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Posts Tagged ‘Art’
Me Sees You…
by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 46 Comments › )Filed under Art, Caption This, Humor, Links, OOT, Open thread at March 28th, 2012 - 11:00 pm
the history f art
by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 137 Comments › )Filed under Academia, Art, Asia, History, Humor, Japan, Nuclear Weapons, OOT, Open thread, Weapons, World at March 24th, 2012 - 9:00 pm
Approximately 200-400 years ago during Japan’s Edo period, an unknown artist created what is easily the most profound demonstration of human aesthetics ever committed to parchment. I am referring to He-Gassen a.k.a. 屁合戦 a.k.a. “the fart war.” In this centuries-old scroll, women and men blow each other off the page with typhoon-like flatulence. Toss this in the face of any philistine who claims that art history is boring.
Ancient Japanese art is a gas – but my hoax-alert antennae are twitching with the reference to “He-Gassen” even though I found another source here. [Found here, h/t Princess Natasha.]
And like a fart in the wind, we’re cranking out an early Saturday edition of
The Overnight Open Thread.
The Ancients: BlogWarriors of The Far East
by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 124 Comments › )Filed under Academia, Art, History, Humor, OOT, Open thread at February 29th, 2012 - 11:00 pm
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No, they didn’t have blogs back then, but they had media. Big ‘ol honkin’ media that would take your head off if you dared to argue contrary opinions not approved by the blogmeister.
Digital Library of the Real Jardin Botanico of Madrid has Pierre Sonnerat‘s Voyage aux Indes orientales et a la Chine.
BTW, that’s Vishnu in the picture. Don’t piss him off, especially not here, because it’s time for The Overnight Open Thread.
Cheesecake Of The Ancients
by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 89 Comments › )Filed under Art, History, Humor, OOT, Open thread at February 26th, 2012 - 11:00 pm
“The Dancing Venus of Galgenberg is unique. Her head and limbs are carefully depicted, and even accented with openings in the stone. Her left arm is raised with the hand behind the head. She stands with her weight resting insouciantly on one foot, and the right hand is placed on the hip. One breast is shown in profile, the other is carved in low relief. In my column, I drew attention to Betty Grable’s familiar pose.
“The Dancing Venus is no Mother Goddess. This is a chick with sex appeal. Cheesecake since the dawn of time.“
Really? A poorly sculpted lump of jade was stoneage juvenile wankage material? Let’s file this in the Whodathunkit Category on The Overnight Open Thread.
