tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7918809780977867389.post121692199484608640..comments2024-02-01T07:25:17.015-05:00Comments on rapunzel jumped : studies in whiteAlicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02246669291440115585noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7918809780977867389.post-53330701541928641492020-11-03T20:04:39.087-05:002020-11-03T20:04:39.087-05:00Thanks for showing me the spine this way--a new li...Thanks for showing me the spine this way--a new life form! <br />Ingres, yes, painted his (female) models partly undressed but kept their (female) fronts shielded.<br />The cold has definitively assassinated the geraniums for this year. <br /> Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02246669291440115585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7918809780977867389.post-62369295715461112020-11-03T13:33:01.533-05:002020-11-03T13:33:01.533-05:00Sorry to hear about the geraniums. They did go a v...Sorry to hear about the geraniums. They did go a valiant distance, so they deserve the title.<br /><br />'Ingres' is a new word for me. Are you referring to the painter? Also, what I find interesting about the two mannequins is that even in plaster or plastic or whatever they're made of they mimic the closed (polite, protective?) female position vs the wide open who cares male one. The kind of mentality you don't want to sit next to in a theatre.<br /><br />The spine looks like some life form hanging from its feet, face to the camera, hands in prayer pose.<br /><br />My favourite is the valiant geraniums.carinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11163960574578116352noreply@blogger.com