is to mark the office, not flatter the man. <br /><br />Erasmus once said, about a flattering Holbein likeless, that, if he really looked like that, he would have certainly have had a wife. But I prefer the Durer engraving, which notes, in a handsome Greek, that the likeness is better shown by his writings. That is probably true of most. rick allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07612435616018593956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-87363609309982731852012-10-18T10:25:08.625-04:002012-10-18T10:25:08.625-04:00And it looks like his arms are too short. In fact...And it looks like his arms are too short. In fact,he reminds me of a baby swaddled up with the too-cute clothes that new parents dress them in.IThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09605163506396013904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-59918256162330789242012-10-17T10:53:16.222-04:002012-10-17T10:53:16.222-04:00The first picture is the oddest - like a daguerreo...The first picture is the oddest - like a daguerreotype rendered into color - and with the contrast you memorably capture in your "laxative" line.Sidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-84305832372194759152012-10-17T04:08:23.608-04:002012-10-17T04:08:23.608-04:00Strangely, all I can think of in the top two photo...Strangely, all I can think of in the top two photos, is one of those obsecenely-rich, extremely fat old women dressing in the most gaudy designer dresses, dyeing their hair, slapping makeup on with a trowel and convinced that that transforms them into a willowy, authoritative, much younger <i>femme fatale</i>, while the red-carpet photos show something like a marzipan toad stuffed into a Christmas ornament.<br />MarkBrunsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16971990948866488080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-54942181527710376542012-10-16T16:15:04.187-04:002012-10-16T16:15:04.187-04:00Our usual troll has been consigned to his usual pl...Our usual troll has been consigned to his usual place in the spam folder.Counterlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345956180434795401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-79269138409810300422012-10-16T16:03:23.436-04:002012-10-16T16:03:23.436-04:00The Capa Magna always makes me think of Cleopatra ...<i>The Capa Magna always makes me think of Cleopatra unrolled from a carpet in front of Caesar.</i><br /><br />Ew, don't give him any ideas! }-X<br /><br />[All trolls enjoy spewing up]JCFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-38317958579317875752012-10-16T14:43:31.001-04:002012-10-16T14:43:31.001-04:00The Spanish Catholic aesthetic; Too much is not e...The Spanish Catholic aesthetic; Too much is not enough.<br /><br />I think she wears too much makeup. She should take a hint from her sister in Seville, Nuestra Senora de las Aguas.Counterlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345956180434795401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-81430746754157796542012-10-16T12:25:11.836-04:002012-10-16T12:25:11.836-04:00You have pictures of the cardinal that are missing...You have pictures of the cardinal that are missing from my collection. I must steal them.<br /><br />What would a humble Jewish woman make of the extravaganza in her name? Even the statue looks pained. Is it just me who thinks there are not enough candles? June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.com