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The Fallen Angel
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Hi all. Just spotted these posts. It does look like an interesting thread. I've raised the matter in the staff room so please calm down and carry on as they say.
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Erotic helplessness : a study of the history of the Damsel in Distress theme in art
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coldturkey
Magistrate
Thank you kindly @melissa ! I realize I might have over-reacted, and did not mean to accuse anyone. I know that you moderators are doing your best to keep this forum safe and free from actual criminal content. I will await the collegial decision of the staff before resuming my posts...
And thanks for your messages @montycrusto and @ducon007 ! I hope I was not being too melodramatic here, and should have probably chosen my words with more caution. I value our exchanges as well
And thanks for your messages @montycrusto and @ducon007 ! I hope I was not being too melodramatic here, and should have probably chosen my words with more caution. I value our exchanges as well
ducon007
Consul
To lighten the mood, I leave you to meditate this very French aphorism (Pierre Dac, or Alphonse Allais...?):
"Quand les bornes sont franchies, il n'y a plus de limite..."
"When the boundaries are crossed, there are no more limits..."
coldturkey
Magistrate
Limits are indeed needed, but oh how difficult it is to fix them.
To quote Pascal,
"Plaisante justice qu’une rivière borne ! Vérité au‑deçà des Pyrénées, erreur au‑delà."
"Pleasant justice that a river bounds! Truth before the Pyrenees, error beyond"
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montycrusto
Guest
As Melissa says, we are discussing it in the staff forum, and I certainly am not accusing you of anything, but when you post images on this site, you are not posting them for our appreciation of fine art...Thank you kindly @melissa ! I realize I might have over-reacted, and did not mean to accuse anyone. I know that you moderators are doing your best to keep this forum safe and free from actual criminal content. I will await the collegial decision of the staff before resuming my posts...
And thanks for your messages @montycrusto and @ducon007 ! I hope I was not being too melodramatic here, and should have probably chosen my words with more caution. I value our exchanges as well
coldturkey
Magistrate
Ah yes, he is one of the few who has the privilege of choosing what sets of rules he lives by !What about ON TOP OF the Pyrenees, where @ducon007 lives? Pascal is thereby refuted!
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montycrusto
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coldturkey
Magistrate
Indeed not, but fine art is meant to sublimate our baser passionsAs Melissa says, we are discussing it in the staff forum, and I certainly am not accusing you of anything, but when you post images on this site, you are not posting them for our appreciation of fine art...
True, and I'm sure yours and mine are duly sublimated, but alas I cannot speak for everyone who might view images on a public forum.Indeed not, but fine art is meant to sublimate our baser passions
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montycrusto
Guest
Not to de-rail the thread or anything… but I’m a great believer in The Erotic Sublime.. and I think there IS the possibility to appreciate a painting as art, and also to enjoy it as erotica at the same time. I think this sincere aspiration, though it may not be widely understood, is the inspiration for this thread, at least, that’s how I see it
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montycrusto
Guest
I bet Pascal has a good wager, every time there’s a football match. Better to put money on both teams. Can’t lose!
coldturkey
Magistrate
Apparently Basques are not only ones who communicate across the border. Cows attempt to as well, according to one French idiom
A lesson in understanding for us humans...
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Loxuru
Graf von Kreuzigung
So, that's eight years long that I erronously think, I am on a literature and fine arts site?when you post images on this site, you are not posting them for our appreciation of fine art...
Serious now. It is a dilemma, the rules should be clear about; When posting a historical piece of fine artwork, 'for art's sake', with alledged minors in peril on it, artwork that everybody can watch in a museum, or in art books, should it be banned (the alternative is that the one who posts it, 'censors' it, but that is no sound solution, to my opinion)?
Of course, the line is crossed, when the historical work is deliberately maniped for posting on one of the threads, e.g. some crucified women are added to the scenery. In that case, alledged under age persons should either be made invisible, or the artwork should not be used for the manip.
ducon007
Consul
Cruel disappointment, isn't it?Damn! No wonder nobody takes me seriously as an artist
Loxuru
Graf von Kreuzigung
Uh-oh! When God-Emperor Nero realised this, in 64 AD, he set Rome on fire!Damn! No wonder nobody takes me seriously as an artist
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montycrusto
Guest
….anyone got a box of matches..??Uh-oh! When God-Emperor Nero realised this, in 64 AD, he set Rome on fire!
Loxuru
Graf von Kreuzigung
….anyone got a box of matches..??
.... and after the fire, he blamed for it all those who had not appreciated his art, and condemned them to mass crucifixions.Uh-oh! When God-Emperor Nero realised this, in 64 AD, he set Rome on fire!
