She was hoping some low square cut cleavage would get some attention since she hadn’t much else to look at, but MOM made her put on a white blouse under it.
Tommaso had painted this guy / with an incomplete trophy nearby. / He’d treasure his great / “Fickle Finger of Fate” / when DaVinci had taught it to fly.
We’re doing Okay for the nonce/ (it’s stability everyone wants)/but I sense an upheaval/ in matters medieval/ – what you might call a Renaissance./// Society’s warp and weft/ have developed a notable “cleft”/ though injustices linger/ (and in spite of my finger)/ I think that we’re moving Left.///I’ve got a few tricks up my sleeve/ and they’ll take a good while to achieve/ but I’ve placed my reliance/ on Reason and Science/ though a few for the “feudal” will grieve.
Stop blaming the dog, for that miasmic fog, we all know that he who smelt it, is the one who dealt it, now make haste and go to the bog. ( A pale imitation of Linguist I know, but we can’t all achieve the heights of greatness)
Did that ever work for anybody ever when they were at school? I mean when the teacher asks a question and is looking in your direction and you have absolutely no idea, so you point at the guy in front of you?
Clearly portraits were the stock in trade for many painters. The faces are down pat, but the rest of the body is frequently not in perspective. This man, for example, is portrayed with a really small left thumb and forefinger.
has info, or links that point to more info, about this artist (again, Google Chrome can automatically translate as necessary), perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the title URL. First work by him used here.
Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2711 (May 19, 2021) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.
BE THIS GUY over 3 years ago
“He did it.”
Say What Now‽ Premium Member over 3 years ago
Danilo; the first to use the “finger gun” gesture.
Kind&Kinder over 3 years ago
“Did you do that? Shame! Shame on you!”
Strob Premium Member over 3 years ago
“Walk that way.”
Kind&Kinder over 3 years ago
“O.K., I may not be the postman, but I’ll ring the bell twice anyway! (maybe just a little too old?)
ronaldspence over 3 years ago
“You get a carriage and you get a carriage and you get a carriage…!”
PoodleGroomer over 3 years ago
She was hoping some low square cut cleavage would get some attention since she hadn’t much else to look at, but MOM made her put on a white blouse under it.
Call me Ishmael over 3 years ago
“Io sono con Stupido !” (I’m with Stupid)
Charliegirl Premium Member over 3 years ago
Boy, he looks like a barrel of laughs, doesn’t he?
Solstice*1947 over 3 years ago
Tommaso had painted this guy / with an incomplete trophy nearby. / He’d treasure his great / “Fickle Finger of Fate” / when DaVinci had taught it to fly.
Bilan over 3 years ago
“I’m hanging with Stupid”
jbrobo Premium Member over 3 years ago
Here , kid. Pull my finger.
Egrayjames over 3 years ago
Barnum showing us the way to the Great Egress.
Buzzworld over 3 years ago
“Please exit thru the Gift Shop”
jdculhane46 over 3 years ago
Upscale sign pointing the way to the men’s room
Call me Ishmael over 3 years ago
We’re doing Okay for the nonce/ (it’s stability everyone wants)/but I sense an upheaval/ in matters medieval/ – what you might call a Renaissance./// Society’s warp and weft/ have developed a notable “cleft”/ though injustices linger/ (and in spite of my finger)/ I think that we’re moving Left.///I’ve got a few tricks up my sleeve/ and they’ll take a good while to achieve/ but I’ve placed my reliance/ on Reason and Science/ though a few for the “feudal” will grieve.
dwagon55 over 3 years ago
Always look on the (b)Right side of life!
lagoulou over 3 years ago
Whatsa matta you?
Reader over 3 years ago
Go to your room and clean it until I can no longer smell it from the living room!
Reader over 3 years ago
[ANY politician with a bad issue]…my predecessor….
aerotica69 over 3 years ago
I’m just saying, the painting might come out better if you would just open THOSE curtains as well.
thebashfulone over 3 years ago
The buck stops there.
gopher gofer over 3 years ago
still from an unreleased fellini comedy about the salem witch trials, la strega pazza, starring peter boyle…
Khatkhattu Premium Member over 3 years ago
Stop blaming the dog, for that miasmic fog, we all know that he who smelt it, is the one who dealt it, now make haste and go to the bog. ( A pale imitation of Linguist I know, but we can’t all achieve the heights of greatness)
rmremail over 3 years ago
Did that ever work for anybody ever when they were at school? I mean when the teacher asks a question and is looking in your direction and you have absolutely no idea, so you point at the guy in front of you?
Call me Ishmael over 3 years ago
“My Cousin Vinnie”, 1520. “Your Honnah, dese two youts..”
wincoach Premium Member over 3 years ago
I wonder what would happen if I stick my finger in this light socket..
MS72 over 3 years ago
He used the middle finger for the yearbook!
santa72404 over 3 years ago
Pull my finger…PROOOOOOT!
mokspr Premium Member over 3 years ago
Melcher, there’s the door. Use it!
Linguist over 3 years ago
" See, Luigi, this is what happens when you leave the gun and take the cannoli! "
Honorable Mention In The Banjo Toss Premium Member over 3 years ago
Joel Greenberg.
Calvins Brother over 3 years ago
He was caught doing the booger flick.
Holden Awn over 3 years ago
Clearly portraits were the stock in trade for many painters. The faces are down pat, but the rest of the body is frequently not in perspective. This man, for example, is portrayed with a really small left thumb and forefinger.
mabrndt Premium Member over 3 years ago
Portrait of a Man:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_a_Man_MET_EP1534.jpg
has info and links that point to more info about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting. File history has strip coloration image.
https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/tommaso-lunetti_(Dizionario-Biografico)/
has info, or links that point to more info, about this artist (again, Google Chrome can automatically translate as necessary), perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the title URL. First work by him used here.
Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2711 (May 19, 2021) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.
Helen Frx over 3 years ago
It was like this before the surgery.
anomaly over 3 years ago
Elaborate art gallery sign directing the way to the restrooms.
Another Take over 3 years ago
“Dammit Doc! That Viagra is putting lead in the wrong pencil!”
plaidley over 3 years ago
Jonathan Pryce pointing to his plethora of awards.
UpaCoCoCreek Premium Member over 3 years ago
From the look on his face someone took him up on it and he messed his drawers!
P51Strega over 3 years ago
“We’re number one…
… meh, OK, maybe not so much"
Running Buffalo Premium Member over 3 years ago
and I thought “Shit eating grin” wasn’t until the 17th century. Boy, was I wrong!
Buzzworld over 3 years ago
“Please lower your pants and lean over the table”