Biblis

Biblis

Monday, December 25, 2006

Sins And Judgment






Classic Beauties

Female Faun with Her Child by Michel Clodion

The Witch by Luvis Corinth


The Toilet of Esther by Theodore Chasseriau


The Queen of the Night by Henri Fantin_Latour

The Madonna of the Roses byWilliam AdohpheBouqereau




A Young Lady with a Parakeet by Fritz Zaber Buhler


Woman on a Tombourine by Pablo Picasso




Two Ladies on a Swing by Charles Barque




Two Female Nudes by the Water by Egon Schiele





Three Women and a Young Girl Playing by the Water by Felix Vallotton





Morning Awakening by Eva Gonzales


Model in Profile by George Seurat



Nude by Ramon Marti Alsina


The Huntress by Henri Fantin_Latour


Eastern Beauty by Luis Riccardo Falero


Bath of Diana by Boucher

Venus, Satyre & Cupid by Correggio



Dagmar by Anders Leonard Zorn


Lesbia by John Reinhard Vaquelin

Venus at the Sea by Theodore Chasseriau


The Deluge by William Etty

Venus, Mercury and Cupid in the School of Love by Correggio





Nymphs & Satyre by William Adophe Bouquereau


Girl Defending Herself Against Love by William Adophe Bouquereau



Egon Schiele


Greek Interior by Jean Leon Gerome


Henri Matisse



Joan of Arc at the Coronation of Charles VII in Reims Cathedral by Ingres





Classic Motif: Three Nudes



Egon Schiele



Dancing Figure by Auguste Rodin




Diana at the Bath by Walter Crane




Young Greeks Encourging Cocks to Fight by Jean-Leon Gerome

A Minton Earthware Plaque of a Painted Nude by W.S. Coleman


Woodland Nymph by Stephanie Baron




Andromeda Tied to the Rock by the Nereids by Theodore Chasseriau




Appollo & Daphne by Theodore Chasseriau







Friday, December 15, 2006

美若天仙

中國歷史上,有很多不同類型的美女,她們各自有不同的美態,但每個時代的審美眼光都不相同。以下是古代十種不同的美女標準,有些到了今天仍然適用。

烏髮蟬鬢

烏髮就是頭髮烏黑油亮,蟬鬢是指面頰兩旁近耳頭的頭髮,要薄如蟬翼。烏髮一詞早在《左傳》中便已出現,至於蟬鬢一詞,則出現在三國時代的魏國,其中一名叫莫瓊樹的宮女所梳的髮型。

雲髻霧鬟

這裏所指的鬟,都是環形髮髻的意思,髻則指束在頭頂的發結,所謂雲髻霧鬟,便是美女所梳的髮髻狀如雲霧。據傳髮髻最早的由來,是創自女媧身旁的一名仙女,古代四大美人之一的趙飛燕,便經常束起髮髻。

娥眉青黛
娥眉是女性的眉毛,青黛娥眉便是把眉毛剃掉,再用青黑色的顔料來繪畫眉毛,這種眉毛化妝,早在西周時已十分流行,在《詩經》和《楚辭》中,便已出現這個形容詞。

明眸流盼

眼睛是靈魂之窗,明眸便是又大又明亮的眼睛,流盼便是怒目而視之意,一對美麗而又充滿恨意的眼睛,自古以來都視爲美女的標準。

朱唇皓齒

顧名思義,朱唇便是紅唇,皓齒便是雪白的牙齒,紅唇能夠顯得牙齒潔白,雪白的牙齒又能襯托朱唇,兩者缺一不可。

玉指素臂

古人對女性的纖纖玉指非常重視,美女的手指必須纖細而柔軟;素臂便是指白皙的手臂,手臂不但要白,還要圓潤及充滿彈性,這便是玉指素臂。

細腰雪膚

雖然古代四大美人之一的楊貴妃,是身材豐滿的美女,但國人還是偏好纖瘦型美女,細腰便是腰肢幼細;雪膚則是肌膚雪白,相傳趙飛燕便是細腰雪膚的表表者。

蓮步小襪

蓮步是指美女的腳步,更指纏過的小腳。小襪則指纏足女性所穿的襪子;小腳步伐如蓮,再穿上小襪,便成爲美女的一種美態。

紅妝粉飾

紅妝指女子盛妝,就如今天在腮上塗上胭脂。胭脂據說由匈奴人發明,其後才傳入中土;另外粉飾便是在臉上塗末白粉,這種化妝品在商末周初,已開始爲宮中美女使用。

肢體透香

女性肌膚中帶有芬芳的香氣,亦被視爲美女,這種香氣並非來自某種香水,而是天然的體香;除了清代著名的香妃外,據說西施亦是渾身散發香氣的美女。

每個時代對美女的定義,都是隨著時間而變更,以上所述的標準,大都已不適用,其實美女並沒有一定標準,所謂情人眼裏出西施,端視個人的喜好和感覺。

Fire of Love


Monday, December 11, 2006

Leonardo da Vinci


St. Anne, Madonna and Christ


Benois Madonna


Head of a Woman


Magi


Monalisa


Proport

Monday, December 4, 2006

Adam & Eve




Adam & Eve by Gustav Klimt


Adam & Eve by Cranach


Cabanel Alexandre: Expulsion


Milton: Adam & Eve


Adam & Eve by Tamara de Lempicka


Temptation by Michaelangelo


Illustration from an English Book


Uffizi:Expulsion