Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Good Old Snake Myth

This photo "les dompteuses" in numero 23 may 2001 by the fashion photographer Mert Alas is another new interpretation of the old snake seductress myth

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Kind of Bible Pin-Up

This magazine cover by the American pin-up painter Enoch Bolles (1883-1976) is obviously influenced by the older Susanna bathing paintings.


Monday, June 3, 2013

Bloody Trophy

Salome with Head of St John Baptist (1506) by the  Italian Renaissance painter Andrea Solari (1460–1524).