Mid-Morning Art Thread

Esther before Ahasuerus
Artemisia Gentileschi

There is a small art museum about a 10 minute walk from me, and they had an exhibition of the works of Artemisia Gentileschi. What the hell...give it a shot.

Wow. Incredible. I have posted her stuff before, but seeing dozens of her pieces in person really drove home how talented she was.

I don't care about the "I AM WOMAN, HEAR ME ROAR!" crap about her. What I like is her incredible art. She isn't as good as Caravaggio, because nobody is, but she is nipping at his heels.

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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Posted by: rhennigantx at May 30, 2025 09:31 AM (gbOdA)

2 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 30, 2025 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

3 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at May 30, 2025 09:31 AM (ipqug)

4 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 30, 2025 09:31 AM (tAmR8)

5 Hey! One of our gals!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 30, 2025 09:31 AM (tAmR8)

6 10 florins, and not a pfennig more!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 30, 2025 09:31 AM (dDmld)

7 Does this rag smell like ether?

Posted by: rickb223 at May 30, 2025 09:31 AM (ipqug)

8 Good morning good people.

Is Ahasuerus showing a bit of ankle?

Gay.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 30, 2025 09:32 AM (cYBz/)

9 Her stance......such defeat.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 30, 2025 09:32 AM (Zz0t1)

10 but she is nipping at his heels.

That's hot.

Posted by: Bulg at May 30, 2025 09:32 AM (77rzZ)

11 Good morning good people.

Is Ahasuerus showing a bit of ankle?

Gay.
Posted by: Tonypete

Gay is those puff balls on the dude's arms.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 30, 2025 09:33 AM (ipqug)

12 Looks like she's fainting.

Posted by: Bulg at May 30, 2025 09:33 AM (77rzZ)

13 Dude has tiny feets.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 30, 2025 09:33 AM (ipqug)

14 I hope she didn't try to drive herself home in that condition.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 30, 2025 09:33 AM (dDmld)

15 Dude has tiny feets.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 30, 2025 09:33 AM (ipqug)
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You should see the big clown shoes that go with his outfit.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 30, 2025 09:34 AM (tAmR8)

16 I like a man who can rock a pair of leotards.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 30, 2025 09:34 AM (dDmld)

17 Ahasuerus outfit is gay.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 30, 2025 09:35 AM (NpAcC)

18 I thought Esther was supposed to be a super-hottie. The chick in the painting doesn't live up to the billing.

Posted by: Bulg at May 30, 2025 09:35 AM (77rzZ)

19 Ahasuerus, known historically as Xerxes I, reigned as King of Persia from 486 to 465 BC. He is a prominent figure in the biblical Book of Esther, where he is depicted as a powerful yet capricious monarch. The name "Ahasuerus" is derived from the Hebrew transliteration of the Persian name "Khshayarsha," which corresponds to the Greek "Xerxes."

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 30, 2025 09:35 AM (gbOdA)

20 Ahasuerus, the Persian king. Esther revealed Haman's plans to kill the Jews to Ahasuerus, who then has Haman executed and grants permission to the Jews to take up arms against their enemies.

The origin, I'd guess, of the phrase "hangs higher than Haman"?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2025 09:35 AM (omVj0)

21 Action shot. Esther outweighs each handmaiden by a hundred pounds. She's gonna hit hard.

Posted by: t-bird at May 30, 2025 09:35 AM (x405f)

22 Dude has tiny feets.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 30, 2025 09:33 AM (ipqug)

You know what they say about guys with small feet.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 30, 2025 09:35 AM (Zz0t1)

23 Dude's right leg looks swollen from the angle.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at May 30, 2025 09:35 AM (lWYCm)

24 Wait, I know who that is on the throne!

Captain: All right! All right! (into the PA) this is your captain speaking... do not rush for the lifeboats ... women, children, Red Indians, spacemen (stock film of long shot of sinking vessel, the voice over fading) and a sort of idealized version of the complete Renaissance Man first!

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 30, 2025 09:35 AM (uWKK8)

25 Miss - thats not my heels.

Posted by: Mike Armstrong at May 30, 2025 09:35 AM (jQTUu)

26 My favorite Gentilischi was her self portrait where she's wearing green. She was very pretty.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at May 30, 2025 09:35 AM (PSEDc)

27 Ahasuerus, known historically as Xerxes I, reigned as King of Persia from 486 to 465 BC. He is a prominent figure in the biblical Book of Esther, where he is depicted as a powerful yet capricious monarch. The name "Ahasuerus" is derived from the Hebrew transliteration of the Persian name "Khshayarsha," which corresponds to the Greek "Xerxes."
Posted by: rhennigantx

He looks Fwench.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 30, 2025 09:36 AM (ipqug)

28 Ahasuerus, known historically as Xerxes I, reigned as King of Persia from 486 to 465 BC. He is a prominent figure in the biblical Book of Esther, where he is depicted as a powerful yet capricious monarch. The name "Ahasuerus" is derived from the Hebrew transliteration of the Persian name "Khshayarsha," which corresponds to the Greek "Xerxes."
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 30, 2025

***
The same Xerxes who tried to conquer Greece? Boy was a busy little fellow.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2025 09:36 AM (omVj0)

29 Xerx-ees couldn't compete with Buck-ees.

Posted by: Bulg at May 30, 2025 09:36 AM (77rzZ)

30
Pimp Style - a limerick'

Esther met Ahasuerus at noon
And immediately fell into a swoon
But much to our surprise
'Twasn't the dreamy bedroom eyes
'Twas the sexy, stripy, puffy pantaloons!

Posted by: muldoon at May 30, 2025 09:36 AM (/iMjX)

31 486 > 386

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 30, 2025 09:36 AM (Zz0t1)

32 What in the world is going on here?

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at May 30, 2025 09:37 AM (y2f7I)

33 Artemisia Gentileschi

Say that three times fast.

Posted by: dantesed at May 30, 2025 09:37 AM (Oy/m2)

34 The origin, I'd guess, of the phrase "hangs higher than Haman"?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2025 09:35 AM (omVj0)
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Also the cause for the founding of the first chapter of the Haman Women Hater's Club.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 30, 2025 09:37 AM (tAmR8)

35 17 Ahasuerus outfit is gay.
Posted by: redridinghood at May 30, 2025 09:35 AM (NpAcC)

-----------

Achaemenids

*snort*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 30, 2025 09:37 AM (dDmld)

36 Like this, looks like the woman on the left is going to go all vampire on Esther. Would hang

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 30, 2025 09:37 AM (3/Qxt)

37 Xerx-ees couldn't compete with Buck-ees.
Posted by: Bulg at May 30, 2025 09:36 AM (77rzZ)

It's Buc-ees, sir.

https://buc-ees.com

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 30, 2025 09:37 AM (Zz0t1)

38 Xerx-ees couldn't compete with Buck-ees.

Cleanest bathrooms in Persia. And the most camel feeding stations. You'll love the goat jerky.

Posted by: Mike Armstrong at May 30, 2025 09:38 AM (jQTUu)

39 There is a Xerxes Avenue in Minneapolis. I've known how to pronounce it since I was a school child.

Posted by: Life of Wryly at May 30, 2025 09:38 AM (ycs3a)

40 Ahasuerus outfit is gay.
Posted by: redridinghood

And he looks like Vincent Minelli.

Posted by: Bulg at May 30, 2025 09:39 AM (77rzZ)

41 Artemisia Gentileschi

Say that three times fast.

Posted by: dantesed at May 30, 2025 09:37 AM (Oy/m2)
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Artemisia Gentileschi! Artemisia Gentileschi! Artemisia Gentileschi!

Piece of cake!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 30, 2025 09:39 AM (tAmR8)

42 Xerxes I the Insufferable, son of Darius the Great

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 30, 2025 09:39 AM (dDmld)

43 Milli Vanilli > Vincent Minelli.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 30, 2025 09:39 AM (Zz0t1)

44 A servant of African descent restraining a dog was painted out by the artist, but is partly visible beneath the marble pavement to the left of the king’s knee.

No doggeh ergo, DQ'd.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 30, 2025 09:39 AM (3Ope8)

45
Artemisia Gentileschi! Artemisia Gentileschi! Artemisia Gentileschi!

Piece of cake!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 30, 2025 09:39 AM

Gesundheit! Gesundheit! Gesundheit!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 30, 2025 09:40 AM (Zz0t1)

46 I hope she didn't try to drive herself home in that condition.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

Maybe she's feeling anxious because her biggest little hobbit is taking his driving test. Or maybe that's just me projecting.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at May 30, 2025 09:40 AM (lWYCm)

47 Xerxes I the Insufferable, son of Darius the Great
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

Is he the one that scissors Mrs. Garrison?

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at May 30, 2025 09:41 AM (lWYCm)

48 I don't think the artist liked men very much.

https://tinyurl.com/2nduyk68

Posted by: redridinghood at May 30, 2025 09:42 AM (NpAcC)

49 Xerxes got his clock cleaned by the Greeks at Salamis.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 30, 2025 09:42 AM (dDmld)

50
Esther met Ahasuerus at noon
And immediately fell into a swoon
But much to our surprise
'Twasn't the dreamy bedroom eyes
'Twas the sexy, stripy, puffy pantaloons!

Posted by: muldoon at May 30, 2025 09:36 AM (/iMjX)

You have so many gifts, thank you for sharing this one with us. And this one is exceptional, btw!

Posted by: moki at May 30, 2025 09:42 AM (wLjpr)

51 Artemisia Gentileschi! Artemisia Gentileschi! Artemisia Gentileschi!

Piece of cake!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 30, 2025

***
There's nothing quite like a four-syllable name, repeated three times.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2025 09:42 AM (omVj0)

52 Maybe she's feeling anxious because her biggest little hobbit is taking his driving test. Or maybe that's just me projecting.
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at May 30, 2025 09:40 AM (lWYCm)

Just remind him the cones do NOT grant points.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 30, 2025 09:42 AM (Zz0t1)

53 I think Ahasuerus just violently ripped ass, and Esther fainted from the stench.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at May 30, 2025 09:43 AM (ckQml)

54 Xerxes got his clock cleaned by the Greeks at Salamis.
Posted by: Cicero

Those Greek homos were good at cleaning salamis.

Posted by: Bulg at May 30, 2025 09:43 AM (77rzZ)

55 I saw Violently Ripped Ass open for Pussy Riot at The Kremlin in 2018.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 30, 2025 09:44 AM (Zz0t1)

56 So, is there a midget strapped to Esther somewhere, flicking her bean?

Posted by: Bulg at May 30, 2025 09:44 AM (77rzZ)

57 Artemisia Gentileschi is no Yoko Ono. Take that as you want.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at May 30, 2025 09:44 AM (8SDU5)

58 I'm skeptical of the dress code in the 400s. I saw 300 and they didn't look like that. Just sayin...

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 30, 2025 09:44 AM (3Ope8)

59 That dude looks nothing like the Xerxes in 300

Posted by: Ben Had at May 30, 2025 09:45 AM (NVNRw)

60 ♫ ♪

All my Xerxes live in Terxas!
That's why I reside in Ternessee

Posted by: muldoon at May 30, 2025 09:45 AM (/iMjX)

61 Speaking of nipping...I don't see none.

Also, if you squint, it looks like Larry Fine is playing both roles - Esther and Ahasuerus.

Posted by: haffhowershower at May 30, 2025 09:45 AM (144I4)

62 So, is there a midget strapped to Esther somewhere, flicking her bean?

Looks higher than a cats ass to me.

Posted by: Mike Armstrong at May 30, 2025 09:46 AM (jQTUu)

63 Esther revealed Haman's plans to kill the Jews to Ahasuerus, who then has Haman executed and grants permission to the Jews to take up arms against their enemies.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

The origin of the holiday Purim.

"Somebody tried to kill us. They failed. Let's eat."

Posted by: Bulg at May 30, 2025 09:46 AM (77rzZ)

64 I caught Artemisia Gentileschi one weekend while on liberty.

Penicillin cleared it right up.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 30, 2025 09:46 AM (cYBz/)

65 That dude looks nothing like the Xerxes in 300
Posted by: Ben Had

That dude in 300 looked like the son of Liberace and Elton John.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 30, 2025 09:47 AM (ipqug)

66 Looks like old Xerx is wearing Adam Sandler's shoulder pads from 'The Waterboy'

Posted by: muldoon at May 30, 2025 09:47 AM (/iMjX)

67 I caught Artemisia Gentileschi one weekend while on liberty.

Penicillin cleared it right up.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 30, 2025 09:46 AM (cYBz/)

That's funny.......

Posted by: Vitas Gerulaitis at May 30, 2025 09:47 AM (Zz0t1)

68 Xerxes in 300 looked like a fag and talked like he was retarded

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 30, 2025 09:48 AM (3Ope8)

69 There's nothing quite like a four-syllable name, repeated three times.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2025 09:42 AM

Indeed.

Posted by: Beetlejuice at May 30, 2025 09:49 AM (0sNs1)

70 While I do admire the technical skill, the dude gives me the willies. Looks like the kind of guy who tortures small animals.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 30, 2025 09:49 AM (mT+6a)

71
Looks higher than a cats ass to me.
Posted by: Mike Armstrong at May 30, 2025 09:46 AM (jQTUu)

Cats exist for 2 reasons:

1. Plot your demise so they can feast on your remains.

2. Show you their butthole.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 30, 2025 09:49 AM (Zz0t1)

72 I guess men wore pantaloons to cover their cod pieces. They must have had small wieners.

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 30, 2025 09:49 AM (n17eQ)

73 You have so many gifts, thank you for sharing this one with us. And this one is exceptional, btw!
Posted by: moki

**********

D'awwww. Now I'm going to blush!

Posted by: muldoon at May 30, 2025 09:50 AM (/iMjX)

74 They had cowboy boots back then?

Posted by: Victor Tavo at May 30, 2025 09:50 AM (R6Hhu)

75 Cats exist for 2 reasons:

1. Plot your demise so they can feast on your remains.

2. Show you their butthole.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

But mostly to show you their butthole. That meal only comes once and takes years of preparation.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at May 30, 2025 09:50 AM (lWYCm)

76 2. Show you their butthole.
-----------------
You left out 'show you their butthole in a haughty manner.'

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 30, 2025 09:51 AM (n17eQ)

77 Penicillin cleared it right up.
Posted by: Tonypete

When your penis is illin', take penicillin!

Posted by: Bulg at May 30, 2025 09:51 AM (77rzZ)

78 I don't believe the clothing, as depicted, is period-correct.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 30, 2025 09:51 AM (0sNs1)

79 They had cowboy boots back then?
Posted by: Victor Tavo at May 30, 2025 09:50 AM (R6Hhu)

They had nuthin but steers and queers back then and he ain't go no horns.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 30, 2025 09:51 AM (Zz0t1)

80 24 Wait, I know who that is on the throne!

Captain: All right! All right! (into the PA) this is your captain speaking... do not rush for the lifeboats ... women, children, Red Indians, spacemen (stock film of long shot of sinking vessel, the voice over fading) and a sort of idealized version of the complete Renaissance Man first!
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 30, 2025 09:35 AM (uWKK

Heh. I'd forgotten that sketch. Well played.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at May 30, 2025 09:51 AM (LxER7)

81 They had cowboy boots back then?

Posted by: Victor Tavo at May 30, 2025 09:50 AM (R6Hhu)
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King TexMex.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 30, 2025 09:51 AM (tAmR8)

82 Cats exist for 2 reasons:

1. Plot your demise so they can feast on your remains.

2. Show you their butthole.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 30, 2025 09:49 AM (Zz0t1)

***

Dogs have loving owners. Cats have staff.

Posted by: Life of Wryly at May 30, 2025 09:51 AM (ycs3a)

83 The biblical Persian king dressed in Italian Renaissance garb is an interesting touch.

Posted by: Cybernetic at May 30, 2025 09:51 AM (aL31n)

84 You left out 'show you their butthole in a haughty manner.'
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 30, 2025 09:51 AM (n17eQ)

Valid.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 30, 2025 09:52 AM (Zz0t1)

85 >>Xerxes I the Insufferable
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

Well, it does look like he's trying to get a peek of downblouse.

Posted by: haffhowershower at May 30, 2025 09:53 AM (144I4)

86 "What I like is her incredible art. She isn't as good as Caravaggio, because nobody is, but she is nipping at his heels."

Hmmm. She's not bad, per se. But, looking her up, her stuff feels... I am not sure what the right word is. Her figures are a bit doughy. This feels like one where you need to see them in person and maybe they would be better.

And no, the comparison is not fair. It is like looking at your kid's clay sculpture and saying 'She's no Michelangelo.' Well, no. For one, he worked in marble. Two, no one is.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 30, 2025 09:53 AM (bss/y)

87 There's a series of books called Uppity Women of History.
Uppity Women of the Renaissance
Uppity Women of the Dark ages
Uppity Women of the Ancient World

There are others.
Artemisia Gentileschi is in one of these books. That's how I know who she is.... or was whatever.

She was really good. But I have never liked putting ancient people into "current" clothing fashions. Do some research and find out what those folks actually wore and paint them in period accurate clothing. This stuff was known even in this artist's lifetime. Did they do this to ensure the modesty of the piece? Was it to make the figures more "relatable"? Why do that?

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 30, 2025 09:54 AM (2J/Lj)

88 They must have had small wieners.
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 30, 2025 09:49 AM

... and if you can't have the one you'd love, baby,
love the one you have. Love the one you have!

Posted by: David (the statue) at May 30, 2025 09:54 AM (0sNs1)

89 This stuff was known even in this artist's lifetime. Did they do this to ensure the modesty of the piece? Was it to make the figures more "relatable"? Why do that?
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 30, 2025 09:54 AM (2J/Lj)

"Artistic license."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 30, 2025 09:55 AM (Zz0t1)

90 78 I don't believe the clothing, as depicted, is period-correct.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 30, 2025 09:51 AM (0sNs1)

I'd say you'd be right.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 30, 2025 09:55 AM (bss/y)

91 Dude wears some poofy attire.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 30, 2025 09:55 AM (cduTK)

92 I don’t remember Esther fainting when presenting her request for the King to dine with her.

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at May 30, 2025 09:56 AM (TJLr1)

93 84 You left out 'show you their butthole in a haughty manner.'
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 30, 2025 09:51 AM (n17eQ)

Valid.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 30, 2025 09:52 AM (Zz0t1)

'Showing their ass' means something different in the feline lexicon.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 30, 2025 09:56 AM (bss/y)

94 His chair has paws and it makes it look like he’s riding around on a dog.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 30, 2025 09:57 AM (cduTK)

95 I don’t remember Esther fainting when presenting her request for the King to dine with her.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric

The thought of having to make sammiches fit for the King was too much for her.

Posted by: Bulg at May 30, 2025 09:57 AM (77rzZ)

96 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Thems some fine pantaloons shorts he's wearing along with matching sleeves.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 30, 2025 09:57 AM (W/lyH)

97 D'awwww. Now I'm going to blush!
Posted by: muldoon

The Horde waits for his arrival with hush
Because limericks don't come in a rush
The words pop on the page;
Compliments pour on the stage
The accolades make poor muldoon blush

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at May 30, 2025 09:58 AM (lWYCm)

98 Cats exist for 2 reasons:

1. Plot your demise so they can feast on your remains.

2. Show you their butthole.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 30, 2025 09:49 AM (Zz0t1)

---------------
Cats are put on earth to remind us that not everything has a purpose.

Oscar Wilde

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 30, 2025 09:58 AM (2J/Lj)

99 The Horde waits for his arrival with hush
Because limericks don't come in a rush
The words pop on the page;
Compliments pour on the stage
The accolades make poor muldoon blush
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at May 30, 2025 09:58 AM (lWYCm)

Vox populi!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 30, 2025 09:58 AM (Zz0t1)

100 95 I don’t remember Esther fainting when presenting her request for the King to dine with her.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric

The thought of having to make sammiches fit for the King was too much for her.
Posted by: Bulg at May 30, 2025 09:57 AM (77rzZ)

Hey, Toxic Masculinity was every bit as much a thing back then as it is now. 'Nuff to make any wymminz faint.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at May 30, 2025 09:59 AM (LxER7)

101 I'm not feeling it today.

I'm going back to bed.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 30, 2025 09:59 AM (Zz0t1)

102 Hmm, a guy in a dress, pantyhose, and fancy boots.

Shame he doesn't self identify as she

Posted by: David French at May 30, 2025 10:00 AM (t0Rmr)

103
Easter before Arkansas?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 30, 2025 10:00 AM (Tv15w)

104 101 I'm not feeling it today.

I'm going back to bed.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 30, 2025 09:59 AM (Zz0t1)

That's what SHE said!

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at May 30, 2025 10:00 AM (LxER7)

105 She was really good. But I have never liked putting ancient people into "current" clothing fashions. Do some research and find out what those folks actually wore and paint them in period accurate clothing. This stuff was known even in this artist's lifetime. Did they do this to ensure the modesty of the piece? Was it to make the figures more "relatable"? Why do that?
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 30, 2025 09:54 AM (2J/Lj)

Good question. A History teacher told me that artists placed subjects in current fashion because they didn't know what fashions were like at the subject time. No internet, no library. Anyway, it's possible.

Posted by: BarcelonaCarmen at May 30, 2025 10:00 AM (6KZAG)

106 Esther before Ahasuerus
Artemisia Gentileschi

Wow. The leading legs E and A form a "V" shape which is anchored on the rim of the bottom step. It seems to say this is where the power dynamic rests with the gulf between them represented by the blank wall. This is pretty great stuff and is exactly the stuff that gets artsy types all sweaty. The inadvertent reaching out of E's left arm can be read as either as the an expression of pleading or thanks, it is a lovely ambiguity. This transient moment, along with the tensed body of A and E's overall collapsing is a moment in play, frozen. Gotta love that peeps in biblical times wore Baroque clothing - who knew? The technical skill here is spectacular.

Thanks CBD for this great image. What a gift to be in France so you can go see all these greats works.

Would hang though it would be better if she was showing some leg.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at May 30, 2025 10:01 AM (8SDU5)

107 I’ve decided chairs shouldn’t have paws. Talons holding a globe on table legs are still ok.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 30, 2025 10:01 AM (cduTK)

108 Is Purim where the kids dress up and kind of like trick or treat?

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 30, 2025 10:02 AM (gbOdA)

109 Good question. A History teacher told me that artists placed subjects in current fashion because they didn't know what fashions were like at the subject time. No internet, no library. Anyway, it's possible.
Posted by: BarcelonaCarmen

They knew what the ancient Greeks and Romans wore. They could at least have used those to communicate the idea of antiquity.

Posted by: Bulg at May 30, 2025 10:03 AM (77rzZ)

110 The Horde waits for his arrival with hush
Because limericks don't come in a rush
The words pop on the page;
Compliments pour on the stage
The accolades make poor muldoon blush
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth)

Encore! Encore!

Posted by: haffhowershower at May 30, 2025 10:04 AM (144I4)

111 Czech Data Reveals Covid ‘Vaccines’ Caused Over 200,000 Fetal Deaths

Frank Bergman May 29, 2025 - 12:55 pm

Leading scientists are sounding the alarm after official government data from the Czech Republic revealed that Covid mRNA “vaccines” have caused over 200,000 fetal deaths.

A major study, which included 1.3 million Czech women, uncovered staggering surges in miscarriages among those who had received the injections.

The study analyzed women in the Czech Republic aged 18-39 years.

https://tinyurl.com/2ue3de8a

Posted by: rickb223 at May 30, 2025 10:06 AM (ipqug)

112 No internet, no library. Anyway, it's possible.
Posted by: BarcelonaCarmen

They knew what the ancient Greeks and Romans wore. They could at least have used those to communicate the idea of antiquity.
Posted by: Bulg at May 30, 2025 10:03

This. And they had institutions of higher learning where history was taught. She could have done a bit of research and gotten an approximation of the correct clothing.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 30, 2025 10:06 AM (2J/Lj)

113 Nipping at Caravaggio's heels is a good way to get ganked.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at May 30, 2025 10:06 AM (wzAuc)

114 No matter how much you hate them…

MSM headlines are all “Trump says China cheated” instead of China cheated. It’s a subtle use of language letting the reader know China didn’t really cheat it’s just Trump making things up.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 30, 2025 10:06 AM (A9Vdr)

115 Would hang though it would be better if she was showing some leg.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram

Yeah. For supposedly being such a hottie, she's not using her physical assets to the best advantage.

Probably sells soap infused with her dirty bathwater, though.

Posted by: Bulg at May 30, 2025 10:07 AM (77rzZ)

116 Wow indeed. How is this artist not better known? Any comparison to Caravaggio is well deserved, especially for her use of light in dark or dim places. Similar brilliant colors, classic poses for the women, idealized skin tones, the sense of action about to happen, it's all there.

The Wiki pages shows a number of her self-portraits as various historic characters. She was either well developed or exaggerating in a very pleasant way.

CBD, thanks. A nice painting and artist to end the week with.

Posted by: JTB at May 30, 2025 10:07 AM (yTvNw)

117 200k deaths in The Czech Republic alone?
Ho Lee fuk.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 30, 2025 10:08 AM (A9Vdr)

118 Story in sidebar on front page:

Sweden begins to realize that wind power is not
the solution that a 15-year-old uneducated autistic
mentally-ill troll-girl promised them it was.

You'd have to have a heart of stone to not laugh.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 30, 2025 10:08 AM (ipqug)

119 Czech Data Reveals Covid ‘Vaccines’ Caused Over 200,000 Fetal Deaths

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Fake news.

Posted by: MSM news curator, playing freecell on his computer at May 30, 2025 10:09 AM (wzAuc)

120 in sidebar on front page:

Sweden begins to realize that wind power is not
the solution that a 15-year-old uneducated autistic
mentally-ill troll-girl promised them it was.

—

How dare you?

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 30, 2025 10:09 AM (A9Vdr)

121 Oh goody. It's storming again. And only 60 degrees. This weather sucks.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 30, 2025 10:10 AM (2J/Lj)

122 Oh goody. It's storming again. And only 60 degrees. This weather sucks.
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench)

Yeah, I'm surprised at how cool it's been for being nearly June in Virginia.

Posted by: Bulg at May 30, 2025 10:11 AM (77rzZ)

123 And only 60 degrees. This weather sucks.
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 30, 2025 10:10 AM

I take it y'all ain't in Texas.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 30, 2025 10:13 AM (0sNs1)

124 Czech Data Reveals Covid ‘Vaccines’ Caused Over 200,000 Fetal Deaths

I read that really fast as "fatal deaths". Stupid brain.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 30, 2025 10:13 AM (Wnv9h)

125 Has zombie Bob Ross been on vacation this week?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 30, 2025 10:14 AM (0sNs1)

126 MSM headlines are all “Trump says China cheated” instead of China cheated. It’s a subtle use of language letting the reader know China didn’t really cheat it’s just Trump making things up.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 30, 2025 10:06 AM (A9Vdr)

--

Noice!

Posted by: MSM news curator, playing freecell on his computer at May 30, 2025 10:14 AM (wzAuc)

127 David Hogg...The Interview.

Posted by: Fainting Homosexual at May 30, 2025 10:15 AM (PxmHT)

128 Oh goody. It's storming again. And only 60 degrees. This weather sucks.
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench)

Yeah, I'm surprised at how cool it's been for being nearly June in Virginia.
Posted by: Bulg at May 30, 2025 10:11 AM

It's been pretty cool up here as well. Of course, NE weather being what it is, the middle of the week is forecast to be in the mid 80s.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 30, 2025 10:15 AM (Wnv9h)

129 Steven Segal is reported to have hit 400 pounds in body mass.

Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at May 30, 2025 10:16 AM (0sNs1)

130 What a gift to be in France so you can go see all these greats works.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at May 30, 2025 10:01 AM (8SDU5)

Yup. I'm not complaining!

I still haven't gone to the Louvre. Too many people! I saw it in 1983, and I think that was enough for me.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at May 30, 2025 10:17 AM (mWSu4)

131 It's been pretty cool up here as well. Of course, NE weather being what it is, the middle of the week is forecast to be in the mid 80s.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

It gets that hot in Massachusetts?

Posted by: Bulg at May 30, 2025 10:17 AM (77rzZ)

132 I still haven't gone to the Louvre. Too many people! I saw it in 1983, and I think that was enough for me.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises)

Have you seen the Stone-Age cave paintings? Or aren't those open to the public?

Posted by: Bulg at May 30, 2025 10:18 AM (77rzZ)

133 Going back and skimming the Book of Esther, it seems Ahasuerus was kind of credulous and impetuous. And a bit of a dumbass.

Posted by: That's what happens when people get in management! at May 30, 2025 10:19 AM (TbWk/)

134 That dude in 300 looked like the son of Liberace and Elton John.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 30, 2025 09:47 AM (ipqug)

How exciting!

Posted by: Lindsey Graham, Closeted Homosexual at May 30, 2025 10:19 AM (PxmHT)

135 Steven Segal is reported to have hit 400 pounds in body mass.
Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre

Kelly LeBrock must make great sammiches.

Posted by: Bulg at May 30, 2025 10:20 AM (77rzZ)

136 still haven't gone to the Louvre. Too many people! I saw it in 1983, and I think that was enough for me.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises)

If you’re still there go in late fall. That’s the time of year with few tourists. You can be in entire rooms by yourself.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 30, 2025 10:21 AM (HmCtv)

137 Ahahsaurus, the dinosaur detective.

Posted by: DaveA at May 30, 2025 10:22 AM (FhXTo)

138 Going back and skimming the Book of Esther, it seems Ahasuerus was kind of credulous and impetuous. And a bit of a dumbass.
Posted by: That's what happens when people get in management!

He was an Iranian ruler. So he was a Tehrant.

Posted by: Bulg at May 30, 2025 10:23 AM (77rzZ)

139 He was an Iranian ruler. So he was a Tehrant.
Posted by: Bulg at May 30, 2025 10:23 AM (77rzZ)

First class pun, 10/10. Will steal for my own use.

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at May 30, 2025 10:25 AM (TJLr1)

140 First class pun, 10/10. Will steal for my own use.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric

Thanks! *buffs nails on shirt.*

Posted by: Bulg at May 30, 2025 10:26 AM (77rzZ)

141 Now that Gauloises have been mentioned. "In July 2016, the French government considered a ban on both the Gauloises and Gitanes cigarette brands because they were deemed "too stylish and cool"." The French priorities seem to be always be stylish. Always.

https://is.gd/CqCinv

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at May 30, 2025 10:27 AM (8SDU5)

142
Them Persians are fancy boys!

Posted by: naturalfake at May 30, 2025 10:27 AM (iJfKG)

143 I don't know what is going on in this painting at all. I do know one thing, the king is a fink!

Posted by: The lone KwaKer! at May 30, 2025 10:30 AM (89Sog)

144 Esther? Damn right I did!
-- Ahasuerus

Posted by: Bulg at May 30, 2025 10:31 AM (77rzZ)

145 Fun fact: "Esther" is the same name as "Ishtar."

And "Mordecai" is "Marduk."

Posted by: Bulg at May 30, 2025 10:32 AM (77rzZ)

146 I don't know what is going on in this painting at all. I do know one thing, the king is a fink!
Posted by: The lone KwaKer! at May 30, 2025 10:30 AM (89Sog)

Excellent Johnny Hart reference.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 30, 2025 10:32 AM (W/lyH)

147 Now that Gauloises have been mentioned. "In July 2016, the French government considered a ban on both the Gauloises and Gitanes cigarette brands because they were deemed "too stylish and cool"." The French priorities seem to be always be stylish. Always.

https://is.gd/CqCinv
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at May 30, 2025 10:27 AM (8SDU5)
***

Cigar smokers never worry about style. They ARE style. And they don't surrender.

Posted by: US Grant at May 30, 2025 10:35 AM (W/lyH)

148 135 Steven Segal is reported to have hit 400 pounds in body mass.
Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre
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His agent is trying to get him cast for the live action movie Kung Fu Panda IV.

Posted by: WisRich at May 30, 2025 10:35 AM (G0vdT)

149 I was in my 20's, just out of college, when I first traveled to Europe by myself. My favorite thing was to wander around and go to museums. Didn't have to make a plan or conference with anyone else. Just enjoy.
CBD, that is what your post made me think of this morning. Thanks.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at May 30, 2025 10:35 AM (t/2Uw)

150 Artemisia definitely had the chops

Posted by: kallisto at May 30, 2025 10:36 AM (dCxaZ)

151 And only 60 degrees. This weather sucks.
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 30, 2025 10:10 AM

I take it y'all ain't in Texas.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Or AZ!

Rain on the weekend in June, really rare for rain in June here!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 30, 2025 10:36 AM (OLFHd)

152 >> I still haven't gone to the Louvre. Too many people!

Don’t feel bad, nobody goes there anymore.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 30, 2025 10:37 AM (yd2/I)

153 Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at May 30, 2025 10:35 AM (t/2Uw)

Good Morning, Sharon. I hope you are well.

I wonder what will happen to all those museums when the muzzies totally take over Europe.

Posted by: Bulg at May 30, 2025 10:37 AM (77rzZ)

154 I wonder what will happen to all those museums when the muzzies totally take over Europe.
Posted by: Bulg at May 30, 2025 10:37 AM (77rzZ)

My money is on public burning.

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at May 30, 2025 10:37 AM (TJLr1)

155 So inflation is down, the trade deficit is down 46%, and the WSJ is trying to minimalize it as much as they can.

Posted by: WisRich at May 30, 2025 10:38 AM (G0vdT)

156 Well damn.
I'm off to the Survivor's Assistance Office at Ft Lewis. BnL passed away. I called it in last week and everything seemed on track. My sister called in yesterday and they claim to have no record at all. So now it's time to look someone in the eye.
Sheesh!

Posted by: Diogenes at May 30, 2025 10:38 AM (W/lyH)

157 > 65 That dude looks nothing like the Xerxes in 300
Posted by: Ben Had

That dude in 300 looked like the son of Liberace and Elton John.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 30, 2025 09:47 AM (ipqug)

Heh.... I guess the Iranians were seriously pissed off at that depiction of one of their national heroes.

Fuck 'em.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 30, 2025 10:39 AM (qpyNK)

158 You're right, CBD. Caravaggio was an amazing painter. There is a small church in Rome where a number of his paintings are on display. The details and the lighting effects in the paintings are amazing. They make you wonder how a human can paint such masterpieces.

Posted by: Ralph at May 30, 2025 10:39 AM (8WZD4)

159 I'm sorry for your loss, Diogenes.

Posted by: Bulg at May 30, 2025 10:39 AM (77rzZ)

160 Very nicely done

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2025 10:41 AM (ypFCm)

161 "Caravaggio" would be a great name for a sports car.

Posted by: Bulg at May 30, 2025 10:41 AM (77rzZ)

162 I'm sorry for your loss, Diogenes.
Posted by: Bulg at May 30, 2025 10:39 AM (77rzZ)

Thanks. He was a good man.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 30, 2025 10:43 AM (W/lyH)

163 Where is everybody? Two minutes with no comments.

Posted by: Bulg at May 30, 2025 10:43 AM (77rzZ)

164 I wonder what will happen to all those museums when the muzzies totally take over Europe.

Posted by: Bulg at May 30, 2025 10:37 AM (77rzZ)

Well, the muslims believe that all representational art (you know, that looks like people or animals or plants or rocks) is a heretical mockery of allah's creation and therefore haram.

Remember those huge, ancient statues of Buddha that got blown up by the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Yeah, that.

No more art, no more churches.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 30, 2025 10:43 AM (iJfKG)

165 I care about the fact that she was a woman, not because I regard her as a feminist icon ( I'm not a feminist; I don't even know what that word means anymore.) but because there weren't many or any other women painting professionally at the time -at least ones we know about, and she was an excellent artist.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 30, 2025 10:46 AM (/CqOb)

166 > The thought of having to make sammiches fit for the King was too much for her.
Posted by: Bulg at May 30, 2025 09:57 AM (77rzZ)

Reminds me of the way that Elizabeth I would deal with people who had angered her, but who were too powerful to simply whack off their heads.

She'd come for a visit, bringing the entire royal court and all their servants and hangers-on, all of whom expected to be entertained in royal fashion.

And then she'd stay for months.

At least one noble family was reportedly bankrupted by Gloriana's visit.

Then there was the practice of the Siamese kings of giving a sacred white elephant to someone who'd annoyed them (where we get our term "white elephant"). You couldn't put it to work, because sacred. Nor could you sell it or give it away (because that would be offensive to the king).

But you still had to feed it and house it.

I don't know how much it costs to keep an elephant in victuals, but it can't be cheap.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 30, 2025 10:46 AM (qpyNK)

167
The Horde has contracted Mass Spontaneous Narcolepsy.

Time for your mRNA vaccines. Line up.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 30, 2025 10:46 AM (iJfKG)

168 Posted by: Diogenes at May 30, 2025 10:38 AM (W/lyH)

Sorry for your and his family's loss and sorry for the confusion. Hope rough places are smoothed out,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 30, 2025 10:48 AM (/CqOb)

169 Well, there goes 500K people out of the country.

I wonder what that does to rent prices...?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at May 30, 2025 10:48 AM (GBKbO)

170 This day just keeps getting better.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 30, 2025 10:49 AM (viF8m)

171 Didja see this? Nashville nut case murder manifesto /insane ramblings released.

https://shorturl.at/u3C6I

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, You and whose army? at May 30, 2025 10:49 AM (L/fGl)

172 > My sister called in yesterday and they claim to have no record at all. Posted by: Diogenes at May 30, 2025 10:38 AM (W/lyH)

In the HBO miniseries "Rome", a soldier shows up back in Rome, much to the shock of his wife.

"Your pay stopped coming. They said you were dead. They said the Army doesn't make mistakes."

Some things are eternal.

Here's to it getting straighted out with a minimal amount of extra foofaraw.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 30, 2025 10:51 AM (qpyNK)

173 Artemisia Gentileschi (what a name!) only proves that women could become famous for their talents, even in the highly competitive art world of 1600s Italy, without poisonous DEI policies or bitter dyke harpies screeching about the manosphere.

"Judith Slaying Holofernes" at the Uffizi is brutal.

Posted by: Elric Blade at May 30, 2025 10:52 AM (iFTx/)

174 Don’t feel bad, nobody goes there anymore.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 30, 2025 10:37 AM (yd2/I)

Because they cut their pizzas into 8 slices there and that's too many?

Posted by: ... at May 30, 2025 10:53 AM (Dz1R2)

175 174 Don’t feel bad, nobody goes there anymore.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 30, 2025 10:37 AM (yd2/I)

Because they cut their pizzas into 8 slices there and that's too many?
Posted by: ... at May 30, 2025 10:53 AM (Dz1R2)

Maybe because a nickel ain’t worth a dime anymore.

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at May 30, 2025 10:53 AM (TJLr1)

176 173 Artemisia Gentileschi (what a name!) only proves that women could become famous for their talents, even in the highly competitive art world of 1600s Italy, without poisonous DEI policies or bitter dyke harpies screeching about the manosphere.

"Judith Slaying Holofernes" at the Uffizi is brutal.
Posted by: Elric Blade at May 30, 2025 10:52 AM (iFTx/)

You have no idea how pissed she was that it was just a Holofernes and she had to go hunt down the real fernes.

Posted by: Sophisticated decoys at May 30, 2025 10:54 AM (TbWk/)

177 Don’t feel bad, nobody goes there anymore.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 30, 2025 10:37 AM (yd2/I)

Because they cut their pizzas into 8 slices there and that's too many?
Posted by: ...

Can you cut it in six? I don't think I can eat 8.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 30, 2025 10:54 AM (ipqug)

178 I wonder what will happen to all those museums when the muzzies totally take over Europe.

Posted by: Bulg at May 30, 2025 10:37 AM (77rzZ)
_______

Pedo rape camps with side rooms for goat-fucking

Posted by: Elric Blade at May 30, 2025 10:54 AM (iFTx/)

179 What we can't help but notice is just how juvenile all of her writing was, you wouldn't think this was a notebook from a woman who was almost 30.
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Fucking hell has this writer never met a leftard woman?

Posted by: ... at May 30, 2025 10:55 AM (Dz1R2)

180 179 What we can't help but notice is just how juvenile all of her writing was, you wouldn't think this was a notebook from a woman who was almost 30.
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Fucking hell has this writer never met a ~~leftard~~ modern woman?
Posted by: ... at May 30, 2025 10:55 AM (Dz1R2)

FTFY

Posted by: School system and social media produce 'tards at May 30, 2025 10:56 AM (TbWk/)

181 Posted by: School system and social media produce 'tards at May 30, 2025 10:56 AM (TbWk/)

Be nice it's friday!

Posted by: ... at May 30, 2025 10:57 AM (Dz1R2)

182 180 179 What we can't help but notice is just how juvenile all of her writing was, you wouldn't think this was a notebook from a woman who was almost 30.
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Fucking hell has this writer never met a leftard modern woman?
Posted by: ... at May 30, 2025 10:55 AM (Dz1R2)

FTFY
Posted by: School system and social media produce 'tards at May 30, 2025 10:56 AM (TbWk/)

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This is about Jackson's dissent in the Noem v Doe order, isn't it?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at May 30, 2025 10:58 AM (GBKbO)

183 This is about Jackson's dissent in the Noem v Doe order, isn't it?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at May 30, 2025 10:58 AM (GBKbO)

Sheila Jackson Lee made the Supreme Court? It all makes so much sense now.

Posted by: ... at May 30, 2025 10:59 AM (Dz1R2)

184 Well, Muslims blew up a 2,000 year old effigy of the Buddha carved into a rock face in Afghanistan… I imagine they have big plans indeed for the art of the European infidels…

Posted by: tubal at May 30, 2025 10:59 AM (PCK5/)

185 Hale used "grant" money to buy her guns.

Who's giving this unemployed loser grant money and what's their number?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at May 30, 2025 10:59 AM (GBKbO)

186 Well-respected journalist Taylor Lorenz on 9/11.

https://shorturl.at/wD13

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, You and whose army? at May 30, 2025 11:00 AM (L/fGl)

187 WE HAZ A NOOD

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2025 11:01 AM (ypFCm)

188 U nas yest' NOOD.

Posted by: Bulg at May 30, 2025 11:01 AM (77rzZ)

189 Audrey Hale was a classic “ Path”… both psycho and socio… Woke was her Madness Gateway… much could be learned from this…

Posted by: tubal at May 30, 2025 11:01 AM (PCK5/)

190 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, You and whose army? at May 30, 2025 11:00 AM (L/fGl)

Nope

Posted by: ... at May 30, 2025 11:05 AM (Dz1R2)

191 Esther before Ahasuerus
Artemisia Gentileschi, Italian, 1620s

The Met: The most famous woman painter of the seventeenth century, Gentileschi worked in Rome, Florence, Venice, Naples, and London. This painting, among her most ambitious, represents the Jewish heroine Esther, who appeared before her husband, King Ahasuerus of Persia, in order to stave off a massacre of the Jewish people, breaking with court protocol and thereby risking death. Rather than historical recreation, contemporary theater informed how Gentileschi conceived this dramatic scene in which Esther faints just before the king grants her request. A servant of African descent restraining a dog was painted out by the artist, but is partly visible beneath the marble pavement to the left of the king’s knee.
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Now I understand the painting. It's very good; beautifully detailed, great highlighting but I would pass hanging it.

Thanks. Mea culpa for lateness to the thread.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 30, 2025 11:14 AM (NFX2v)

192 They knew what the ancient Greeks and Romans wore. They could at least have used those to communicate the idea of antiquity.

There are prints from a costume party at the court of Louis XIV, where everyone was to come as an Ancient Greek. Very fancy costumes: no idea what ancient Greeks wore. Some statuary might help with what a toga is, but “Toga Party!” just means wear a bedsheet. And anyway, how ancient Greeks and Romans dressed says nothing about Persian costume. You might as well say dressing in impeccable early Victorian style would help you blend-in in pre-Meiji Japan.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 30, 2025 11:19 AM (ZVgZ4)

193 Well if my remember my childhood Sunday school classes correctly Esther is fainting, or on the verge of fainting, because anyone who approached the King or Persia without consent was executed horribly, even the Queen. So just the act of showing up unannounced to ask him not to genocide her people could have been a death sentence for her.

Posted by: ObsidianKnife at May 30, 2025 11:19 AM (TumvK)

194 Posted by: Elric Blade at May 30, 2025 10:52 AM (iFTx/)

I expect that she was probably helped the fact that her father was a well known painter and encouraged her.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 30, 2025 11:27 AM (EJtBU)

195 where she reveals the evil intentions of haman in order to save her people.
there was "'ahav" involved.

Posted by: cmeat at May 30, 2025 01:32 PM (8HmRF)

196 If you like she can do Camptown Races and Skip to the Lou

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at May 30, 2025 04:36 PM (wGqjj)

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