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2LolaWalser
Let's rotate them, ok?
What is the devil reading?
What is the devil reading?
3MyopicBookworm
Since he is vain, he's probably reading about himself in Milton's Paradise Lost.
5LolaWalser
#4
Added to the gallery, we'll give it a spin when Matt's devil finishes with Milton.
Added to the gallery, we'll give it a spin when Matt's devil finishes with Milton.
6tomcatMurr
Marvellous. Matt, who is the sculptor?
7Nicole_VanK
I wish I knew
8Existanai
Howboutzees:
Death Triumphant, c. 1670:
Pieter Bruegel the Elder's Triumph of Death, c. 1562:
The Palermo Triumph of Death, c. 1446:
Death Triumphant, c. 1670:
Pieter Bruegel the Elder's Triumph of Death, c. 1562:
The Palermo Triumph of Death, c. 1446:
9Existanai
Or some wonderfully kitschy work by Kris Kuksi:
This is probably better suited to the Pro and Con Religion group:
This is probably better suited to the Pro and Con Religion group:
10Mr.Durick
How do we know that 1 is the devil and not, say, one of the extraterrestrials from Childhood's End?
Robert
Robert
11Nicole_VanK
And, indeed, how do we know the devil isn't one of the extraterrestrials from Childhood's End?
12LolaWalser
We DON'T!
#9
**chortling @ the churchtank**
#9
**chortling @ the churchtank**
14tros
http://www.librarything.com/pic/239224
Feel free to use anything that stikes your fancy, dear Lola.
;-)
Feel free to use anything that stikes your fancy, dear Lola.
;-)
17SilentInAWay
What is the devil reading?
Scripture, no doubt. How else could he quote it.
Scripture, no doubt. How else could he quote it.
19Existanai
The punishments appear to be so sensual I was reminded of Hokusai's print The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife:
20tros
There seems to be a long octopi / squid tradition in Japan.
http://www.librarything.com/pic/212313
http://www.librarything.com/pic/212314
http://www.librarything.com/pic/212313
http://www.librarything.com/pic/212314
22LolaWalser
never heard of 'em. but they sound FUN
Signed,
inky not kinky
Signed,
inky not kinky
23marietherese
"inky not kinky"
Heh! I don't believe that!
A couple of years ago I visited Las Vegas and spent some time in a store that sold beautiful Asian antiques, including some stunning netsuke, which I collect. When the owner realized I was pretty serious about these little tchotchkes he offered to take me and my companion into a private room where the most expensive and least suitable for public showing examples were kept. Talk about kinky! And, yes, squid featured prominently in a number of them ;-)
(As it turned out, I ended up buying a perfectly innocent monkey and my companion snuck back later to buy me an adorable little cat as a birthday present. So no hentai stuff for us.)
Heh! I don't believe that!
A couple of years ago I visited Las Vegas and spent some time in a store that sold beautiful Asian antiques, including some stunning netsuke, which I collect. When the owner realized I was pretty serious about these little tchotchkes he offered to take me and my companion into a private room where the most expensive and least suitable for public showing examples were kept. Talk about kinky! And, yes, squid featured prominently in a number of them ;-)
(As it turned out, I ended up buying a perfectly innocent monkey and my companion snuck back later to buy me an adorable little cat as a birthday present. So no hentai stuff for us.)
24LolaWalser
Squiddy bondage!
I have a grand total of one (1) netsuke figure, but it IS an octopus, carved in fossil mammoth tooth. Also friend's gift.
26MyopicBookworm
(Yes: they can be boxwood or porcelain, or several other things.)
27LolaWalser
Okay then! Thanks MyopicBookworm!
That much closer to being a collector of fine art.
That much closer to being a collector of fine art.
28marietherese
Lola, yes, that's definitely netsuke! And a lovely example too!
I own a number of boxwood pieces. My personal favourite among these was manufactured in the 19th century. It's a skeleton in a monk's robe hunched over a wine flask. The skeleton is very ape-like and reminds me of the ape mentioned in 'Das Lied von der Erde'. I bought it at a time when that song-cycle was of enormous importance to me and the piece remains a sentimental favourite.
I own a number of boxwood pieces. My personal favourite among these was manufactured in the 19th century. It's a skeleton in a monk's robe hunched over a wine flask. The skeleton is very ape-like and reminds me of the ape mentioned in 'Das Lied von der Erde'. I bought it at a time when that song-cycle was of enormous importance to me and the piece remains a sentimental favourite.
29absurdeist
What an awesome group logo that is up presently. Who's responsible for it that we may blessedly curse thee with a lovely and everlasting damnation?