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20. I didn't see that! I'm so glad you shared it with me...

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Sat Nov 21, 2015, 08:28 AM

Nov 2015

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I've been battling shingles for a couple of weeks and have not felt up to posting an art essay. I actually had written it but had technical problems the day I tried to post it and finally had to give up...then on came the shingles and I had to temporarily abandon the Ingres essay.

But I am hoping to have another one ready in two weeks...it's a complicated painting which I will actually see for the second time when I go to the Gardner Museum in Boston the friday after thanksgiving. I've done some of the writing and have the picture folder images all ready for upload....

I loved that photo your dad took. what magnificence...saw it in person in 08 on a Rome art trip with a buddy. I also got to visit the 3 Matthew series of Caravaggio when I was there...it was a delight...

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A Woman�s Pleasure: the Grand Odalisque by Jean August Dominique Ingres [View all] CTyankee Nov 2015 OP

Beautiful trumad Nov 2015 #1

thanks. it's a bit odd but I like it's satiny "look"... CTyankee Nov 2015 #4

Fascinating post, as always, my dear CTyankee! CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2015 #2

thanks. I think it is quite timely, too as we see events unfolding in the ME and CTyankee Nov 2015 #5

Beautiful and informative, as usual - thank you! djean111 Nov 2015 #3

Funny, about the last thing I think of when I see that painting Warpy Nov 2015 #6

Frankly, I find the title sarcastic in tone and meaning...I sawit somewhere and thought CTyankee Nov 2015 #7

Sarcasm makes sense but so does Warpy Nov 2015 #9

I think you are right about the temptation to read too much into paintings... CTyankee Nov 2015 #10

I also wanted to include exactly what you said about the skin color of the nude... CTyankee Nov 2015 #19

fantasique! flamingdem Nov 2015 #8

Thanks edhopper Nov 2015 #11

that is so good coming from you, ed... CTyankee Nov 2015 #13

It really is an explosive change from Ingress to Picasso edhopper Nov 2015 #15

well, also Picasso loved doing his own cubistic takes on so many other artists' famous CTyankee Nov 2015 #25

Great post! Generic Other Nov 2015 #12

I think it was those extra vertebrae that annoyed folks so much... CTyankee Nov 2015 #14

K & R femmocrat Nov 2015 #16

I always preferred this one. kwassa Nov 2015 #17

Hi CTYankee, we're glad you're back! Manifestor_of_Light Nov 2015 #18

I didn't see that! I'm so glad you shared it with me... CTyankee Nov 2015 #20

To me, it sems the beginning of the butt and breast pose KitSileya Nov 2015 #21

a very good point. When I was doing research for my essay on Delacroix's Women of CTyankee Nov 2015 #23

Minor nit-picking for educational purposes ;) kentauros Nov 2015 #22

here is a better close up of the instrument in the painting CTyankee Nov 2015 #24

I can see how it can be mistaken for a tambourine. kentauros Nov 2015 #39

it doesn't seem to be on a frame here. unless you mean just the rim of the instrument CTyankee Nov 2015 #41

Yes, it's on a frame. kentauros Nov 2015 #43

oh yes, the rim. i was totally thinking something else CTyankee Nov 2015 #45

Yes, that's also the frame. kentauros Nov 2015 #46

I know nothing about that musical instrument. So I'm glad this came up in the discussion CTyankee Nov 2015 #47

i absolutely love that Remo video. What a thrilling sound... CTyankee Nov 2015 #28

It is, indeed! kentauros Nov 2015 #36

She is great - never heard a tambourine played that way, loved it. JudyM Apr 2017 #48

Ingres' depiction of feet seems a little odd. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Nov 2015 #26

her right arm is strange, too. and that left leg... CTyankee Nov 2015 #27

If I wanted to suggest a common theme, the term sinuous would come to mind. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Nov 2015 #30

ouch, that's a painful thought... CTyankee Nov 2015 #32

As always, thank you K&R etherealtruth Nov 2015 #29

thanks so much...I want the Saturday DU folks to see the painting and hopefully contribute CTyankee Nov 2015 #31

V. interesting connections ananda Nov 2015 #33

About disegno it was the overarching principle of the Renaissance in Florence, following CTyankee Nov 2015 #34

question ananda Nov 2015 #35

Oh, you mean disegno in terms of having it sketched out beforehand...now I get your context. CTyankee Nov 2015 #38

Thanks CT--did you hear about this Verona art theft? panader0 Nov 2015 #37

no I didn't, thanks for showing me this...that is awful...but luckily, if it follows most CTyankee Nov 2015 #40

I was taught that The Odalisque was a scandal because of the annabanana Nov 2015 #42

here's a fun explanation for you from Wikipedia... CTyankee Nov 2015 #44