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Sunday, October 6, 2024
Phaeton
Domenico Riccio painted Phaeton Driving the Chariot of the Sun in 1558.
Talk about ASSpect in art ! This renaissance painter knew a thing or two about the male anatomy and wasn’t afraid to reveal it. Why wonder that period in art is called the renaissance….:)
The foreshortening of the body leads me to believe that this would have been painted on a ceiling in a mural over a large assembly room or ballroom in a palace or country house… And that he is standing in a chariot of which we see the underside… I hazard to guess that the prominence of his genitals and derriere is only because of this cropping of the image, and that it probably wouldn’t have been so prominent because of the other figures that would have been portrayed in the overall mural…
My fave of the day.The angle of the view is scrotally unique. Big Dude
ReplyDeleteMost unusual.
DeleteBravo!
ReplyDeleteWow, very unusual!
ReplyDeleteTalk about ASSpect in art !
ReplyDeleteThis renaissance painter knew a thing or two about the male anatomy and wasn’t afraid to reveal it. Why wonder that period in art is called the renaissance….:)
He had to know that the derriere was the only thing a lot of viewers would notice.
DeleteWonderful angle and painting. So unique for the time.
ReplyDeleteThe foreshortening of the body leads me to believe that this would have been painted on a ceiling in a mural over a large assembly room or ballroom in a palace or country house… And that he is standing in a chariot of which we see the underside… I hazard to guess that the prominence of his genitals and derriere is only because of this cropping of the image, and that it probably wouldn’t have been so prominent because of the other figures that would have been portrayed in the overall mural…
ReplyDeleteGood analysis.
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