Comments | monkeysugarmama: I Find This Amazing

monkeysugarmama

I Find This Amazing

May 03, 2008 22:33

A wonderful patron/friend of mine from the library sent me the link for this and it is fascinating. Watch as 500 years of women in art morph from one ideal of physical beauty to another - it's the eyes that get you though. It almost made me cry - what an odd reaction that was, right?

Watch it with your sound on if you can. The cello accompanment - ( Read more... )

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scottchurch May 4 2008, 03:32:35 UTC

wow, that was awesome.

monkeysugarmama May 4 2008, 05:30:25 UTC

Now, Scott, is this you...or Heather using your account? :)

scottchurch May 4 2008, 12:47:19 UTC

me actually, although the wife has been known to sneak now and again.

monkeysugarmama May 4 2008, 14:44:31 UTC

Well, hello!

It's a pleasure to have you perusing my LJ too :)

lacombe May 4 2008, 18:40:04 UTC

Gah! It's no longer there! I missed out!

lacombe May 4 2008, 18:48:23 UTC

I got it to work- what really surprises me is the sense of movement in the paintings. That and the resemblance of one of the paintings to my friend Joan. You're right- the eyes definitely carry it. My only point of frustration is that aside from a few asian women around 2:15, everyone I saw was white. Doesn't anyone paint beautiful Native American, African, and Arabic women too?