Funnily enough I've just been reading a biography of th Empress Messalina (Claudius' wife) and I wondered why they felt it necessary to include a pic of the 'brothel' in Pompeii?
Her reputation still clings athough a lot of it is false.
I am wondering whether you've considered drawing an artist who is drawing a mirrored image* of an artist who is drawing a state seen in a mirror reflection.
I did once try drawing an artist who was drawing his model while she drew him on a handheld tablet (he had an easel) but I never did finish the base drawings.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
malionette
no subject
Date: 2024-06-06 07:27 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-06-06 08:39 am (UTC)Her reputation still clings athough a lot of it is false.
no subject
Date: 2024-06-08 06:37 am (UTC)Ugh, it seems near-universal that when the historians write about a woman they focus on her nethers.
A thought motivated by the fresco of a statue
Date: 2024-06-06 10:03 am (UTC)* Possibly but not necessarily the artist's self.
Re: A thought motivated by the fresco of a statue
Date: 2024-06-08 06:36 am (UTC)That sounds complex and intriguing.
I did once try drawing an artist who was drawing his model while she drew him on a handheld tablet (he had an easel) but I never did finish the base drawings.
onsiders
Re: A thought motivated by the fresco of a statue
Date: 2024-06-08 07:53 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-06-06 11:14 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-06-08 06:33 am (UTC)I can't get over the one of Apollo and Cassandra. her expresion is universal.