The Pallor of Strange Tears: Symbolist Poetry, Art

I'm trying to revive my Blogger Strange Tears blog. I'm adding a bit more text as well as the images and trying to vary the content a bit more (including things like photography and fashion). I have no idea whether this will prove to be a worthwhile exercise but I'm going to attempt it anyway.

Here's the link to my recent post on art, photography and the erotic in the 19th century. And yes I know this painting dates from the 18th century but it is sort of relevant.

Félicien Rops (1833-1898), Belgian Symbolist painter, illustrator and print maker.



Félicien Rops, La Dame au pantin, 1885

More paintings at Strange Tears blog.

David Kunzle’s Fashion and Fetishism is a fascinating provocative revisionist look at the tight-lacing corsetry phenomenon which was such a controversial feature of the 19th century. Kunzle explodes a lot of myths along the way. A great read for anyone interested in the social history of the Victorian era, or anyone interested in the wilder shores of fashion history.

Here's the link to my review.

Frédéric Dufaux (1852-1943), Swiss painter.

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Frédéric Dufaux, Jeune femme alanguie

Umberto Brunelleschi (1879-1949), Italian painter, illustrator and set and costume designer.

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Umberto Brunelleschi, title unknown

Mårten Eskil Winge (1825-1896), Swedish painter.



Mårten Eskil Winge, Loki und Sigyn, 1863



Mårten Eskil Winge, Kraka, Daughter of Sigurd

Roland Wheelwright (1870-1955), Australian painter.



Roland Wheelwright, The Enchanted Shore

Firs Sergeevich Zhuravlev (1836-1901), Russian painter.

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Firs Sergeevich Zhuravlev, Eve Of the Wedding Party

Fernand Lematte (1850-1929), French painter.

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Fernand Lematte, A Dryad, 1871

Théodore Chassériau (1819-1856), French Romantic painter.

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Théodore Chassériau, Sappho Leaping into the Sea from the Leucadian Promontory, 1840