So I suggest instead watching the Laibach version of the song Sympathy for the Devil–for in this post 2012 world, the cover of a song can actually be more original and honest than the original. What a lot of this boils down to is narrative dictation: people telling other people what it is that they are seeing, rather than letting them see for themselves. Apparently Bey and JAY’s stunt in the Louvre not only immediately overcomes the beast of dominance of whiteness in art history, but it also balances out the check$$$ and balance$$$ too. I thought it was supposed to look more like this: IF, by chance, what has been laid bare in this article is still incredulous within your current reality frame, I suggest watching the official video of APES**T–first with the sound on, and then with it off. An ancient Greek sculpture believed to depict Aphrodite (Venus to Romans). D’après l’antique, Musée du Louvre, Paris, 2000, p. 432-433, p. 441, n° 235. Idyllic Finca with 11 apartments to rent on the Spanish Costa Blanca. I admit I am failing to see with my own two eyes how the pretentious appropriation of the Weems photo is delivering the same message as the original photograph. Regarding the original Sphinx of Giza, there’s an important detail (among many) which The Carters may be aware of but which most people are probably ignorant of: it most likely did not originally have a Pharaoh’s head. Gratis verzending vanaf 20,- ; Bezorging dezelfde dag, 's avonds of in het weekend* Venus van Milo On december 27, 2015 mei 4, 2018 door Jona Lendering in Archeologie , Cultuur , Geschiedenis , humaniora , Klassieken , Museumstuk , Oudheid 9 reacties Het beeld hierboven – het derde in mijn eindejaarsreeks over museumstukken die niet waren wat ze leken – is wereldberoemd: de Venus van Milo. Hop in the whip, wanna see the stars De Venus van Milo of Aphrodite van Melos is een wereldberoemd Grieks marmeren beeldhouwwerk.Het beeld werd vermoedelijk vervaardigd rond 130 v.Chr. ), « La Vénus de Milo et Mithridate le grand », Revue des Arts, 1951, p. 8-16, fig. Since it was such a paradoxically novel yet boring experience upon my entry into 3rd grade, I remember vividly to this day what the Pledge of Allegiance ritual “looked” like. I can’t help but wonder to what fanfare the pure and Holy Roman Catholic Church farts its final trumpets amidst this putrefying swamp of a stinking ass made up of double images and fake over-paintings. File:Venus de Milo at the Louvre.jpg - Wikimedia Commons \'Venus of Milo\' Statue 5.9in. Around 1937 Hitler de facto declared war on certain types of art–broadly, Modern art, the avant garde (“advance front”) movement at the time–by inventing a Degenerate Art exhibition featuring more than 650 works of art that were deemed unworthy, to say the least, of the Nazi’s totalitarian dictatorship vision. Charbonneaux (J. to the Russian infiltration of the Ukraine in 2014. Short of being beheaded like Nike of Samothrace, its original head was usurped. Can we all please just flush down the APES**T to send it where it belongs/came from and be real in the world with the Promentalshitbackwashpsychosis Enema Squad? Inv. Interestingly, as pointed out in the “Description” section on wikipedia, “The pictorial composition of the painting is constructed upon two pyramidal structures”, which, as can be further pieced together from the description on the Louvre website, “The whole composition is oriented toward this hope in a rightward ascent culminating in a black figure, the figurehead of the boat. Hamiaux (M.), Les sculptures grecques, II, Paris, 1998, p. 41-44, n° 52. And as can be deduced by the Louvre’s follow up creation of a 90 minute guided tour in which visitors can “Follow this trail to discover the iconic artworks from JAY-Z and Beyoncé’s music video “Apes**t” (louvre.fr) (because apparently The Carters virtually lay claim$$$ to those works now), this pyramid topped and bottomed institution is playing an active role in narrative fabrication (step right up to your free fake history lesson!). Is it “radical” that the President of the United States got photos taken of his non-Catholic body in a Catholic space? After all, accepting new discoveries that don’t support the Darwinist (i.e. 320 likes. I don’t really know who “they” is referencing in that statement, because historically “The Carters” have not faced the kind of oppression black people have historically faced in the real world. Is the game still puzzling you after watching APES**T? Her nudity contrasts with the effects of light and shade of the finely-detailed drapery. Just as how the inverted pyramid and the inverted pentagram represent spirit fallen into matter, the inverted ankh becomes the fallen star of Lucifer. Could the recent proliferation of blatantly inverted interpretations have to do with The Carter’s “undeniable control of their narrative” (racked.com)? Still…I wonder why The Carters chose not to pose next to the portrait of the anonymous black woman who supposedly is a representative of “their history…[and] all the oppression that they’ve faced historically and currently” (buzzfeednews.com). The statue won instant and lasting fame. One thing probably most if not all of us are inevitably ignorant of is the Venus de Milo‘s arms. A popular but not necessarily accurate speculation is that she was holding a fruit. According to Vox.com, “As the New York Times has pointed out, it is not actually that expensive to shoot a video in the Louvre (about $17,500 for a full day’s shoot)”. Instead the article draws attention to the fact that the dude is wearing fashionably ripped jeans and “worn” (Nike) sneakers (though I dunno, they look pretty new and spiffy to me…). What happens if you “ever seen the crowd go apes**t”? The other parts of her arms are history. Also, whatever that means is up to you. Got me so lit, I need Tylenol (Tylenol) Since neither of those ideas were promoted in the Media, we may never know. It is therefore impossible to date this statue with certainty, especially as the face does not resemble any known, well-documented royal portrait”. Kool Keith sums it all up as usual in his 2017 video for the song “Tired“. What happens when we all realize that Beyonce and JAY-Z are Queen and King of nothing but their own APES**T? Topics interwoven in the text include art, photography, poetry, nature, the occult and esoteric, dreams and visions, historical considerations, explorations and revelations of the deeper realities of the human world, both ancient and contemporary, as well as personal experiences. OK, so lets look at their “narrative”  via the lyrics of APES**T: “Rah, gimmee my check” / “Bottomless check” / “I got expensive habits” / “Get off my dick”, Can’t be toppin’ my reign (c’mon, c’mon, c’mon) Havelock (C. M.), The Aphrodite of Knidos and Her Successors, A Historical Review of the female Nude in Greek Art, University of Michigan, 1995, p. 93-98, fig. However: art deliberately deals in the aesthetics and meanings of images, and for an arts publication to overtly blindside the hidden-in-plain-sight aesthetics and imagery saturation is simply deliberately swallowing the blinding pill of ignorance (I guess they are just covering up one eye? To the left of the American flag which hung eternally limp in the windless classroom on its golden metal stalk protruding from and bolted to the wall (and which we were supposed to keep our eyes fixated on), was a standard public school black box television with VCR, positioned high up in the corner of the room. She may even be a copy (replica) of a copy (replica) of an older Greek statue from the Classical era (~500 B.C.). Haskell (Fr. Venus de Milo's Extraordinary Journey and it's Current Location. During the Paris Commune riot In 1871, numerous public buildings were exposed to fires, but the Venus de Milo statue survived since it was sealed in an oak crate by the Louvre Museum and hidden in the basement of the Police precinct; that building was burned, but the statue remained undamaged. Synchronistically, I had drawn the sketch for the painting the night before I discovered and subsequently watched APES**T. Did a part of me sense the s**t was about to hit the fan(s)? In addition to the US having pitchforked over to the large $um$ to the Louvre Abu Dhabi–or something like that–there are suspicions surfacing that the advisor to the United Arab Emirates (home of the Louvre Abu Dhabi) funneled money to Trump’s “political efforts” (in addition to Putin doing so, of course). The Venus de Milo certainly revives the classical tradition, but would appear to be a classicizing re-creation dating from the late 2nd century BC. There were not enough lifeboats when the Medusa capsized, so the carpenter on board engineered a raft for 147 of the lowest-class soldiers and settlers. UEber die Venus von Milo (Paperback). In other words: its just another load of APES**T. It’s just the tip of the pyramidal iceberg, folks, and it melting fast! Bronze de qualité Vénus de Milo 26 cm sculpture statue VENUS OF VON MILO | Art, antiquités, Art du XXe, contemporain, Sculptures, statues | eBay! There is no “resistance” involved in transactions lubricated with pitchforked over $$$ (most likely laced with ulterior motives), and the only solidarity they are showing is with their own minority group of the 0.666%. Wir stehen Ihnen gerne persönlich zu Wort und helfen Ihnen, Ihre Wünsche in eine maßgeschneiderte Lösung umzusetzen und eine dauerhafte Erwerbung für Ihren Garten und Ihre Wohnung zu finden. After all we’ve been through and through, the arms of the Venus de Milo remain a mystery. Het is immers een Grieks beeld, gevonden op een Grieks eiland (Melos dus) en vooral: het speelt een rol in een discussie over welke Griekse kunst het waardevolst was. Such is the nature of self destruction. lekker winkelen zonder zorgen. throughout this white-centric and male artist-dominated venue is a major power move.” I don’t know what kind of cultural/mental straight-jacket the writer of that article is in, but I think its critical to note that the “dancers” lying down on the white staircase are not moving “naturally”, and any comfort or fluidity they may exhibit seems to be the affect of hypnotism rather than choreography. Like many shots in APESH**T, this appropriation is an inversion of the message of the original artwork. It wasn’t until 1989 however that entrance to the art and artifacts was rooted out as an underground atrium and topped off with a glass pyramid. Defenders of the authenticity of the work (the same people who sold/bought it) claim that Leonardo did this on purpose to make a point about Christ, or to not distract from his image. Speaking of red, white, and blue: at least the President and his First Lady faced the Second Coming: Whoa, are they straight up trying to trump the President? Smalls continues: “That painting is an anomaly because it presents a black person as the sole aestheticized subject and object of a work of art”. At least part of Venus’ arm(s) went missing upon the re-discovery of … (Silly adults, the Pledge is for kids!) Marie-Bénédicte Astier. As the lyrics narrate: “Pleased to meet you / Hope you guess my name / But what’s puzzling you / Is the nature of my game”. EMBED. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. After all, his realistic watercolor paintings of buildings are nice, but they’re aren’t the Neoclassical masterpieces that he revered, the same type that Bey and JAY did their jig in front of. anglaise, Taste and the antique : the lure of classical sculpture 1500-1900, New Haven, 1981). Since APES**T, the accompanying album Everything Is Love, and “The Carters” appeared out of the blue in June, the general public was blissfully unaware of any Bey and JAY presence in the Louvre at that time (and reciprocally, I humbly bet they didn’t know I was also there during that time). In no way does its inclusion mean anything to the tune of The Carters supporting woman’s rights, black lives mattering, racial (in or out)equality in a Eurocentric art context etc etc. In the screenshot above, “The Carters” appear in shadow form in front of The Sphinx of Tanis, bathed in fake blood red light. (I don’t have a Twitter account, but trust me, I graduated from art school before the world ended in 2012, I’m educated on this, no nuclear bluff). Vind hoogwaardige nieuwsfoto's in een hoge resolutie op Getty Images The painting above titled Salvator Mundi (Christ as World Savior) was “found” sometime in the 21st century by supposedly removing a hideous painting covering up the “long missing Leonardo original”, thus “restoring” it to its “real” image–which could now conveniently be sold for millions of dollars under the code name Da Vinci. Is it Aphrodite, who was often portrayed half-naked, or the sea goddess Amphitrite, who was venerated on Melos? But HOLD UP–again–“to bring the beat back” a la Katy Perry: what’s Katy Perry got to do with The Carters? Advanced embedding details, examples, and help! We go to the dealer and cop it all (cop it all) So long, Solange! So I guess I really missed out on “visually asserting” myself “as Mona Lisa” when I chose not to take a selfie with her. The goddess is arrested in time, holding her legs together as the drapery slides over her hips. “Apes**t” is evidence that despite the commercial success of The Carters, they have not assimilated into white culture…Jay-Z reminds us to protest against injustice, even if that means to take a knee like Colin Kaepernick or to challenge the people and institutions that enact racist and classist policies just as Barack Obama did as president.” (dailyutahchronicle.com). Though the painting has been officially “authenticated” by “experts”, not everyone mirrors that conviction: one sphere of doubt orbits around the angle of the reflection in the glass world Christ is holding. Laugier (L.), « La Vénus de Milo », Feuillet pédagogique du Musée du Louvre, 3, n°50, Paris, 2001. Eten en Drinken WestSingel is verrassend, maar op een compleet onacceptabele manier. Paying the average cost of a 2015 Prius to rent the Louvre for a day (if indeed they delivered dough at all) is not a “radical” takeover by black bodies in a white space. Like Bey and JAY rapping and flailing around in front of masterpieces, Hitler probably suffered from a massive case of an inferiority complex (though rather than going apes**t, he was more the anal retentive type). This new ritual certainly made an impression on me, in the least because it was an instant and inexplicable addition to morning routines of previous grades. Or just being copy cats? …In the meantime, “history” continues to implode…. The original Weems photo does not demonstrate these values or perspectives, not by a long shot. These are basic human states of being which both The Carters and Katy Perry are not interested in demonstrating. Poppin’, I’m poppin’, my bitches all poppin’ For black women to not only occupy, but move fluidly, comfortably and naturally (to dance!) en men denkt dat Alexandros van Antiochia de beeldhouwer was. (This is so like Planet of the Apes a la survival of the fittest…in which we must eat each other to survive!). Translations . If we do not do this for ourselves, we will continue to be beguiled into the inverted game of separation, division, subjugation, and defeat: down an ever-tightening spiral away from creative existence, driven down by a constricting serpent of ignorance who tweets in tongues. Geological studies inconveniently conflict with the mainstream timeline of Egypt: water erosion would mean the Sphinx was built pre-3000 BC, since Egypt has been a desert without much water since at least 10,000 BC (bibliotecapleyades.net). This blog features articles and art composed by Celeste Evans. VENUS DE MILO IS AN ENIGMATIC ICONIC marble statue classically dated to the Hellenistic period between 323-31 B.C. As admitted in this The New Yorker article about a prominent artist’s high art portrait painting of Obama released in February of this year (yes, this year, not during his terms in office) “Obama proved himself ultimately powerless to make radical, concrete change commensurate with the message communicated by his face and his name”. The conclusion Smalls makes regarding the painting is that “The portrait “reduced” a potentially radical icon of liberty for blacks and women to an aesthetic level of sensualism for male consumption…Benoist’s portrait is part of high culture that is positioned against feminism” (www.19thc-artworldwide.org).