tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post6334868118684922204..comments2024-02-11T03:50:53.613-05:00Comments on Counterlight's Peculiars: Eminent VictoriansUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-45825119402638504232014-02-04T14:35:10.062-05:002014-02-04T14:35:10.062-05:00Blast. This is the Cot: http://www.artrenewal.org/...Blast. This is the Cot: http://www.artrenewal.org/pages/artwork.php?artworkid=4511&size=largeGerrithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04910180248036790177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-62034758411466239812014-02-04T14:21:20.870-05:002014-02-04T14:21:20.870-05:00Hi there, Mr. Blanchard.
It is a weird thing. I a...Hi there, Mr. Blanchard.<br /><br />It is a weird thing. I admire Bouguerau's study of a pubescent gir in all het vulnerability and naivity: http://www.artrenewal.org/pages/artwork.php?artworkid=22&size=large<br /> I admire Eugène de Blaas portrait of ( I imagine ) a working class prostitute: http://www.artrenewal.org/pages/artwork.php?artworkid=20989&size=large<br />and the candid young eroticism of Cot:http://www.artrenewal.org/pages/artwork.php?artworkid=20989&size=large<br /><br />and yet, when I had then printed and on my wall, they bored me after a few weeks, and I took them down. I do not know what is lacking, but apparently something is.<br />Apart from that, I imagine you might like this, in all its triviality:http://www.bigfishgames.com/download-games/1702/secrets-of-great-art/index.html<br /><br />Cordially<br />GerritGerrithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04910180248036790177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-73559129998479526372014-02-04T11:43:45.280-05:002014-02-04T11:43:45.280-05:00I was just reading along, scrolling down and ¨Flam...I was just reading along, scrolling down and ¨Flaming June¨ crossed my mind...really, then it appeared before me...the very next painting...I think there is magic here. I've met Flaming June in person...she is far more beautiful and compelling than I could have ever imagined and when in Ponce, Puerto Rico I ALWAYS go back for more...more, more, more: Frederick Lord Leighton, Flaming June, 1895 is amongst my favorites EVAH (as JCF would say). Thank you for reminding me and treating me with her brilliance...she is quite the lady, reclining, inviting and the color is way beyond imagination (even with a camera). Thanks again, Leonardo/Len/GuatemalaLeonardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16667415590825321701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-80877734036183272992014-02-03T08:15:05.629-05:002014-02-03T08:15:05.629-05:00I think you can draw the obvious conclusion, thoug...I think you can draw the obvious conclusion, though Leighton did a great job of maintaining his discretion and covering his tracks (no diaries, and letters that say little). I don't think he was alone in that. While Burne-Jones had some torrid love affairs and a longtime mistress, from the evidence of his painting he clearly was not indifferent to men.Counterlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345956180434795401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-25428653040571280752014-02-03T00:58:18.276-05:002014-02-03T00:58:18.276-05:00Another densely-packed post, Doug! (info-glut)
I&...Another densely-packed post, Doug! (info-glut)<br /><br />I'll try to respond sequentially---<br /><br />From his homoeroticism, and "Leighton never married", are we meant to draw the obvious conclusion? [Or is that known, when Victorians kept their (<i>explicit</i>) sexuality so obscured?]JCFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14516376500318551838noreply@blogger.com