High-Five Fridays #15
1) Jane Jakeman reminds us that sometimes romanticizing history is erotic fun, in her review of The Aviary Gate, by Katie Hickman.
2) The Urban Woo links here -- thank you, too!
3) William of Hang Fire Books reviews Stalags, a documentary on the bizarre phenomenon of Israeli-produced, concentration camp fetish-porn paperbacks. As he says, "Gross? Yes. But completely fascinating."
4) The Telegraph lists the 50 best cult books.
5) Via Cult of Gracie's post-show notes, I discovered the classic painting The Swing, by Jean-Honore Fragonard (shown at left) depicts more than petticoats: "This picture became an immediate success, not merely for its technical excellence, but for the scandal behind it. The young nobleman is not only getting an interesting view up the lady's skirt, but she is being pushed into this position by her priest-lover, shown in the rear."The purpose of this meme is to give high-fives to 5 people, posts, blogs and/or websites you've admired during the week. I will link to everyone who participates and leaves a link to their 5 high-fives on Friday. Trackbacks, pings, linky widgets, comment links accepted!
Visiting fellow High-Fivers is encouraged! If you participate, leave the link to your High-Fives in others comments (please note if NWS).
Find more High-Five Friday folks here!** Remember, Mister Linky use is for those #1 participating in the meme (this week's High-Five Friday) and #2 who leave a comment. Thank you!
Labels: Art, Books, High-Five Fridays, Links
posted by Silent-Porn-Star at
2:43 PM
2 Comments:
Scandalous art involving priests! I love it! ;)
There's a nice big version of the Fragonard picture here:
http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/image.asp?id=11830
The immediate thing we notice, as you point out, is where the gentleman in grey has directed his gaze. But the painting contains other elements which cause us to consider a certain quarter of the lady's anatomy.
The gaze of the statue on the left (which may be a Cupid), the phallic thrust of the man in grey's arm, the ropes on the swing (and the rope in the right hand of the servant), the gaze of the putti with the dolphin below and even the gaze of what appears to be a tiny scumbled dog near the servant's foot; all draw our attention to a single point. In this respect it's one of the most salacious pictures ever painted while still being one that could hang innocuously in a living room.
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