Venus (or a Nymph) Spied On by Satyrs
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| - | :"I was taking in the wonderful "[[Poussin]] and Nature: Arcadian Visions[http://www.nybooks.com/articles/21232]," exhibition currently up at the [[Metropolitan Museum]], when I was struck by his famous “[[Venus (or a Nymph) Spied On by Satyrs]]”. The falling of the drapery, the hand gesture, and the blatantly [[revelatory]] pose - all very, very reminiscent of [ [[Clemente Susini]] ] wax Venus models found at La Specola, the Jospehinum, and beyond." | + | “[[Venus (or a Nymph) Spied On by Satyrs]]” is a painting by [[Poussin]][http://www.flickr.com/photos/jahsonic/2488619181/]. |
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| - | [[Theophile Gautier|Gautier's]] story ''[[Une Nuit de Cléopâtre]]'' ([[1838]]), which includes a [[fantasy|fantastic]]—and an undisguisedly [[fetish]]istic—description of the Egyptian queen's body ''post-mortem.'' | + | |
| - | "[[Clarimonde]]" (which also appears, in a different translation, in [[Italo Calvino]]'s anthology of 19th-century fantasy classics, ''[[Fantastic Tales]]'', under the title "The Beautiful Vampire"). | ||
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“Venus (or a Nymph) Spied On by Satyrs” is a painting by Poussin[1].
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