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A Restored Vermeer Painting Reveals a Hidden Cupid Artwork Hanging in the Background
This Is Colossal ^
| 8/25/2021
| Grace Ebert
Posted on 08/31/2021 4:32:37 PM PDT by simpson96
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posted on
08/31/2021 4:32:37 PM PDT
by
simpson96
To: simpson96
Prudes and Karens even back then.
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posted on
08/31/2021 4:36:57 PM PDT
by
drSteve78
(Je suis Deplorable. )
Almost as good as a Hunter Biden rendering.
To: drSteve78
Physical bowdlerization...
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posted on
08/31/2021 4:43:43 PM PDT
by
kiryandil
(China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
To: simpson96
". . . is now an amorous portrayal thanks to the unveiling of a naked Cupid hanging in the background."
I'll take their word for it. Doesn't seem very amorous to me even with the Cupid.
To: RightWingNutJob69
Almost as good as a Hunter Biden rendering.That's totally unfair! How's a rube like Vermeer to possibly compare to a grandmaster like Hunter Biden.
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posted on
08/31/2021 4:46:40 PM PDT
by
CommerceComet
("You know why there's a Second Amendment? In case, the government forgets the first." Rush Limbaugh )
To: drSteve78
"Prudes and Karens even back then."
No doubt, but that isn't necessarily why the Cupid was removed. I like the painting without it better; the Cupid detracts from the girl.
To: simpson96
I get the symbolism, but I think it makes the composition too busy. I liked that wall with just the light.
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posted on
08/31/2021 4:56:26 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace.)
To: simpson96
Wait... are they trying to say that critical thought led to new understanding that overturned conventional wisdom?
This can’t be. My government says those who question conventional wisdom are terrorists.
/s
To: simpson96
It’s amazing that they could do that, even though I don’t care for the cupid in it.
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posted on
08/31/2021 5:00:59 PM PDT
by
GnuThere
To: simpson96
Better composition without the cupid
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posted on
08/31/2021 5:01:50 PM PDT
by
The Louiswu
(Peace to you and may God Bless you.)
To: simpson96
Somebody aughta shop a MAGA hat on that cupid...
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posted on
08/31/2021 5:06:21 PM PDT
by
Bobalu
(The higher the monkey climbs, the more you see his ass.)
To: simpson96
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posted on
08/31/2021 5:06:48 PM PDT
by
eclectic
(Liberalism is a mental disorder)
To: simpson96
Wish the video was in English.
To: Steve_Seattle
I like the yellower tone on the walls
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posted on
08/31/2021 5:10:25 PM PDT
by
lepton
("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
To: drSteve78
The cupid could have been kept hidden, I guess....But the rest of the restoration gives it back the famous ‘light’ of a Vermeer. It’s still fantastic.
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posted on
08/31/2021 5:22:47 PM PDT
by
Pigsley
To: simpson96; Daffynition
This is interesting. Was she supposed to be reading a letter from the love of her life?
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posted on
08/31/2021 5:23:24 PM PDT
by
Ezekiel
("Come fly with US". Ingenuity-- because the Son of David begins with Mars.)
To: simpson96
I notice there is another Vermeer with what looks like the exact same Cupid painting in the background.
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posted on
08/31/2021 5:33:03 PM PDT
by
lepton
("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
To: Ezekiel
Without the Cupid, she may as well have been reading a bill.
To: simpson96
Vermeer fans might like this:
"Tim's Vermeer" is a 2013 documentary film, directed by Teller, produced by his stage partner Penn Jillette and Farley Ziegler, about inventor Tim Jenison 's efforts to duplicate the painting techniques of Johannes Vermeer, in order to test his theory that Vermeer painted with the help of optical devices.
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posted on
08/31/2021 5:41:42 PM PDT
by
dainbramaged
(I've got a hat, a coat and a gun. That's it. )
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