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Don't miss this delicious post over at The Errant Aesthete.

"There are moments when the aesthetic of a work of art, in this case, the magnificent gowns created by fashion designer, Charles James, is so perfectly scripted and showcased with that of the interpreter of the finished work, in this instance, the photography of the notoriously famed artiste, Cecil Beaton, that the result transcends the talent of both in creating something of breathtaking consequence. The original caption reads: Models in Charles James gowns in French & Company’s eighteenth century French paneled room. The Location: Manhattan, New York. The year: 1948."

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Visit the Errant Aesthete today for a truly delightful read... a Delicious post on the wonderful Lucian Freud.

“Best known for his fierce depiction of the flesh, he seems to strip his nudes physically and psychically, presenting them in awkward poses and an unforgiving light. Sometimes, they sprawl about with animals or are enormously fat. Those who dislike Freud’s art consider his oeuvre the meat locker of a misogynist. They are wrong. The nudes have an unpeeled power that’s like nothing else in art. But there is indeed something harsh about the contract he establishes in such pictures between artist and subject. Freud seems to have all the power—and asserts it. His compositions are elegant, his subjects ungainly. His brush dances, their bodies lie supine. His surface glows, their flesh decays. His eye is spirited, theirs appears defeated. He lords it over the nudes.”

Review, NY Times Magazine, 2004

The Great Irving Penn - R.I.P.

Please go on and visit the Errant Aesthete today, there's a touching, beautiful article/bio on the Master of photography Irving Penn. He will be greatly missed.

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