tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post7760865000831041558..comments2023-12-07T02:42:50.522-06:00Comments on Grit in the Gears: Art Galleries, and A Love of Mermaids.soubriquethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-10288965845957093202013-06-14T00:13:17.394-05:002013-06-14T00:13:17.394-05:00He's pulling your leg, goatman. There them be...He's pulling your leg, goatman. There them be birds of carrion .... vultures you see. Such morbidity for a lady ....<br /><br />xxx<br /><br />ps. I was hoping for garden pics ???red dirt girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12939283533222061484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-66760252208878907382013-06-12T17:17:33.757-05:002013-06-12T17:17:33.757-05:00Oh good . . . I was hoping not vultures waiting f...Oh good . . . I was hoping not vultures waiting for a meal on those left behind.<br /><br />Birds of victory.goatmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02317617928368945316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-89695619535357464842013-06-10T16:47:26.493-05:002013-06-10T16:47:26.493-05:00House-sparrows, I'm sure. Nothing to worry abo...House-sparrows, I'm sure. Nothing to worry about. Maybe the men dropped some crumbs while eating cake upon the march....soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-6538592515600877502013-06-10T12:18:31.875-05:002013-06-10T12:18:31.875-05:00
I wonder what kind of birds are those?<br />I wonder what kind of birds are those?goatmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02317617928368945316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-67534421184281936262013-06-09T12:37:46.178-05:002013-06-09T12:37:46.178-05:00The Crimean war pics, yes, me too.
Lady Butler, in...The Crimean war pics, yes, me too.<br />Lady Butler, in many of her pictures, depicts soldiers quite clearly, not as heroic ideals, but as the real people they must have been, city boys, farm lads, in ragged muddy uniforms, weary after battle, looking out for each other.<br /><br />All far from home, fighting for something they don't understand. Just like now.soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-26444315466768155862013-06-09T12:32:10.984-05:002013-06-09T12:32:10.984-05:00Ha! I remember that story, I'll bet the sirens...Ha! I remember that story, I'll bet the sirens run a little boater's market on a weekend, full of stolen engines and whatever else they can grab.soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-73270021458784820082013-06-09T12:30:10.076-05:002013-06-09T12:30:10.076-05:00The with or without tail thing, it fascinates me t...The with or without tail thing, it fascinates me too.<br />I've spent a lot of time hanging around rocks, watching the waves crash, and hoping for the answer. In these days of wetsuits and flotation vests, it seems the sirens might be approachable...soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-67834004080725065572013-06-08T10:43:45.253-05:002013-06-08T10:43:45.253-05:00I'm not a fan of near-dead experiences, so I h...I'm not a fan of near-dead experiences, so I have to remember that if I ever go canoeing I have to avoid cruise ship and supertanker routes. Except when there are seductive aquatic maidens present of course, they are worth the risque. <br /><br />According to Draper's painting there are two kind of sirens, with and without tail.Or maybe the tail disappears when they are out of the water, but that doesn't seem scientifically possible.<br /><br />The large paintings are impressive, it's nice so see color images of the Crimean War after watching many sepia photographs.Rob From Amersfoorthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126935681056217032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-70369192817912154712013-06-07T09:52:39.088-05:002013-06-07T09:52:39.088-05:00Love it when you do these man. Feel like I been to...Love it when you do these man. Feel like I been to school now!<br />i think it was Kafka that said "There is but one thing deadlier than the sirens singing...its the sirens silence"<br />Something like that.<br />Loved the part about the big rock you nearly hit. I know that feeling. I had a similar experience.<br />http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35136026&postID=3187823814328633683<br />bulletholeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13681107556161747976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-77959207449725935662013-06-03T20:27:36.671-05:002013-06-03T20:27:36.671-05:00Wonderful paintings...and how beautiful they must ...Wonderful paintings...and how beautiful they must be to view in real life. That swell is about to overcome Ulysses and his fair maidens. 'Tis the ocean to which I refer!!Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-8602598712577362392013-06-03T17:10:11.245-05:002013-06-03T17:10:11.245-05:00Which first picture? Waterhouse? Nymphs? Maybe he ...Which first picture? Waterhouse? Nymphs? Maybe he had the whole water-polo team!<br />I'll bet the downstairs neighbours complained continually about water dripping from the ceiling lamp.<br /><br />As for the tired soldiers and the quartermaster, strangely, the scenario you describe was the subject of Lady Butler's first great triumph at the Royal Academy, "Roll Call"<br />was a painting which drew crowds, and made her an overnight sensation, it depicted the Grenadier Guards after a battle, possibly Inkerman, but she did not specify. <br />It was painted to commission, but several people offered her larger sums than her agreed fee, if she would sell it to them. She refused, pointing out that it was made for and promised to someone.<br />However, Queen Victoria saw it, wanted it, and the commissioner was left with no choice but to step aside. <br /><br />"When her painting 'Calling the roll after an engagement, Crimea' (popularly known as 'The roll call') was exhibited at the Royal Academy in May 1874, it caused a sensation; so great were the crowds that flocked to see it that a policeman had to be stationed beside it - a procedure only previously paralleled by the rail put up to hold back crowds of viewers when Wilkie's 'Chelsea pensioners reading the Gazette of the Battle of Waterloo' and Frith's 'Derby Day' were exhibited at the Academy in 1822 and 1858 respectively. The leading painters of the day, Millais among them, joined in the popular acclaim, and the twenty-seven-year-old painter and her work were singled out for praise at the Academy Banquet by both the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge, Commander-in-Chief of the British Army. Crimean veterans vouched for the accuracy of the most minute details of the painting, and, at her request, 'The roll call' was taken to the bedridden Florence Nightingale and earned her approval.<br /><br />The painting had been commissioned for a sum of £100 (raised to 120 guineas) by Charles Galloway, a Knutsford industrialist, and the owner found himself the recipient of offers from people who wanted to buy the painting from him, the Prince of Wales among them; but he refused to part with it. 'The roll call' was briefly taken to Buckingham Palace in order that Queen Victoria could view it - the first time this had happened to any Academy picture - and the Queen expressed a wish to buy it; this time Mr Galloway could not reasonably refuse, and agreed on condition that the artist paint another picture for him (Miss Thompson took the opportunity of her new-found fame to raise the price from £126 to £1,126). "soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-43523782931875021142013-06-03T16:52:03.926-05:002013-06-03T16:52:03.926-05:00Inspiring, indeed, but I've often wondered abo...Inspiring, indeed, but I've often wondered about the respiring... I assume they're like seals, and just hold their breath as they cavort beneath the waves, but then again, they have fish-scaly netherparts..... Do they have gills too?<br />Not quite sure where mermaids fit on the fish vs mammals spectrum.<br />soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-41070181302017783182013-06-03T02:28:35.867-05:002013-06-03T02:28:35.867-05:00Ah Victorian porn, how often I have admired such. ...Ah Victorian porn, how often I have admired such. I mean I love pre Raphaelite stuff. <br />I'm sure he only used one model for that first picture. She of course used the back stairs into his studio, guests used the front stairs!<br />The tired soldiers brought to mind a quartermaster reporting the return of his regiment from the front line during the great war. <br />Tired out, depleted, stumbling, not marching, the darkness around them as they struggled back.<br />On and on came the lines of tired men, mentally and physically shaken, grateful for the quartermaster and his kitchens offering tea to keep them alive.<br />Not so keen on charging horses mind. They would be further apart in real life. Adullamitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15537659871829290071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-84288032705663937642013-06-02T19:48:27.793-05:002013-06-02T19:48:27.793-05:00Yep, I have always considered mermaids as being ve...Yep, I have always considered mermaids as being very inspiring.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349087080262856079noreply@blogger.com