tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057450028150007198.post5111118237313242383..comments2023-08-25T07:13:38.866-07:00Comments on Nothing Elegant: The Fallen Women of Felicien Rops{Tara}http://www.blogger.com/profile/00983868577862685234noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057450028150007198.post-73421493617338401752009-06-27T00:36:37.312-07:002009-06-27T00:36:37.312-07:00I'm excited to discover this great artist, tha...I'm excited to discover this great artist, thank you for introducing!<br />It is always very interesting to see Victorians ideas and views on sex and women. Yes it may be prudish and priggery, but it also tells me how people were sensitive to these matters and how they try to control or idealize eroticism and sexuality. Now we are all exposed to sex, violence, excitements and extremes on films, art, music etc. that we take anything and everything for granted, often affirmative in a false way, that we have lost sensitivity in many ways.lune_blanchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15316109253205716460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057450028150007198.post-79203706442275303602009-06-06T14:39:52.024-07:002009-06-06T14:39:52.024-07:00WOW...the one of the working mom (i presume) wipin...WOW...the one of the working mom (i presume) wiping the kid's nose backstage or in her dressing room or whatever with the joker peeping through the curtains! fucking awesome!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057450028150007198.post-82601736546766736582009-06-06T02:38:53.054-07:002009-06-06T02:38:53.054-07:00Thank your for that post, I really adore Rops.
His...Thank your for that post, I really adore Rops.<br />His work his very representative of the vision of women at the end of the 19th century. They were seen as evil, dangerously powerful, with a raw sensuality.<br /><br />I've read a fascinating book about this subject, you MUST read it because it's really amazing :<br />Idols of Perversity: <br />Fantasies of Feminine Evil in Fin-de-siècle Culture (1986) by Bram Dijkstra.<br /><br />Oh and by the way, I'm thinking more and more about doing that Castiglione inspirated shoot.<br /><br />xxPandorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14202760002265737915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057450028150007198.post-991270805035546782009-06-01T05:36:23.042-07:002009-06-01T05:36:23.042-07:00So glad you liked...Lindsay's work is so magnifice...So glad you liked...Lindsay's work is so magnificent! Although of course he did have his critics in his day.<br /><br />And it seems censorship is still alive and well...I grabbed the vampire Rops pic and uploaded it to my photobucket profile...intending to use it on my myspace in future, only to find it had 'violated' their terms of service....prudes and wowsers!<br /><br />xJadepsrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09614029797737207721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057450028150007198.post-47987664919082855282009-05-31T16:06:38.355-07:002009-05-31T16:06:38.355-07:00Terrific post! I agree, the Victorian age was much...Terrific post! I agree, the Victorian age was much more complex and perverse than most people think. I find it fascinating.Mary-Laurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05014386827410465480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057450028150007198.post-1402971712885620952009-05-31T07:10:36.975-07:002009-05-31T07:10:36.975-07:00psrock -- thanks for pointing me to the Norman Lin...psrock -- thanks for pointing me to the Norman Lindsay works! So gorgeous!!! I might have to do a post about these soon.{Tara}https://www.blogger.com/profile/00983868577862685234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057450028150007198.post-47320019970346308922009-05-31T03:01:11.719-07:002009-05-31T03:01:11.719-07:00The sauciness of the women is not dissimilar to th...The sauciness of the women is not dissimilar to the work of Australian artist, Norman Lindsay...<br /><br />http://www.norman-lindsay.com.au/art/lindsay_nlfe_sold_out.html<br /><br />I'm proud owner of a facsimile print of 'Sortie' - scrummy!psrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09614029797737207721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057450028150007198.post-34849966040282004312009-05-30T01:51:31.506-07:002009-05-30T01:51:31.506-07:00Fantastic post! Thank you so much for introducing ...Fantastic post! Thank you so much for introducing me to this amazing artist! By the way, I am with you vis a vis the Victorians and this imagined prudishness they had - when I heard that they covered up piano legs for modesty reasons I thought something was going on!Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15373792347824489296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057450028150007198.post-79019924924263542272009-05-29T09:18:19.921-07:002009-05-29T09:18:19.921-07:00ennui -- So glad you stopped by!! Loose Leaf Tiger...ennui -- So glad you stopped by!! Loose Leaf Tigers is an amazing blog!{Tara}https://www.blogger.com/profile/00983868577862685234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057450028150007198.post-79787937087323665122009-05-29T08:06:43.849-07:002009-05-29T08:06:43.849-07:00just love this blog....found you via Poke Salad An...just love this blog....found you via Poke Salad Annie.~ ennui ~https://www.blogger.com/profile/02271968485063105052noreply@blogger.com