tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8995898277235098805.post140914542968366078..comments2023-12-06T13:31:17.163+00:00Comments on The Painting of Melancholia: Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8995898277235098805.post-45314824788389008882009-08-31T19:14:41.611+01:002009-08-31T19:14:41.611+01:00Yes - the figure almost seems to be bony and short...Yes - the figure almost seems to be bony and short of flesh, very like some Schiele and you are right about the arms and head - strange we don't see a glimpse. But then that might dilute the impact. I am sure he used a photographic source, but I don't know what.<br /><br />I have seen the Rembrandt you refer to - I think it is in London.Blackdoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13917019570643578121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8995898277235098805.post-77422895925331072862009-08-27T17:16:00.341+01:002009-08-27T17:16:00.341+01:00Sorry, I remember the following story (Luke 13:10-...Sorry, I remember the following story (Luke 13:10-17) about the woman "bent over" (meant not only in corporal sense!) and healed (in more than a corporal sense); there is a wonderful etching by Rembrandt showing this 'event'! <br />"Now he (Jesus) was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath, and a woman was there who had been disabled by a spirit for eighteen Philine Kleinknechthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18370437261050391305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8995898277235098805.post-28841796565316735882009-08-27T17:00:58.774+01:002009-08-27T17:00:58.774+01:00-Yes, "sickly" green, yes, I remember th...-Yes, "sickly" green, yes, I remember the 'dirty' green colours of the tiles in old hospitals - or prison cells (film memories) - an inhospitale, cold atmosphere! And I remember a painting of E. Schiele...<br />-I'm sure: a man, a young man while I'm looking at his legs, back, and behind <br />-naked: I have the feeling as naked person in this situation he is vulnerablePhiline Kleinknechthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18370437261050391305noreply@blogger.com