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To: rzeznikj at stout

Wow, do those people looked sloshed or what!?!


275 posted on 07/01/2006 9:39:13 PM PDT by Maximus_Ridiculousness
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To: Maximus_Ridiculousness

This is one of the more well-known paintings from the Dutch Golden Age. In particular, you can see a young boy smoking a pipe and two open vessels near a woman.

There is a lot of symbolism, particularly with regard to drinking, smoking, and sex. The painting below is often cited as a prime example of Dutch symbolism...

http://www.kipar.org/period-galleries/paintings/dutch/steen_lovesick_1660.jpg

Jan Steen, The Lovesick Woman, 1660


279 posted on 07/01/2006 9:44:26 PM PDT by rzeznikj at stout (ASCII and ye shall receive... (Computers 3:14))
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