Ed Ruscha, She Didn’t Have To Do That, 1974, blood on satin, 36 in. x 40 in.
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Andy Goldsworthy, Carefully broken pebbles / scratched white with another stone, 1985
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Jusepe de Ribera, The Blind Sculptor (Allegory of Touch), 1632
From the Museo del Prado:
In this more than half-length portrait, the figure is shown caressing the head of a classical sculpture, probably of Apollo. The most widely-accepted interpretation of this is that it represents the sense of touch, as this Valencian artist frequently painted series of works on the five senses.
During the eighteenth century, it was considered a portrait of the blind sculptor Giovanni Gomelli de Gambazzo, but this theory can be rejected because that artist was not even thirty when this painting was made. It was also thought to be a representation of the philosopher Carneades who, after losing his sight, was still able to recognize a bust of the god Pan by touch. It is probably a representation of the sense of touch, using the story of Carneades as its narrative vehicle. This was a very successful procedure during that period, when portraits of ancient philosophers were associated with allegories of the senses.
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Jean-Léon Gérôme, Pygmalion and Galatea, c. 1890
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art:
Late in his career, Gérôme turned to the medium of sculpture. Between 1890 and 1893, he executed both sculpted and painted variations on the theme of Pygmalion and Galatea, as the tale is recounted in Ovid’s “Metamorphoses.” All of those works depict the moment when the sculpture of Galatea was brought to life by the goddess Venus, in fulfillment of Pygmalion’s wish for a wife as beautiful as the sculpture he created.
In 1890, Gérôme commented that he had “just begun” a painting of Pygmalion and Galatea. This is one of three known versions in oil of the subject, all likely based on the plaster model of a lifesize marble sculpture (Hearst Castle, San Simeon, California). In each painting, the sculpture appears at a different angle, as though it was being viewed in the round.
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