Bikini Girls

Mosaic, "Chamber of the Ten Maidens" (Sala delle Dieci Ragazze in Italian), informally called "the Bikini Girls", Villa Romana del Casale, first quarter of the 4th century, located about 5 km outside the town of Piazza ArmerinaSicily, southern ItalyPredecessor of Muscle Beach, Venice Beach, California?

Le Lac des Signes.

"Le Lac des Cygnes" (Swan Lake) par Le Théatre du Bolchoï


Further Information http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swan_Lake



Le Lac des Cygnes - Pas de Deux http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3P_5pjHee5I&feature=relmfu

Le Lac des Cygnes - Pas d'action http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c7tp7mj1Ic&feature=relmfu

Le Lac des Cygnes - Danse des petits cygnes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc9OP934lDs&feature=relmfu

Le Lac des Cygnes - Scène finale  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmnOZbsuLWI&feature=relmfu



TAME the WiLD.

Tenture de Debora : Le combat de Baruc contre Sisarah
Pierre de Cortone et Francesco Romanelli
Florence, première moitié du XVIIe siècle
soie lamée peinte, broderie d'or et d'argent
Ancienne collection du cardinal Mazarin
Musée du Louvre

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Adrina Thorpe- Back To You (Acoustic Version) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZhSN9N8YO0

Charles Le Brun, The Apotheosis of Hercules, Paper Drawing, H. 32.7 cm; W. 45.9 cm, ca. 1650-1658, Louvre Museum, Paris, France








Raphael, [Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino] (April 6 or March 28, 1483 – April 6, 1520)








Cartoon for St George, [detail] c. 1504-5.
Pen and ink, over black chalk, the outlines of the figures pricked for transfer, 26.5 x 26.7 cm.
Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe degli Uffizi, Florence

Louis Vuitton window display on La Croisette in Cannes, France for Summer Collection 2011

Anonymous Lombard (Workshop of Giovannino de'Grassi (active in Milan 1389-1398) ),
Two studies of a cheetah, 1410
Watercolour and bodycolour on vellum,
16.4 x 12.3 cm (whole drawing).
British Museum, London


Roman mythological marble sarcophagus panel sold for $1.9 million at Sotheby's in NY on June 8, 2011


PROPERTY FROM A CALIFORNIA PRIVATE COLLECTION
A MARBLE MYTHOLOGICAL SARCOPHAGUS PANEL OF THE RAPE OF PERSEPHONE, ROMAN IMPERIAL,
CIRCA A.D. 190-200
carved with Demeter holding a torch and driving a two-horse chariot, Iris in the background with billowing drapery, a reclining figure of Tellus below, Persephone kneeling in the foreground gathering flowers in a basket, and a group of goddesses, Aphrodite, Artemis, and Athena attempting to restrain Hades from carrying off Persephone to the underworld on his chariot; the right end of the scene, including the horses of Hades and the leading figure of Hermes, now missing.
39 by 69 3/4 in. 99 by 177.16 cm.

Underwater Aphrodite, Anatoly Beloshchin





Des Dadas à la Renverse



Mimmo Paladino's Salt Mountain with horse sculptures on Piazza Duomo is encircled by the Palazzo Reale, Palazzo dell' Arengario and the candolian marble Cathedral of Milano dedicated to Santa Maria Nascente. The salt mount is created with the technical contribution of Gobetto. The research laboratory used Dega Stabil resin to consolidate the salt. It will remain on display between June and July 2011.

Venus à la source

"The most beautiful clothing for a woman are the arms of the man she loves. But for those who do not have this happiness, I am here for them."--Yves Saint Laurent, age 71, year of death.

Raphael's Galatea
Natasha Poly. Nature à portée de main.
Botticelli's Venus
Praxiteles's Venus (L.A. Getty Museum)