Monday, June 11, 2012

Morning of the World

This painting has a nice atmospheric quality that evokes an ancient day in the morning of the world . . . if it just wasn't for that jet vapor trail disintegrating in the upper atmosphere . . .

E. René Ménard — Le Jugement de Paris — ca 1908

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4 comments:

  1. Unca JeffyJune 11, 2012 at 3:46 PM

    wait...I HEARD about the apple, but did he give her all those oxen, too??????????

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  2. Thomas Haller BuchananJune 11, 2012 at 4:05 PM

    Paris, Paris, Paris . . . he was allus judging women.

    Maybe this dame's name is Oxana?

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  3. Daniel [oeconomist.com]June 12, 2012 at 10:45 PM

    This is the sort of work that will draw attention decades from now. Keep it up.

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  4. buzzJune 15, 2012 at 12:32 PM

    Jet trail = Icarus on his way down?

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