Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Daughters of Lot

The daughters of Lot (1940) by the  Italian Futurist painter Carlo Carrà (1881-1966).



Thursday, February 14, 2013

Fantasy Eve


A modern fantasy version of the old myth of the seductress by the artist Mutabor. I'm not surprised that she's a redhead.


Friday, February 1, 2013

Mary Magdalena


Mary Magdalena by the Italian Baroque painter Guido Cagnacci (1601-1663).

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.