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PrintablelittlemissG said: How about a collasped wall with a female figure moving toward....
Rose garden Light Sky A male figure why? this is female sexuality, how does that tie in with female virginity? [...i think i can, i think i can, i think i can...] | |
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Illustrator said: "....serious responses only."!?
goddamn clique threads.....   [...i think i can, i think i can, i think i can...] | |
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sammij said: littlemissG said: How about a collasped wall with a female figure moving toward....
Rose garden Light Sky A male figure why? this is female sexuality, how does that tie in with female virginity? He's the usual un-virginister. No More Haters on the Internet. | |
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I don't know how you'd employ these, but my favorites from the classical world are depictions of active -- even militaristically so -- female sanctity/virginity/self-definition...
The Greek virgin goddess Artemis bidding dogs to kill their owner, Actaeon, after he spies on her bathing. 
A Thessalonian woman, Caenis, rebuffs the god Poseidon. He rapes her and grants her a wish. She wishes to become a man -- in invulnerable warrior -- so that she will never again be violated. In her new incarnation, Caenis -- now Caeneus -- becomes legendarily undefeatable and kills countless men in the Peloponnesian War 
Lilith (Although she might also be seen as a symbol of female sexual depravity) 
Joan of Arc 
St. Ursula and her 11,000 Virgins, all martyred by the Huns  [Edited 10/8/07 20:04pm] Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ.” | |
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i know you said you weren't really looking for scenes, but this bouguereau came to mind:
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evenstar said: i know you said you weren't really looking for scenes, but this bouguereau came to mind:
is that the ectasy of st teresa? [...i think i can, i think i can, i think i can...] | |
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Lammastide said: I don't know how you'd employ these, but my favorites from the classical world are depictions of active -- even militantly so -- female sanctity/virginity/self-definition...
The Greek virgin goddess Artemis bidding dogs to kill their owner, Actaeon, after he spies on her bathing.
A Thessalonian woman, Caenis, rebuffs the god Poseidon. He rapes her and grants her a wish. She wishes to become a man -- in invulnerable warrior -- so that she will never again be violated. In her new incarnation Caenis, now Caeneus, becomes legendarily undefeatable.
Lilith (Although she might also be seen as a symbol of female sexual depravity)
Joan of Arc
St. Ursula and her (11,000) Virgins
[Edited 10/8/07 19:58pm] oooohwee, thank you i'm sure i'll be able to include symbols that allude to these women, somehow, but thank you it all is very helpful! [...i think i can, i think i can, i think i can...] | |
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sammij said: evenstar said: i know you said you weren't really looking for scenes, but this bouguereau came to mind:
is that the ectasy of st teresa? nah, it's called a girl defending herself against eros. though it could be really cool if you included the ecstasy in the other paintings somehow 
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evenstar said: ...it could be really cool if you included the ecstasy in the other paintings somehow
I AGREE! Female religious ecstasy as proxy for sexual indulgence is a fascinating theme in ecclesial art!  Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ.” | |
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Lammastide said: evenstar said: ...it could be really cool if you included the ecstasy in the other paintings somehow
I AGREE! Female religious ecstasy as proxy for sexual indulgence is a fascinating theme in ecclesial art! so true i LOVE that peice...its just so naughty but everyone tries to deny it! in EVERY class i bring it up and people are like "i dont see the sexual connotations you're talking about"  [...i think i can, i think i can, i think i can...] | |
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sammij said: Lammastide said: I AGREE! Female religious ecstasy as proxy for sexual indulgence is a fascinating theme in ecclesial art! so true i LOVE that peice...its just so naughty but everyone tries to deny it! in EVERY class i bring it up and people are like "i dont see the sexual connotations you're talking about" what?!  that was covered extensively in my classes, and my school isn't in the most liberal area, either! | |
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evenstar said: sammij said: so true i LOVE that peice...its just so naughty but everyone tries to deny it! in EVERY class i bring it up and people are like "i dont see the sexual connotations you're talking about" what?! that was covered extensively in my classes, and my school isn't in the most liberal area, either! there are many questionable people in my field  [...i think i can, i think i can, i think i can...] | |
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The biblical story of Jephthah's daughter deals very specifically with virginity.
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