08 January 2011

the menacing Madonna

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lovingly it seems, did David Cecil,
referred to Virginia Woolf




 & as a  mermaid.



lovingly.
it would seem.



Artists at top-Virgin and Children Piero della Francesca, Mermaid- John William Waterhouse
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3 comments:

  1. Perhaps that is a painting of a menacing madonna, but then what is the expression on baby Jesus' face?

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  2. Not sure Shelley-what do you think? She is melancholy, I selected it in all honesty to illustrate the description of Virginia by David Cecil-which I thought fascinating. It seems to be his way of saying she had this Madonna like quality, but very human-curious and on point.

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  3. Looks like a smirk to me...but I can't claim any expertise at all with respect to art.

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