The years of the Renaissance saw a flourishing of artistic creativity so great that even house pets sometimes created masterpieces. Among the best-known dog painters was Rocco Papparelli (1572 – 1588), a beagle from Florence who specialized in romantic themes, such as The Breath of the Morning (1584).
Via Imgur.
What a great photo 🙂
None of the greyhounds I’ve encountered were completely aware of how long their noses were. There’s a good chance this is less smooch than *bonk.*
Ouch!
Yea, verily, thou hast hit it on the nose.
Ps Love the ducklings in the banner.
Or, as a student once wrote on a test paper: “Renaissance artists were very interested in the human body, so they often painted in the nude.” ?
lol!
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Fantastic!
Mike, your dates are actually kinda late for Renaissance art. Michelangelo’s ceiling in the Sistine Chapel was opened to the public on this day in 1512, and he was one of the last greats, FWIW. /pedant
Ooooh, those ateliers were chilly!
That’s a mental picture of the Sistine Chapel being painted that I didn’t need.
also reminds me of the scene in Harold and Maude, where Maude poses nude for Glaucus. “”Poor Glaucus occasionally needs his memory refreshed as to the contours of the female form.”
Once again, Mike, you need to leave your brain to science.
But not for a lo-o-o-o-o-onnnng time. I imagine they’d slice into Mike’s 117 year old brain and out would spill peals of laughter and puns galore and reams of jokes.
That really is a lovely picture. The positioning and gradient shades, and I’m assuming those are Italian Greyhounds? Though they could be whippets