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barracuda wrote:Yummy! That's a great Elvgren! And the pin-up theme reminded me of one of my favorite pinups of all time, by Art Frahm, which, happily does have a bird involved, and in a most sexualized fashion:

That's beautiful. I always love it when they go for the subtlety.



It's off-topic, but though I agree that the adorable dumb cluck who burned dinner and may or may not be about to start humping a hot stove door is yummy**, I also really do find it anxiety-provoking. Because, you know: Ouch.

But imo, Elvgren was just a little bit sicker than most of his fellow top-tier pin-up artistes of the '30s to '60s were. Though it probably wouldn't be at all discomfiting if it weren't usually cloaked in happy, dumb American girl-ette wholesomeness. Because there's nothing at all wrong with openly vivacious superfreakiness:



And while it's positively an unpatriotic not to salute our puritan roots by refusing to respond to a little bit of the hot and titillating tension that naturally arises in the presence of suppressed superfreakiness, just because of some dull-but-worthy principle....



....it does sometimes feel like you're seeing his girls through the eyes of someone who's only seconds away from violently assaulting them with a blunt instrument.



Know what I mean?

**On edit: L.H.O.O.Q.

Know what I mean?

Yes and it's disturbing.

Here's something more wholesome.

compared2what? wrote:L.H.O.O.Q.

Uh huh, she does have a hot ass. And it sounds even hotter when you say it in French! And I agree that the more delicate sexual references are somehow less purely prurient.



Though I am uncertain in regards this following example as to whether it fits your theme:



But I'll throw it out there, anyway.

Further, I realize this is off topic, but is this a new way to create a prince?



And one more for the road, from Varga:

The Sins Of a Family

Seacow



I don't want to spoil anyones fun but this is not a dig at Hugh.

annie aronburg wrote:http://www.amyalice.com/

It's not easy to take a cellphone picture of some swan-on-swan-on-girl-on-girl action through a metal-gated pawnshop window. Or at least not a good picture. That's what I learned today.

Ophelia - John William Waterhouse 1889

Thanks so much for posting that, honey. It's exquisite. Plus it enriches my understanding of the world in ways that feel really excellently good.

compared2what? wrote:It's not easy to take a cellphone picture of some swan-on-swan-on-girl-on-girl action through a metal-gated pawnshop window. Or at least not a good picture. That's what I learned today.

Hey, I see your reflection in the window there! Blondie, you're cute!

Here's my offering: (I hope it doesn't spoil your mood)



This thread really rox.