Ahhh, the pleasure of great art

[MissHoneychurch]

[Clintmax]

1. WOW! That's BEAUTIFUL!

Ever notice how all the people in sculptures like that have awesome greek god bodies! :rofl:

[ScreamingMeemie]

2. Yeah, and how there are never any Rubenesque men portrayed...

anywhere??? What's up with that? ;)

[billyskank]

4. I am thinking that the sculptor rather liked them that way

perhaps? :)

[ScreamingMeemie]

9. Perhaps...sigh...

...
.....
..... :rofl:

[MissHoneychurch]

5. Rubenesque MEN?????

:rofl:

MrsGrumpy you crack me up.

[MissHoneychurch]

3. Well that sculpture IS Greek

:rofl:

[billyskank]

6. Aha

Herein lies the answer, possibly :crazy:

[MissHoneychurch]

8. Ya think?

:rofl:

According to Wikipedia:
"Various dates have been suggested for the statue, ranging from about 160 BC to about 20 BC. Inscriptions found at Lindos in Rhodes date Agesander and Athenedoros to a period after 42 BC, making the years 42 BC to 20 BC the most likely date for the Laocoön statue's creation."

[riona]

14. Wouldn't you think with that

awesome display of muscles, they'd get that snake under control? Just asking..

[MissHoneychurch]

16. Well the snake had the support of the Gods

guess that settled it. :P

[SKKY]

7. Oh, yea. A snake about to strangle 3 people. Just lovely.

Joking. It's actually pretty awesome.

[MissHoneychurch]

12. They got strangled by the Greek Gods

because Laokoon warned the Trojan people of Odysseus and his false horse plan.

[DarkmoonIkonoklast]

10. Miss Honey, I am in awe!

__You bring such treasures to this provincial American lout... Thank you for sharing! You enhance my life and broaden my world!

[MissHoneychurch]

11. I love the Laokoon sculpture

I saw it in RL in Rome some years ago. It is actual also my wallpaper here at work. At home I have a less artistic picture.

Normally I am against copies of sculptures but this one I would even buy in a smaller size.

[In_The_Wind]

13. The poor thing seems to be quite torchered.

[MissHoneychurch]

15. Torchered?

What do you mean?

[In_The_Wind]

18. This poem I found best explains the way I feel about that word ~

What shall I make of my broken heart?
From its ripping my soul sings
notes indigo like Billie Holiday's blues,
the moans of heartache mornings.

In two pieces it beats faintly.
In half it bleeds my cries.
All jagged down the center,
but death my heart defies.

What shall God make of my broken heart?
So useless now it seems.
Love whispers into darkness.
I think I shall make wings.

Nordette Adams

[MissHoneychurch]

19. Thanks

that is a very powerful poem.

[In_The_Wind]

24. It seems funny but I can't find a definition in Wikipedia or Answer.com.

I guess you just need to feel some things to fully understand them.

[MissHoneychurch]

26. That is true

I understand what you ment after reading that poem :hug:

[DrGonzoLives]

17. Rotate the camera to the left about 20 degrees

and imagine the results.

Specifically, the snake.

[MissHoneychurch]

20. I rather not

OUCH x(

[DrGonzoLives]

21. Gives a new meaning to

"hung like an anaconda."

[bridgit]

22. is that a thick, sinewy, vein popping snake roiling through the fleshy...

regions of your cherub-like associates there...or are you just glad to see me :-)

[MissHoneychurch]

25. Second of course

:)

:hug:

[bridgit]

29. ^_^

B-) :hug:

[MissHoneychurch]

31. Michelangelo is my favorite artist

I love his work. Scupltures and paintings.

I saw his David in RL. I tll ya, he has an ass ... :wow: In German we say "Knackarsch"

[bridgit]

32. i've always liked Michelangelo, i mean who wouldn't, hubby's the art guy..

though, and has been bringing me up to speed on JUST how marvelous, creative & sacred a life he led

[riona]

36. Speaking of David

Love the hat

[Chovexani]

23. Obligatory Snakes on a Statue joke

THERE'S MOTHERFUCKIN' SNAKES! ON THE MOTHERFUCKIN' STATUE!

:D

[MissHoneychurch]

27. I never understood the snake on plane joke

must have passed me .... so sorry your joke here is lost on me :)

[Chovexani]

33. Don't feel bad

Like Samuel L. Jackson said in an interview about the movie, Snakes on a Plane is something you either want to see very badly or don't get at all. :hi:

[Callalily]

28. What a wonderful sculpture!

Such torture on his face! What a talented artist! It totally amazed me how someone can create something so beautiful our of a hunk of rock!

[MissHoneychurch]

30. And when you imagine that it was done 2000 years ago

it is even more impressive

[Callalily]

34. Yes, totally impressive!

There's an artist in the area that works in soapstone and alabaster, and some bronze. I've met her a couple of times, she's fantastic. I'm amazed at the work she produces. Even though she's in her 70s she still can wield that hammer!

[MissHoneychurch]

35. That is beautiful

I like it.

But I have to run now, my mom and the friends are almost here.

Have a great weekend and hopeful you get some rest :hug: