Yesterday it was photographers and artists doing selfies, or in other words, using themselves as models. Today it's real models, starting with this model who worked for Anglo-Belgian sculptor Jacques Lalaing. The staff prop will show up again later today.
Too bad I wasn't still drawing in 1970, I might have been published on your blog.
ReplyDeleteThis is not the first time that you have published photos or drawings of Belgians! :-)
Actually, I moved the date up to about 1985, and yes, I have posted Belgian art before.
DeleteAs you would expect from me.. Wow, thank you, Jerry. Lovely to see so many men modelling. It's one of those rugs again. Posing on a slope, is quite a feat. He's very good. How does he do it? I assume that staff fits into a hole in the slope? Wrapping himself around and using bracing with his arms, the staff position narrows the centre of gravity, making balance easier. Can't see it, but perhaps a wooden peg between the big and next toe? Fun to try...
ReplyDeleteThanks, as always, for your informed comment, David. I have learned some interesting things thanks to you.
DeleteAs ever my pleasure in providing some practical interpretation of the poses.
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