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Postby compared2what? » Wed Jul 02, 2008 1:04 am

Leda and the swan, seriously, one of art history's most consistently bizarrely rendered images.

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The first one was a succes de scandale when shown in Munich in 1939, and was purchased by Hitler. I am personally fondest of the scene as painted by Coreggio below it. Though I also like Boucher's version. Because I love Boucher. And I had thought that this was it:

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But the Daily Telegraph informs me that this one's also attributed to Boucher. And you know....I guess, if they say so. I don't expect ever to get a chance to see it myself. It's in a private collection, evidently. And unsurprisingly.

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More art with girls and birds soon, as I continue to review the obvious subjects.
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Postby compared2what? » Wed Jul 02, 2008 1:44 am

Owl of Minerva:

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Please feel free to join in. Though it's probably just me, isn't it?
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Postby compared2what? » Wed Jul 02, 2008 1:48 am

Woman with Bird before the Moon -- Miro

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Postby compared2what? » Wed Jul 02, 2008 1:50 am

Naked woman with bird and flute player -- Picasso

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Postby compared2what? » Wed Jul 02, 2008 2:07 am

The Holy Grail -- Dante Gabriel Rosetti

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Postby compared2what? » Wed Jul 02, 2008 2:51 am

Okay. Done for now.

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Postby barracuda » Wed Jul 02, 2008 4:35 pm

I'm really not sure why Boucher would be in any way unsafe for work. This anonymous German litho from the 1920's seems a little more dirty, though.

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And let us not forget Jupiter and Mnemosyne, here rendered by Marco Liberi, ca. 1680.

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Postby barracuda » Wed Jul 02, 2008 4:41 pm

Somewhat off topic, Raphaël Kirchner, Austrian, ca. 1900.

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Postby barracuda » Thu Jul 03, 2008 12:33 pm

Max Ernst "The Robing of the Bride", 1939/40

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