Oops! Right you are. I'm a bit muzzy today; thanks for the correction. I knew it was one of those long-gone artsy types...jsluder wrote:da Vinci? I thought the Pietá was a sculpture by Michaelangelo.Nanohedron wrote:Oh, and by the way, note the artist's rendering of Marat: straight from da Vinci's Pietá. The symbolism was intentional, and the painting served as an icon to Marat.
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'Tis, to be sure.jsluder wrote:da Vinci? I thought the Pietá was a sculpture by Michaelangelo.Nanohedron wrote:Oh, and by the way, note the artist's rendering of Marat: straight from da Vinci's Pietá. The symbolism was intentional, and the painting served as an icon to Marat.
A common mistake though.
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Well, to be honest, most days my brain would associate the names Michaelangelo, Leonardo, Donatello and Raphael with pizza-and-beer-induced mutant terrapins rather than famous artists...Nanohedron wrote:Oops! Right you are. I'm a bit muzzy today; thanks for the correction. I knew it was one of those long-gone artsy types...
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My son went through one of those phases as well.
Speaking of fuzzy - mindedness, I once tried to charm a young lady by informing her that her expression reminded me of Mona Lisas portrait of Leonardo Da Vinci...
There was drink involved ,of course :roll:
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Speaking of fuzzy - mindedness, I once tried to charm a young lady by informing her that her expression reminded me of Mona Lisas portrait of Leonardo Da Vinci...
There was drink involved ,of course :roll:
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Depends on what the tub is made of methinks. Wooden tub. Slivers.dubhlinn wrote:I'm familiar with the painting and the story behind it but isn't it a strange way to bathe.Where I come from we apply the towels after we get out of the bath...Must be a French thing
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