tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post2339292013113113952..comments2024-02-11T03:50:53.613-05:00Comments on Counterlight's Peculiars: For Mimi, The Pleasures of Looking and SeeingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-52123518650149944942009-11-16T04:05:52.777-05:002009-11-16T04:05:52.777-05:00Your own Cataracts have yet to be removed !!..... ...Your own Cataracts have yet to be removed !!..... <br /><br />I, ..He's everywhere!!<br /><br />Yes,....I!!David G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15579600744831973105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-4660047156829208002009-11-14T18:27:29.682-05:002009-11-14T18:27:29.682-05:00Oh Doug, thank you. How lovely! Is the woman wit...Oh Doug, thank you. How lovely! Is the woman with the pitcher the Vermee painting that is on exhibit at the Met now? It's beautiful. And I missed the exhibit.<br /><br />The Van Eyck Madonna is one of my favorites of my many favorite Madonna paintings. Mary's cloak is magnificent, and the waves in her hair are gorgeous!<br /><br />And in the Pouissin, Jesus wears a rose-colored robe. I've seen the painting before, but I never noticed the color of the robe. Lovely colors all around contrasting with the dark areas. Jesus in pink.<br /><br />And there's Lapin's expansive description of the musical instrument, Lapin who knows everything or can find it out for you.<br /><br />Doug, your blog is an online university. I'm hugely grateful for what you do.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-29098401154886090152009-11-14T14:56:41.872-05:002009-11-14T14:56:41.872-05:00The musical instrument is a Flemish virginal of th...The musical instrument is a Flemish virginal of the second quarter of the 17th century. The placement of the 3 1/2 octave keyboard to the right of the instrument (a type of virginal termed a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKqHROm2mlU&feature=PlayList&p=AB91A9CDCB45C20E&index=11" rel="nofollow"><i>muselar</i></a>) plucks the string far enough away from the nut to give the instrument a very full, round tone. Mottoes, usually in Latin, were conventionally lettered on the wood-grained paper inside the lid. This inscription, a common one on Antwerp instruments, reads <b>Musica Letitiae Comes, Medicina Dolorum</b> - "Music, the companion of joy and the cure of sorrows". This is one of my all-time favorite paintings (I'm also a harpsichord groupie). It was purchased for George III by the British consul at Venice in the mid 18th century. It is still in the Royal Collection.Lapinbizarrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07686990585795363001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-64471389450776874762009-11-14T14:52:49.291-05:002009-11-14T14:52:49.291-05:00Of course you are a wonderful artist and therefore...Of course you are a wonderful artist and therefore knowledgeable about art, but do you also teach art history, Doug? By that I mean to others beside such hopeless ones as I who wander in and out in the blogosphere. I hope you do. I would have loved to have been in a class that you taught back in my college days or even still today.BooCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01193638351756858614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-87676943813010943712009-11-14T14:21:36.707-05:002009-11-14T14:21:36.707-05:00Amen, amen, amen... And thank you again, dear Frie...Amen, amen, amen... And thank you again, dear Friend, for a beautiful post.Göran Koch-Swahnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00925549945659350649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-39018807333165501052009-11-14T11:06:32.352-05:002009-11-14T11:06:32.352-05:00 I love postings like this where I look at a p... I love postings like this where I look at a painting and simply go, "Ooh. Cool." Then as you walk me into the art, it's like opening presents one after another as you point out details and symbolism. I'm constantly going, "Oh!... Oh!... Oh!"Rick+https://www.blogger.com/profile/03322574092020268536noreply@blogger.com