Mirror of Venus by Wingate Paine

Uploading a few magnificent works by photographer Wingate Paine from his 1966 book Mirror of Venus.  The first one is very popular and it shows how feminine breasts can offer a appealing landscape.

I like the way he played with symmetries, curves, and emotions.

And here is "Venus" watching herself in the "Mirror".

The "Bosoms" series

There have been lots of taboos related to female body parts. Particularly women's breasts which can be revered as soft and beautiful. Unfortunately moral policing stops us to display or portray them. Facebook's community standards don't allow women's  nipples, while male nipples are okay.

So I decided to start a new series called "Bosoms". Here are first two sketches.

Photography by Joel Bloch

I am back after a long gap. Let me commence my blog with a few lovely photography by Joel Bloch.

I love the game he plays with light and darkness on a woman's body.

Most of the photographs belong to the series called "Obscures" and taken from http://www.photoforum.ru/. 

I love the way her fingers crawl on her stomach. Excellent lighting !

You can see an emotion being beautifully played on the body below.

And this one is my best pick. Such an expression in her eye !

And the last one, a surreal one, titled "Fractals".

Father and daughter

There's a definite difference between beauty and vulgarity. An artist's eyes always can identify the difference, whereas our conservative society can hardly recognize. If you see the nude paintings of oriental goddesses below, you'll immediately feel (if you have an artist-like sensibility), this pics are beautiful and innocent. These have been painted by famous Chinese oil-painter Li Zhuang Ping. And not obviously the nude model is her daughter, Li Qin.

Do you think this is perverted act?

Mahmoud Said

I am putting some beautiful paintings by Mahmoud Said, who modernized the art in Egypt with his depth of feeling and colour.

Apsara

Apsara's are divine dancers. They are mentioned in Hindu and Buddhist mythology. In Hindu puranas they are beautiful charmer who dance in the court of Indra, the king of the heaven. Apsaras are so full of eternal beauty that they are often sent to seduce people on earth who are trying to gain power by doing rigorous penance.


The beauty of apsaras have become a regular subject of Hindu art and architecture. Rambha, Menaka, Tilottama and Urvashi are a few famous names in Hindu scripts. Among all apsaras Urvashi is known to be most beautiful. Menaka is famous for her success in seducing Rishi (saint) Vishwamitra. It is said that while Menaka was bathing, Vishwamitra got arrested by her naked beauty. Artist Raja Ravi Varma painted a few Vis



Also in the Khmer Temple of Angkor Wat, Combodia, inscriptions of beautiful apsaras have been found. These apsaras are well-ornamented with a skirt and bare breasts. The apsara dnace is a part of Combodian traditional dances.

Many beautiful apsara paintings have been done by Combodian artist Reahu. However, the govt. banned his artwork in the country with the charge of obscenity to deities.