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Comment on Elisabetta Sirani, Timoclea Killing Her Rapist, 1659 by Femme and the fury: inside the haunting world of Aleksandra Waliszewska - The New Feminist

Tue, 11 Jun 2024 16:18:51 +0000

[…] Orpheus limb from limb, and the depiction of Timoclea of Thebes in Elisabetta Sirani’s “Timoclea Killing Her Rapist” (1659), to modern artists like Yuko Tatshushima, whose haunting paintings, gave birth to several […]

Comment on Maria Kreyn, Alone Together, 2012⁠ by admin

admin — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 17:57:36 +0000

In reply to Valerie Quesnell.

You’d have to ask Maria Kreyn!

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Comment on Heinrich Lossow, The Sin, 1880⁠⠀ by Giuvannino

Giuvannino — Sun, 11 Feb 2024 18:09:39 +0000

I am an artist and I admire the art.As far as the church goes..there is too much controversy,hypocrisy and just plaine confusion.I must say,that priest gas a very Satanic stare to him.

Comment on Maria Kreyn, Alone Together, 2012⁠ by Valerie Quesnell

Valerie Quesnell — Sat, 10 Feb 2024 02:39:30 +0000

I love the painting. Are there copies that are available for purchase. It’s such a beautiful piece

Comment on Joseph Désiré Court, Scene of Deluge, 1826 by William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare — Thu, 01 Feb 2024 13:56:34 +0000

It’s a painting, not a screenplay! If you want to assume characters of your own choice, it won’t be fair! Who says they are his son & wife? How Do you know what happened a little bit earlier???

What if, that unknown woman is the one who deliberately pushed his father into the water & accidentally slipped into the water herself with her child in that process???

Comment on Joseph Désiré Court, Scene of Deluge, 1826 by Falconboy62

Falconboy62 — Sat, 27 Jan 2024 20:56:48 +0000

In reply to Todd Heil.

I think many give a modern day representation. If it is close to that meaning, only the museum has detail.

To me, it says the father slipped from the son’s hand and the mother is clinging to a tree branch and holding the child up. The next scene would be saving the mother and child.
So the past (father) will always slip away, so all he can do is cling to the present (mother) which upholds the future (child).

Comment on Luis Ricardo Falero, Witches Going to Their Sabbath, 1878 by Dave Dell

Dave Dell — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 12:48:27 +0000

Saw this today (11-17-23) for the first time without a title/artist.
Thought it was a painting of Dante’s Second Circle of Hell. Punishment for lust is to be caught in a whirlwind.

Comment on Kenne Gregoire, Intimacy, 2011 by Lynn Mahar

Lynn Mahar — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 14:53:25 +0000

I see the story as the relationship has been smoldering for a while under the surface as she modeled for him and this is the moment of sweet surrender.

Comment on Kevin McSherry, The Death of Reason, 2019 by Jeff Wright

Jeff Wright — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 07:18:01 +0000

I think the man with the hat is
Rene Magritte’s creation…perhaps the perfect absurdist to dichotomize Reason…

https://www.moma.org/artists/3692#:~:text=Clouds%2C%20pipes%2C%20bowler%20hats%2C,painter%20and%20well%2Dknown%20Surrealist.

…that or talk hosts…

Comment on Arnold Böcklin, Self-Portrait with Death Playing the Fiddle, 1872⁠ by J. C. Wright

J. C. Wright — Mon, 23 Oct 2023 07:52:44 +0000

I can almost hear the whispers