When we were creating Ululating Undulating Ungulate, we had to come up with our policy on nudity in art; not being big into censorship, and creating a site for adults, we opted to include nudity. Deciding what is art, or, perhaps more accurately, what are “good nudes vs. bad nudes” is highly subjective — but [...]
Photography
Stick Legs
When I first spotted the thumbnail photo for this ebay listing for a James Wallace Pondelicek nude, I thought that the lines were illustrated legs… Turns out, the “lines” are not drawn upon the photo, but thin pieces of vegetation on the beach The photo, titled The Bather, is rare hand signed original double-weight sepia [...]
Painting
Fauning Over Maclise
Several people must have been fauning fawning over R.A. Daniel Maclise’s Pan And The Dancing Fairies (The Faun And The Fairies) because the pretty painted piece sold for 301,250 GBP (roughly $498,509 in US dollars) at Sotheby’s Victorian & Edwardian Art auction held December 17th, 2009. I show it to you merely because it would [...]
