Pierre Auguste Cot – Printemps (Springtime) – 1873 . [Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA – on loan from Steven and Alexandra Cohen’s coll.] I… Read more “Lovely Paintings Revisited #1”
Category: Erotic Art
The Many Temptations of St. Anthony the Great (VI)
Lovis Corinth Lovis Corinth is the artistic name of German painter Franz Heinrich Louis Corinth (1858, Tapiau, Prussia – 1925, Zanvoort, The Netherlands). He studied painting in… Read more “The Many Temptations of St. Anthony the Great (VI)”
As Cute as They Get – Soft erotic drawings by Nitrile
Nitrile is the artistic name of a truly talented Russian (so I believe) illustrator, whose name I ignore as well. Despite the title of this post, he… Read more “As Cute as They Get – Soft erotic drawings by Nitrile”
Franz von Stuck (I) – A powerful view on the myth of Genesis
Quite often, some of the best artists in history are not acknowleged as such; or at least, not by the general public. The case of Franz von… Read more “Franz von Stuck (I) – A powerful view on the myth of Genesis”
A foxy Alice down the rabbit’s hole
I have no sympathy for Rev. Charles Dodgson –Lewis Carroll–, and his best-known books are not among my favourites, despite I sincerely recognize their quality and merit. But… Read more “A foxy Alice down the rabbit’s hole”
Malika Favre – On Sex-appeal and Feminine Pleasure
Bringing also here a hint of the thread I chose to inaugurate my new blog, I share some splendid minimalistic works by Malika Favre. Four of them… Read more “Malika Favre – On Sex-appeal and Feminine Pleasure”
A truly sexy Samson by Carl Bloch
As a somewhat casual, unplanned annex to my last post I feel like showing (and telling a bit about) this other oil by Danish painter Carl Heinrich… Read more “A truly sexy Samson by Carl Bloch”
Leda, angels, swans, tigers and disquieting puppeteers in the work of Michael Parkes
Although I will never try to post the numerous works of art, representing the myth of Leda and the Swan, that my sister and I have been chasing,… Read more “Leda, angels, swans, tigers and disquieting puppeteers in the work of Michael Parkes”
A quick note to throw away – (But you may keep the pictures)
There are over a thousand people already charged with “sedition” or “rebellion” in Catalonia by the kingdom of spain (and many more in risk of it or… Read more “A quick note to throw away – (But you may keep the pictures)”
“Welcome to”, by Alyssa Monks
. I recently discovered this young American painter –born in New Jersey, 1977. Soon, I published a couple of posts (on this blog and on my sister’s) with… Read more ““Welcome to”, by Alyssa Monks”
A detailed ‘Soft Monster in Angelic Landscape’ (Monstre Tou en Paisatge Angèlic), by Salvador Dalí i Domènech
–A last confidence about impotence and psychological castration– Salvador Dalí’s father was a monster. Salvador Dalí i Cusí, a middle-class lawyer and notary in Figueres (a Catalan… Read more “A detailed ‘Soft Monster in Angelic Landscape’ (Monstre Tou en Paisatge Angèlic), by Salvador Dalí i Domènech”
The Many Temptations of St. Anthony the Great (I)
Introduction – 20th century Temptations by Salvador Dalí and Max Ernst The plights of Saint Anthony the Great (or Anthony of Egypt or Anthony Abbot) during his… Read more “The Many Temptations of St. Anthony the Great (I)”
