Happy May Day!
The Boss of Bosses
May is my favorite month of the year. It is the true beginning of the perpetual warmth of spring and summer, and the flowering of so much beauty. It is…
Beauty
The Pleasure of a Good Artistic Nude
I find few things more pleasant than a well done nude painting or photograph. As in all visual arts, the use of shade and color is always important, and I…
Brilliant Acts of Beauty
These are a couple of nice photos for a quiet Saturday. I do not know enough about photography to know what is going on here, as far as the technique…
Daily Dose of Beauty
This is a nice photo. I particularly like the blue hue, the hazy atmosphere that enshrouds her body, which we see, not wholly, but enough to let us appreciate her…
How I love Beautiful Women!
It cannot be said too often how delightful beautiful women are! I love them. I can’t imagine living in a world (such as in certain societies) where women are completely…
Artistic Beauty
This is a gorgeous photo. I particularly enjoy the play of the soft, green fabric against her skin and sinuous form. You can easily see this model as someone Titian…
Botticelli’s Venus
Botticelli captured an eternal beauty… I have written about this piece before, but still, good art, like good poetry, can always be enjoyed and appreciated over and over again. I…
Daily Dose of Beauty
Here is a nice photo for today. I particularly like the play of light, shade, fabric and her natural curves. A good nude should convey something of both the erotic…
Tropical Beauty
Racer X is currently enjoying the pleasures and beauties of the tropics at the moment. Every year at this time he makes a pilgrimage to the land of warmth, sea…
Raphael and the High Renaissance Love of Feminine Beauty
La Fornarina, by Raphael. Raphael (1483-1520), was, along with Leonardo and Michelangelo, one of the three great artistic masters of the High Renaissance. In the area of painting, his influence…