Gothic, but toned down......a lot

Firstly I would like to say a big Thank You for all of your lovely comments and kind words! I have decided to no longer attend 'Art Appreciation'  and I am moving a lot of my cull to the attic and the rest to the Charity Shop. To be done on Monday.

Friday is still my Art Day, I hope you all don't mind.
Be warned, this post is one of my biggest, flee now if you want! it's ok!

Val formerly Late Blooming Sparkle now Muse Fondue

http://musefondue.blogspot.co.uk/

suggested the Lady Lever in Port Sunlight

Blooming great idea, we went on Monday

So much Fabulous! I focus on this lovely lady

Andromeda by William Etty

he had a thing for the female nude apparently

he attempted to make her classical by painting chains on her

I like balance so here is Etty's very occasional male study

Prometheus

and a more classical example of Andromeda by Clouis Delacour

'Writhing in fear and anticipation'

Mr F explained about metaphor

So, is it a metaphor for sex?? if so, Art has LOT'S of metaphor's for sex

there are a lot of snakes around women, and a lot of 'fear'

I find old mirrors interesting 

how many people over the centuries have looked in it?

I completely pissed the attendant off, because my flash went off

Oliver Cromwell

Hero/Villain?

I was captivated by her

'Jeunesses Doree' the gilded youth

Gerald Leslie Brockhurst

the flash went off again, and  I seemed to have been followed around the gallery a lot

the attendants must have been captivated by my hat

Emperor Hadrian and his lover Antinous

Antinous drowned in the River Nile and left Hadrian devastated 

Tea from a flask

Is it the best tea ever?

Chippy chips

I will be linking into Awesome Sacramento http://www.mispapelicos.com/  'Gothic'

Today I am dressed in a vague Gothic manner, with fake tan and blood red lips

 it's the Littlest school assembly

their class performs in front of the whole school

and the parents are placed where everyone can see

Littlest asked me so so nicely

not to wear my petticoat, armlets or green cape

So I am going to be as in-offensively Gothic for my child

But I will pose, I am 'The Raven' Edgar Allen Poe

Nevermore

Which coat?

 Don't know

I do like the weird stuff on the bottom right of the picture

I've no idea what it is

I wasn't smoking

THE END!! WOOP!!

If you made it to the end, you need sustenance immediately

a hot drink and a biscuit should revive you 

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HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND

and I'll see you next week

stay awesome

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