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Ark of Noah from the Saint-Sever Beatus (f. 85) [1] from the...

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 05:47:00 -0400

Ark of Noah from the Saint-Sever Beatus (f. 85) [1] from the Saint-Sever Beatus.

I found this work by researching my perennial favourite Georges Bataille. A reproduction of this print was published in Bataille’s essay “L’Apocalypse de Saint-Sever”.

The resemblance to the work of Picasso is unmistakable.

Woman with Bulldog by Picabia. Very John Currin-like.

Tue, 29 May 2012 15:25:00 -0400

Woman with Bulldog by Picabia.

Very John Currin-like.

The Luxury[1] (1420s) by Pisanello (1395–1455). Skinny women so...

Mon, 28 May 2012 18:03:00 -0400

The Luxury[1] (1420s) by Pisanello (1395–1455).

Skinny women so thin the bones are sticking out.

Contemporary interpretation[1] of “Break the Dull Steak...

Mon, 28 May 2012 06:18:00 -0400

Contemporary interpretation[1] of “Break the Dull Steak Habit”, original image, while selling in the millions in the late 1960s, is not online.

Die Schönheit des Weiblichen Körpers by Carl Heinrich Stratz

Mon, 28 May 2012 04:33:00 -0400

Die Schönheit des Weiblichen Körpers by Carl Heinrich Stratz

The Castle of Vooruit The Castle of Vooruit is a work of Ahmet...

Sat, 26 May 2012 06:46:00 -0400

The Castle of Vooruit

The Castle of Vooruit is a work of Ahmet Ögüt. It consisted of a helium-filled balloon floating above the ground at a height of eleven meters and diameter of eight meters, above the site van the Waalse Krook in Ghent. The work references Magritte’s painting Le Château des Pyrénées. The balloon is in the form of a rock. The mysterious castle of Magritte’s painting is replaced by a replica of the Vooruit building.

Le Guide Rose Le Guide Rose is a series of books, published in...

Thu, 24 May 2012 06:09:00 -0400

Le Guide Rose

Le Guide Rose is a series of books, published in France during the French Third Republic. It was a brothel guide that also carried advertising. It was published yearly. For example, the edition of 1936, sold under the counter, reviewed 700 maisons closes and carried numerous comments. A similar guidebook was published in the United Kingdom under the name Harris’s List of Covent Garden Ladies.

Vulva in a Box I want one. Vulva in a Box, from Shushoku Bidan,...

Wed, 23 May 2012 11:30:37 -0400

Vulva in a Box

I want one.

Vulva in a Box, from Shushoku Bidan, 1840 by Utagawa Kunisada. It is featured in The Complete Book of Erotic Art by Phyllis and Eberhard Kronhausen.

It is reminiscent of the print The Permissive Hand and like that print, it is a kind of otsubi-e.

Googling for Shushoku Bidan, returns next to nothing.

Standing Woman in Red[1] (1913, Stehende Frau in Rot) is a work...

Wed, 23 May 2012 08:15:00 -0400

Standing Woman in Red[1] (1913, Stehende Frau in Rot) is a work by Egon Schiele (1890–1918). Another example of the skinny beauty ideal of the fin de siècle.

Der Bücherwurm[2] (1906) by Hermann Fenner-Behmer...

Mon, 21 May 2012 12:04:00 -0400

Der Bücherwurm[2] (1906) by Hermann Fenner-Behmer (1866–1913)

Nude women reading. Sexy? Yes.

“Three Women and a Little Girl Playing in the Water”...

Mon, 21 May 2012 12:03:00 -0400

“Three Women and a Little Girl Playing in the Water” (1907)[1] by Félix Vallotton .

Aaaah Vallotton. Always a favourite.

Theatrum Pictorium[3] I spent about three hours trying to find...

Mon, 21 May 2012 11:56:00 -0400

Theatrum Pictorium [3]

I spent about three hours trying to find the first illustrated art history book. It’s the one depicted above, dating from 1660. Teniers, the artist responsible for the oil sketches that were used to make the engravings, has one of my favourite paintings, a gallery painting, titled The Archduke Leopold Wilhelm in His Gallery in Brussels (ca. 1651)[4].

Two prostitutes in a brothel of Algeria, photo by...

Sat, 19 May 2012 11:52:00 -0400

Two prostitutes in a brothel of Algeria, photo by Roger-Viollet/Alinari 1910 ca.[1]

Early erotic photography

Abandoned City (1904) - Fernand Khnopff

Thu, 17 May 2012 08:59:00 -0400

Abandoned City (1904) - Fernand Khnopff

Tokyo Nobody is a series of photos of Tokyo by Japanese...

Thu, 17 May 2012 07:58:00 -0400

Tokyo Nobody is a series of photos of Tokyo by Japanese photographer Masataka Nakano. It depicts Tokyo devoid of its 10 to 15 million inhabitants; mostly shot on the New Year holiday when all city dwellers go to visit relatives out in the country and Tokyo becomes a ghost town.

Rowing Home. [1] by Winslow Homer (1836–1910)

Sun, 13 May 2012 11:26:00 -0400

Rowing Home. [1] by Winslow Homer (1836–1910)

Penitent Girl[1] concludes the first draft of my translation of...

Sat, 12 May 2012 18:08:00 -0400

Penitent Girl[1] concludes the first draft of my translation of Biblical eroticism.

Butler House (1936) by George Kraetsch and E.E. Butler Des...

Wed, 09 May 2012 07:12:00 -0400

Butler House (1936) by George Kraetsch and E.E. Butler Des Moines, Iowa.

Photo credit unidentified.

The Slaughtered Ox[1], (1655), Musée du Louvre, by...

Wed, 09 May 2012 01:45:00 -0400

The Slaughtered Ox[1], (1655), Musée du Louvre, by Rembrandt.

See also my previously posted Slaughtered Pig [1] and Carcass of Beef (Flayed Ox)[2], 1655, Rembrandt van Rijn

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Sheep-in-a-box

Sun, 06 May 2012 05:10:00 -0400

Sheep-in-a-box