Saturday, January 19, 2013

Bathsheba in the Shower


Susan Hayward bathing in the 1951 film David and Bathsheba.

Monday, January 7, 2013

Classical Susanna


Susanna and the Elders (1822) by the Russian Classical painter Petr Vasilievich Basin (1793-1877).

Saturday, November 17, 2012

Art Nouveau Dancer

Salome (1906). Another version by the German Symbolist and Art Nouveau painter Franz von Stuck (1863-1928).

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Old Symbols still working

A Poster of the tv-series Desperate Housewives uses the old symbol of the apple which automatically includes seduction, the serpent and so on. That the housewives are dressed in red and black these old demonic colours isnt't surprising.

Sunday, October 28, 2012

Opulent Feast

Lot and his daughters by the Dutch Mannerist Painter Abraham Bloemaert (ca.1564-1651). It's surprising all that stuff they saved from burning Sodom.

Friday, October 19, 2012

Hard working Ruth

Ruth gleaning in a medieval illumination. That she's the most hard working is demonstrated because she alone is on her knees,

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Cool Judith

Judith (c. 1630-35) by the Italian Baroque painter Massimo Stanzione (1586-1656). That's a really cool reduced painting nearly already Classicism.