#toplesswoman — Public Fediverse posts

https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Ridpath-HistoryOfTheWorld-VolIII/pages/373-chapterhead-angel/

This (i think) is Truth or Virtue breaking free of her chains, with the law, royalty, and the nobility to help her (or hinder her, maybe!).

She lacks the scales and blindfold of Justice, and has the manacles and broken chains of Virtue or Truth. And she has bare feet, but I’m not sure that is significant. I do love the way the artist (Hugo Vogel) has put her big toe out of the frame, though.

#vintageEngraving #chapterHead #fobo #GIMP #toplessWoman #angel

https://www.fromoldbooks.org/ModerneKunst-15/pages/021-summer-dance/

Danaë, mother of Perseus. One can almost imagine the sky-god Zeus watching her dance here.

It was a little startling to open this huge book (some 400mm/16 inches tall) and see this full-page painting reproduced: you can almost feel the brush strokes.

It’s always tempting to increase chorma/saturation & make a more modern-feeling picture!

#Schram #AloisHansSchram #vintageArt #greekMyth #toplessWoman #vintageArt #fobo #GIMP #Gimp_3 #Summer #painting #art

https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Rouam-MuseeArtistiqueVI/pages/162-2-letter-a-topless-woman-francois-hermann/

It’s all very French, an “inhabited initial” by François Emile Ehrmann with a topless woman, i think in a gillotage, a resin-based etching, made by Yves & Barret based on an engraving by Tilly. A team effort! The model who sat for the picture is not named.

Yesterday i posted the crescent moon here.

Etchings tend to feature blunter line-endings than engravings on metal.

#fobo #vintageArt #toplessWoman #fobo #barefoot #initials #letterA #dropCap #French #GIMP3 #Gimp_3