tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31286908817621274742024-02-06T21:30:27.234-08:00The Elysian Fields... art is not a rarified, intellectual distillate – it is life, intensified, brilliant life ...Cygnus & Andromedahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09835382365751866115noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3128690881762127474.post-32738765189976405052012-05-16T13:00:00.001-07:002012-05-16T13:02:35.415-07:00Sicurezza<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<br /></div>Awais Aftabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04718828055532728613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3128690881762127474.post-91863204804209351662008-12-15T06:13:00.000-08:002008-12-15T06:24:36.855-08:00John Currin<div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e6/Theviel.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 335px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e6/Theviel.jpg" border="0" /></a> <em>The Veil</em><br /><br /><br />John Currin is an artist well-known for his painting dealing with provocative sexual and social themes.<br /><br /><br />"John Currin’s paintings emphasize a postmodern approach to the culturally relative nature of beauty and gender. His paintings of large-breasted women are somewhat antagonistic and sarcastic. At first glance, he seems to be offering male viewers what they want, yet at the same time, his exaggerated women parody contemporary Western culture, where women are encouraged to develop impossible standards of beauty."<br /><br />(writes <a href="http://art-history.concordia.ca/cujah/pieces/2-john-currin-reflections-on-contemporary-society.html">David Morris</a>)<br /><br /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 373px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 460px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://images.artnet.com/images_US/magazine/features/saltz/saltz4-23-08-48.jpg" border="0" /><br /></div><p align="center"><em>The Wizard</em></p><p align="center">"...if it was Manet who demonstrated the nakedness of the nude, it is Currin who exhibits its psychopathology, the weirdness of doing in art what you can't always do in reality. No painting points up the discrepancy better than <em>The Wizard</em> (1994), in which a man wearing dark gloves lays his hands on a woman's ample breasts. Both figures close their eyes, as though to acknowledge something already dreamlike about the encounter. Why, though, is this man a wizard? Did he use magic to mesmerize the woman? To strip her naked? To enlarge her breasts? Even if he did, what does he gain? As a visualist, Currin was no doubt concerned with the contrast the black gloves formed against the white breasts, and yet these hand-coverings condemn the wizard to touch without feeling. The wizard is both more and less than a man: more, because he's able to bring his fantasy to life; less, because without sight and touch he's weirdly incapable of enjoying it. And in that sense, the painting could serve as an allegory of the nude as such, since the same holds true of the artist: in the nude, he can realize but not enjoy any fantasy."</p><p align="center">(writes <a href="http://supervert.com/essays/art/john_currin/nudes/">Supervert</a>)</p>Cygnus & Andromedahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09835382365751866115noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3128690881762127474.post-45328533067700057932008-12-14T04:27:00.000-08:002008-12-14T04:40:49.258-08:00Yves Klein: Untitled Anthropometry<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLcjh-DswBfVN9zUFomAluXmawzD6daBTQuPM8IwXJV8IexvgOoOtqrlrwYoUk8ELx4k_RaSPsDJCHtpzlBOjNZy6TZ-45qC6mpwqDXdgZR1xdRhAezSo5FE-1RB3h8WI305sjHU6JnfzU/s1600-h/Yves+Klein+Untitled+Anthropometry.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279621871441405010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 281px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLcjh-DswBfVN9zUFomAluXmawzD6daBTQuPM8IwXJV8IexvgOoOtqrlrwYoUk8ELx4k_RaSPsDJCHtpzlBOjNZy6TZ-45qC6mpwqDXdgZR1xdRhAezSo5FE-1RB3h8WI305sjHU6JnfzU/s400/Yves+Klein+Untitled+Anthropometry.jpg" border="0" /></a><em>Untitled Anthropometry</em></div><div align="center">by <strong>Yves Klein</strong></div><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">Yves Klein redefined the notion of painting and nude with his innvotive technique of 'living brushes'. He would paint the body of female models in blue paint, and pressed them or dragged them across the paper and canvas to come up with his paintings. In the painting above, repeated blurred images of a female nude seem to emerge from the canvas. The naked body is the 'brush' as well as the object of this great piece of art. </div>Cygnus & Andromedahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09835382365751866115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3128690881762127474.post-78360521918157197712008-12-14T02:15:00.001-08:002008-12-14T02:29:14.986-08:00Kim Dingle<div align="center"><a href="http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/eascfa/feminist_art_base/archive/images/458.903.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 392px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 476px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/eascfa/feminist_art_base/archive/images/458.903.jpg" border="0" /></a><em>Never in School (flip over)</em></div><div align="center">by <strong>Kim Dingle</strong></div><div align="center"><br />"...Kim Dingle has been exploring the subversive edges of female childhood and myths of nationhood and history in lush paintings and startling sculptures for over two decades. Her characters "Fatty" and "Fudge"-- known as "Priss Girls" when in sculptural form--act out, misbehave, and are gripped by a mindless and inexplicable violence against nature and each other. Dingle, who often paints in a palette of blurry beiges, sepias, and browns on vellum, creates ethereal scenes of frolic and frenzy that reference historical events and cultural norms..."</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">(Extracted from <a href="http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/eascfa/feminist_art_base/gallery/kim_dingle.php">Brooklyn Museum page on Kim Dingle</a>. Copyright Brooklyn Museum)</div>Cygnus & Andromedahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09835382365751866115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3128690881762127474.post-16775234111007914832008-12-12T11:27:00.000-08:002008-12-12T12:18:00.943-08:00Deathly Seduction<div align="center"><a href="http://www.ryoung-art.com/Image%20files/Oil%20paintings/Deathly%20Seduction.JPG"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 404px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.ryoung-art.com/Image%20files/Oil%20paintings/Deathly%20Seduction.JPG" border="0" /></a> Click to enlarge <div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><em>Deathly Seduction</em></div><div align="center">by <strong>Richard Young</strong></div><div align="center"><a href="http://www.ryoung-art.com/">http://www.ryoung-art.com/</a></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;">Image used with artist's permission</span></em> </div></div>Cygnus & Andromedahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09835382365751866115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3128690881762127474.post-39897500832506716692008-12-11T11:49:00.000-08:002008-12-11T12:11:42.582-08:00Woman in Black Hat<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyx7vhTzuS-4TKHm3tyBXpqy6DbXBUNIvk-IpOSCgSMajF1hUAKv0y1WaGg9-fBCIITtvitahDHF3aCjqTKJtcE-DFTGQvxzfvDQUB1W7UZJbCCBU2ZTmKjDmOg37CvTQvQAft-e0h-JyS/s1600-h/woman+in+black+hat.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278627484285726514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 325px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyx7vhTzuS-4TKHm3tyBXpqy6DbXBUNIvk-IpOSCgSMajF1hUAKv0y1WaGg9-fBCIITtvitahDHF3aCjqTKJtcE-DFTGQvxzfvDQUB1W7UZJbCCBU2ZTmKjDmOg37CvTQvQAft-e0h-JyS/s400/woman+in+black+hat.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><div align="center"><a href="http://www.world-art.ru/painting/img/5000/1020/1.jpg"></a><em>Woman in Black Hat</em></div><div align="center">by <strong>Kees van Dongen </strong></div><div> </div></div></div>Cygnus & Andromedahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09835382365751866115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3128690881762127474.post-38430838429449674992008-12-11T11:29:00.000-08:002008-12-11T11:40:22.503-08:00Insect Woman<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLnKhrgfTaGXhAFJqNKztYgVqcQ6IqsROlJmSQhGqaLadlH8-YokQKRzUrKGP1hViEoHRQjLHkI3y5sV0kL2XPU9lIcMiw9cg1COhqLgtMMcIYkNHdnX3W0vxd8YsrAIYLycK5DCz1RCXj/s1600-h/Edland+Man+Insect+Woman.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278618916763467794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLnKhrgfTaGXhAFJqNKztYgVqcQ6IqsROlJmSQhGqaLadlH8-YokQKRzUrKGP1hViEoHRQjLHkI3y5sV0kL2XPU9lIcMiw9cg1COhqLgtMMcIYkNHdnX3W0vxd8YsrAIYLycK5DCz1RCXj/s400/Edland+Man+Insect+Woman.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center">by <strong><em>Edland Man</em></strong></div><div align="center"><a href="http://www.edlandman.com/">www.edlandman.com</a></div>Cygnus & Andromedahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09835382365751866115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3128690881762127474.post-1429897044931886112008-12-11T03:22:00.000-08:002008-12-11T03:30:22.688-08:00The Floating Fabric<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIU5fT8rglo3aEfN2If5WvnSHrbLIfRNkeETtVJxQQkw1Ui0bqPjvlM_8may53NQihwThJ3g1Is57EsT2Oyfzsha4t4HE1O38pteZlyh52t1i0e1uqF-0p3XFHi4KJuYYtCCmwrUXWJAIN/s1600-h/Sarah_Robertson_5_web1200.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278492811881495794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 354px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIU5fT8rglo3aEfN2If5WvnSHrbLIfRNkeETtVJxQQkw1Ui0bqPjvlM_8may53NQihwThJ3g1Is57EsT2Oyfzsha4t4HE1O38pteZlyh52t1i0e1uqF-0p3XFHi4KJuYYtCCmwrUXWJAIN/s400/Sarah_Robertson_5_web1200.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwi9Zo3cfkIRFC1QCra3DtQwNr-nDXpNPaZlLySWDYLRoCq1KAo5wwlhonaNsNja-h5rtcOO34i4-XB99Fxhmn57CvxBJF2XjzhbV-Y_p1gDF6x-fdDrNSnywix57s3WUOO_WmUoX7kwCY/s1600-h/Sarah_Robertson_5_web1200.jpg"></a><div align="center">Model: <strong>Sarah Robertson</strong></div><div align="center">Photographer: <strong>James Hicky</strong></div><div align="center">Source of the Photograph: <a href="http://modelsarah.blogspot.com/2008/12/right-where-it-belongs.html">Naked Philosophy</a><br /></div>Cygnus & Andromedahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09835382365751866115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3128690881762127474.post-54169335942825205812008-12-10T13:07:00.000-08:002008-12-10T13:33:02.189-08:00Antoine de Villiers<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVWk33O0oLTIOPX34dpyM7vg0t_y_FtyHNAILyFzYMtCVA8NPHtcVcnrJb9yJR6ksoXbpLf3w9V9OQvCP9UpCPp1BNiXS2vUwxtjt73w7b8BDBzLEjnpBus6h9TyQt8PUvB3a0_SHCjNLd/s1600-h/oil-on-paper1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278274276090173010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 253px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVWk33O0oLTIOPX34dpyM7vg0t_y_FtyHNAILyFzYMtCVA8NPHtcVcnrJb9yJR6ksoXbpLf3w9V9OQvCP9UpCPp1BNiXS2vUwxtjt73w7b8BDBzLEjnpBus6h9TyQt8PUvB3a0_SHCjNLd/s400/oil-on-paper1.jpg" border="0" /></a>Female Drawing </div><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIodmXvEXZMZ0RR6d9QBhxWlBBMKdYOYTZ9FlwmSzV4fXAzdlNC9Hv-Dgb8rYBjxjMzyEx8BE8jRC5dKBguTNcxMClKX6Q4vt_wGV5xThrxzfTfWtsqhbvaDJCrEgoJwmOcnn0GFijHikS/s1600-h/here_by_my_side.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278272754366590882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 201px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIodmXvEXZMZ0RR6d9QBhxWlBBMKdYOYTZ9FlwmSzV4fXAzdlNC9Hv-Dgb8rYBjxjMzyEx8BE8jRC5dKBguTNcxMClKX6Q4vt_wGV5xThrxzfTfWtsqhbvaDJCrEgoJwmOcnn0GFijHikS/s400/here_by_my_side.jpg" border="0" /></a>Here By My Side </div><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiBoMa7rQ-2sGcwuggvMmuC76ptsuqrC-shcPa45fCsVYi1ShF1evHL91QiggrrGTimXk0VHMxgfcIXp6VDo4RVocgHL2zgSbUVif58UdMc6eh_SoNsTWVXUGiBBYqFrbE2GZYqCvBUG3X/s1600-h/close.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278272025837490882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 336px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiBoMa7rQ-2sGcwuggvMmuC76ptsuqrC-shcPa45fCsVYi1ShF1evHL91QiggrrGTimXk0VHMxgfcIXp6VDo4RVocgHL2zgSbUVif58UdMc6eh_SoNsTWVXUGiBBYqFrbE2GZYqCvBUG3X/s400/close.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center">Close</div><br /><div align="center"></div><div align="center">by <strong>Antoine de Villiers</strong></div><div align="center"><a href="http://www.antoineart.com/">http://www.antoineart.com/</a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;">Images used with the artist's permission</span></em> </div>Cygnus & Andromedahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09835382365751866115noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3128690881762127474.post-21288344203629253592008-12-04T03:41:00.000-08:002008-12-04T03:48:59.342-08:00Mark Spain<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK7O5y1l0ZpofGILeqivhdNXK8fDfdaJm3WcUGBbl7zFu0tAFWnfwzMtRgijWYG8glP4fAjpJ2uSz2Vaevnc_xyAzsXeSpvURe6Tb_bWrcHfUa4ZJAaqql3IaARXc1F3FQtrO_pjw7QNOb/s1600-h/Mark+Spain+Contemplation.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275900099718827442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK7O5y1l0ZpofGILeqivhdNXK8fDfdaJm3WcUGBbl7zFu0tAFWnfwzMtRgijWYG8glP4fAjpJ2uSz2Vaevnc_xyAzsXeSpvURe6Tb_bWrcHfUa4ZJAaqql3IaARXc1F3FQtrO_pjw7QNOb/s400/Mark+Spain+Contemplation.jpg" border="0" /></a>Contemplation </div><div align="center"> </div><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_pOJYH19226CBaEuca23ErJXphw918PQQWrEmsOfZiAyrMpk7my_McddXSj7H5F_whm5jCyVqY6Tvs7k7NTOiCzC-01MWUd_AoJ-ngDJaFK4YqQK9bcjqqSAm2LMQ8gXbWujRByjkWBMH/s1600-h/Mark+Spain+Sevilla.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275899890625604434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_pOJYH19226CBaEuca23ErJXphw918PQQWrEmsOfZiAyrMpk7my_McddXSj7H5F_whm5jCyVqY6Tvs7k7NTOiCzC-01MWUd_AoJ-ngDJaFK4YqQK9bcjqqSAm2LMQ8gXbWujRByjkWBMH/s400/Mark+Spain+Sevilla.jpg" border="0" /></a> Sevilla<br /></div><div align="center">by <em>Mark Spain</em><br /><br /></div>Cygnus & Andromedahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09835382365751866115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3128690881762127474.post-74458611193747444772008-12-04T03:27:00.000-08:002008-12-04T03:38:00.886-08:00Alfred Gockel<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyR9dG65slnM1UYn8vM0KnBF9Q13yMmpt5zfvRRwMDBcocgtcI1SL3ToQO-2HhH0k1VoBMHFOf2Lf7Y_8D0vrGDTZhukm4emh_zRUf2XqLWBGis5waW270gRRSIejNMU_edUEXC_WYhPE9/s1600-h/alfred-gockel-endless-love.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275897162933667202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 398px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyR9dG65slnM1UYn8vM0KnBF9Q13yMmpt5zfvRRwMDBcocgtcI1SL3ToQO-2HhH0k1VoBMHFOf2Lf7Y_8D0vrGDTZhukm4emh_zRUf2XqLWBGis5waW270gRRSIejNMU_edUEXC_WYhPE9/s400/alfred-gockel-endless-love.jpg" border="0" /></a>Endless Love </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsNCJEUAmpP-lGunp0X-LX93Z5wk_axlTieovpzc1Qq-RXeFUAXUjQKok47t8Y17Vdw1iAHMXHCigOk7wmMpiQ9rE-IKvRveo96NkMksWlCILlnCioYlo0hlpbOyrbukVfPJlHJkp_N5pe/s1600-h/alfred-gockel-romance-in-red-ii.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275896039881787746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 398px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsNCJEUAmpP-lGunp0X-LX93Z5wk_axlTieovpzc1Qq-RXeFUAXUjQKok47t8Y17Vdw1iAHMXHCigOk7wmMpiQ9rE-IKvRveo96NkMksWlCILlnCioYlo0hlpbOyrbukVfPJlHJkp_N5pe/s400/alfred-gockel-romance-in-red-ii.jpg" border="0" /></a> Romance in Red II<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK6IJMLrU0l5nU6zObD4PurHWAGYn48o1yT3mzzJ4JjIz_vvpAIyoQlJjDiGvWVAIEB5MMMY2AmQPK_ioUHPOKp3lp3_ADFpcE5z8tY29NQwdN7GIBTeoLwcqDXtOc25t93MCTbyYGJs3y/s1600-h/alfred-gockel-nude-in-repose.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275895853412282370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 140px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK6IJMLrU0l5nU6zObD4PurHWAGYn48o1yT3mzzJ4JjIz_vvpAIyoQlJjDiGvWVAIEB5MMMY2AmQPK_ioUHPOKp3lp3_ADFpcE5z8tY29NQwdN7GIBTeoLwcqDXtOc25t93MCTbyYGJs3y/s400/alfred-gockel-nude-in-repose.jpg" border="0" /></a> Nude in Repose<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8BtF6hW-LJtMfFNqMN9HOI8mbNbHEzFTvH5c2OlJDqFd59_xrjQB1qbykhnNYZW7aEJk8TdUdbYgOjYctudgn5ZrQRXYRAXmIVpoq3JjYXGGgn55yiKD3rTAp8qh2kYihakemXQIuzmzP/s1600-h/alfred-gockel-affection.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275895528137261314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 397px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8BtF6hW-LJtMfFNqMN9HOI8mbNbHEzFTvH5c2OlJDqFd59_xrjQB1qbykhnNYZW7aEJk8TdUdbYgOjYctudgn5ZrQRXYRAXmIVpoq3JjYXGGgn55yiKD3rTAp8qh2kYihakemXQIuzmzP/s400/alfred-gockel-affection.jpg" border="0" /></a>Affection</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">by <em>Alfred Gockel</em><br /><div> </div></div></div><br /></div>Cygnus & Andromedahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09835382365751866115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3128690881762127474.post-61026333838552575172008-12-03T12:10:00.000-08:002008-12-03T12:22:36.411-08:00Edvard Munch: The Kiss<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9593uCcPNiKlLycP0_DQkqMXweC1ZaqlZ8qDo2u_S1HKe8ci_-4KTt6OD4eDu-0o-UQlJRN9-ZvVV3GVdE8S3kEhSmu3h0fpfogGeGXG-eKsC54wxO_q_nszFXcccMylI6PAOYPE7qr5g/s1600-h/kiss_3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275660893133389218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 311px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 394px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9593uCcPNiKlLycP0_DQkqMXweC1ZaqlZ8qDo2u_S1HKe8ci_-4KTt6OD4eDu-0o-UQlJRN9-ZvVV3GVdE8S3kEhSmu3h0fpfogGeGXG-eKsC54wxO_q_nszFXcccMylI6PAOYPE7qr5g/s400/kiss_3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><strong>The Kiss</strong></div><div align="center">by <em>Edvard Munch</em></div>Cygnus & Andromedahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09835382365751866115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3128690881762127474.post-51055207146753666422008-12-03T11:19:00.000-08:002008-12-03T11:56:52.267-08:00Invega Skin<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzH7veWankp47zcFA8At84qdxbvp9utVjd5097stvob7ZheCBVYEh3l_acf6Vfek1Y6U_-vq2rTLMeeTcoHIaWHz5jkOn4rh3J6oJSKM12OqjfEf0q937vhLlGCVvsFgxInUVTHB3fn2VT/s1600-h/Lindsay_Hopkinson,_retouching_Taylor_James_007.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275647144716295170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzH7veWankp47zcFA8At84qdxbvp9utVjd5097stvob7ZheCBVYEh3l_acf6Vfek1Y6U_-vq2rTLMeeTcoHIaWHz5jkOn4rh3J6oJSKM12OqjfEf0q937vhLlGCVvsFgxInUVTHB3fn2VT/s400/Lindsay_Hopkinson,_retouching_Taylor_James_007.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Lindsay Hopkinson (Photographer)</div><div align="center"><a href="http://www.taylorjames.com/cgi-retouching/index.html">Taylor James</a> (CGI Effects)<br /></div>Cygnus & Andromedahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09835382365751866115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3128690881762127474.post-205010147279022782008-11-14T12:01:00.001-08:002008-11-14T12:20:11.817-08:00LoversPaintings by <a href="http://www.leneschmidtpetersen.dk/UK/kaerlighed.php">Lene Schmidt-Petersen</a>.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQTXKp5Us7ohEK-0z4jjFlKWQb_T1-gzd2re8Q6QWOyIDMBaHgemFXQwK_b_18zTPi2HXDXVFpWsETIYDVeRos17QbVRC4m1RzdHjojlJ6ouTqV4oeuJADp95SItZCi4_Rwat-8sFtXxyu/s1600-h/Lovers+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268609199289201842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 235px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 301px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQTXKp5Us7ohEK-0z4jjFlKWQb_T1-gzd2re8Q6QWOyIDMBaHgemFXQwK_b_18zTPi2HXDXVFpWsETIYDVeRos17QbVRC4m1RzdHjojlJ6ouTqV4oeuJADp95SItZCi4_Rwat-8sFtXxyu/s400/Lovers+2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center">Lovers 2</div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqm4gXb4KA-yOA4GXvu33mJT8EK5QycuuW6-5VOskxpoj-wUOqL1-4CNrHrcheFRu_wIKpqEsTpKErLd3Gngesh-GXp3HIVxYv0X5jiDPQTYVefBS6cT3z0oWIFnUxc_ORscQ5Rse7Houx/s1600-h/Lovers+6.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268608153956165298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 302px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 228px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqm4gXb4KA-yOA4GXvu33mJT8EK5QycuuW6-5VOskxpoj-wUOqL1-4CNrHrcheFRu_wIKpqEsTpKErLd3Gngesh-GXp3HIVxYv0X5jiDPQTYVefBS6cT3z0oWIFnUxc_ORscQ5Rse7Houx/s400/Lovers+6.png" border="0" /></a> Lovers 6<br /><div><div> </div></div><br /></div>Cygnus & Andromedahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09835382365751866115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3128690881762127474.post-59041443325251008592008-11-09T10:09:00.000-08:002008-11-14T12:25:23.505-08:00Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggh0djgSQzvJed1CZfC_C4QcIvy_46jqBoVEyV-98pNPw-H0SpeXevZLvUTa7TfTahywmkPoxmq6fQGgkm2765yi4MT-_UikZBvxVh3Qic65M8isxx8y5P1h6egmaOzRO6e0sZvjUsHpme/s1600-h/Amore_e_psiche_%25281%2529.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266722670141870370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggh0djgSQzvJed1CZfC_C4QcIvy_46jqBoVEyV-98pNPw-H0SpeXevZLvUTa7TfTahywmkPoxmq6fQGgkm2765yi4MT-_UikZBvxVh3Qic65M8isxx8y5P1h6egmaOzRO6e0sZvjUsHpme/s400/Amore_e_psiche_%25281%2529.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong><em>Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss</em></strong></div><div align="center">sculpted by Antonio Canova<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdF1UmByesADqgIizsclB2pqg3lGKGP24sS140DxEmOIRuzCgXyKLC7Sq1lhuQ8jDQPv7qxSFchEPGPLw3GIw6wWYmTvF1xShmfj2sTWvlvi20VU0hfs0KxVOgpCpEeoByT_e680W-NwP0/s1600-h/Amore_e_psiche_%25281%2529.jpg"></a><br />The statue depicts a scene from Roman mythology: the god Cupid looking at Psyche with extreme love and tenderness, right after awakening her from her lifeless sleep by his kiss, as Psyche throws up her arms around his head in affection.<br /></div>Cygnus & Andromedahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09835382365751866115noreply@blogger.com0