AUSTRALIA ~ The Antipodes

AUSTRALIA ~ The Antipodes
I love a sunburnt country / A land of sweeping plains / Of ragged mountain ranges / Of droughts and flooding rains / I love her far horizons / I love her jewel-sea / Her beauty and her terror / The wide brown land for me / ~ Dorothea Mackellar (1885-1968)

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Friday, July 11, 2008

Art Uncorked

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ The home of Chloe Wine at Main Ridge, Mornington Peninsula The painting is Chloe, by Jules Lefebvre, (a French figure painter 1836-1911). This is arguably the most famous painting in Melbourne, hanging in Young And Jackson's Hotel, Melbourne since 1909. For details of the incredible journeys of "Chloe - the model" (actually a model, Marie, who suicided at the age of 21) and "Chloe - the painting" see Only Melbourne.
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3WW prompt ~ inappropriate + order + shortcut
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A boutique winery
(Known as Poplar Bend)
Tucked away on a mountain
But not far from the sea
Parades an image of
A famous
Melbourne nude painting
In full view of
Passing traffic on
Main Ridge Road
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Those who know nothing of
The painting's colourful legends
May feel the image
InappropriateFor general public viewing
And it may be quite a shock
Turning a bend in the road to find
A supersized view of
Nudity
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But order should calm chaos ~
This is classic nudity ~
Think Rubens
Think Michelangelo
Think Greek gods
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A humble winery offers
A shortcut to
The appreciation of
Art
Uncorked
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Poplar Bend sign, Main Ridge near Red Hill, Mornington Peninsula

4 comments:

TC said...

I probably wouldn't think too much of it. It would be kind of like Europe in my mind I think. One beautiful thing shown by another?

Tammy Brierly said...

The artist and model would love this! I think it's a beautiful setting for art. :)

anthonynorth said...

In the UK today, it would be banned as a health and safety issue.
But it would be madness.

gautami tripathy said...

interesting thoughts...

long and short of it

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