Finding the T & A in V & A

The Club Troppo team took one look at Cornelis van Haarlem's Venus & Adonis and captioned it, thus:


Venus and Adonis - interesting how ideals of female
beauty have changed so radically, from rugby league
front row forward with manboobs to anorexic,
while the male stereotype hasn’t really changed at all.
Why? Discuss.

So, this one, is for the Missing Link Daily boys...
Another take on Venus, this one by Titian.





And, at the risk of comin' over all Sister Wendy on youse all...



I was thinking... Praps van Haarlem was just trying to emphasise that Venus was immortal and Adonis was not. Venus could break the boy. Indeed, in the Shakespeare, she accidentally scorches his (dead) body with her intense and harried gaze.

And while we're talking about gays (please excuse the homophone link) (sorry, there I go again) it turns out Sister Wendy is not in the least bit averse to them hookin' up. Sorry, no link, just lots of chatter about comments she made to A&U (formerly Art & Understanding, America's AIDS magazine) about gay marriage not being the end of civilization as we know it. Nice!

{Thinks... I wonder if someone who has taken a vow of silence/solitude can blog?}