Hi, Wasting some time one may collect tons of "strange" lutes from the internet in many variations, the most strange one I found so far is this:
Try [1]http://www.klassiskgitar.net/imagesr1.html I am refering to the the Painting "Young Lady with Lute" by Racinet which might require some consideration regarding the instrument as well as how it is held... When looking at the pictures on this site, ladys often seemed to play the lute or guitar with the top upwards, kind of awkward position as it seems like lady on horseback with both legs on one side - maybe awkwardness was intentional to signify a difference to the serious male activities? (???) Wasting some more time on Jacques Linard, I simply googled the name in the "picture" mode and found the following description of the painting brought to our five senses by Nicolas (unfortunately in french): [2]http://images.google.de/imgres?imgurl=http://idata.over-blog.com/0/0 5/17/99/voir4/LINARD-CINQ-SENS-1627.jpg&imgrefurl=http://culture-et-deb ats.over-blog.com/article-25540718.html&usg=__hXjFYYiw0RNIh0h2_z9-jq0tn 5c=&h=381&w=550&sz=78&hl=de&start=39&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=RfOGsQVbbvyp5M:& tbnh=92&tbnw=133&prev=/images%3Fq%3DJacques%2BLinard%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3 Dde%26sa%3DN%26start%3D36%26um%3D1 There is another painting by the same painter on the five senses only but not four elements (seems much less skilled): [3]http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cinq_sens.jpg [4]http://www.framemuseums.org/jsp/fiche_oeuvre.jsp?STNAV=&RUBNAV=&CODE =1153931722073&LANGUE Recently we wasted some time discussing the lute and sex. So what about the following information I found: "(Jacques Linard) was among the first French artists to combine successfully the female form with still-life elements, as, for example, in Woman with Flowers and Woman with Fruit" What about the idea that he painted the lute with the female form in mind, then went on to the real thing and joy of painting... Have to work... urgently... (thanks for all your lovely divertions from seriousness!) Franz ------------------------------------ Dr. Franz Mechsner Hanse Institute for Advanced Study Lehmkuhlenbusch 4 D-27753 Delmenhorst/Bremen GERMANY E-mail: [5]franz.mechs...@unn.ac.uk Phone: +49 (0)4221 9160-215 Fax: +49 (0)4221 9160-179 -- References 1. http://www.klassiskgitar.net/imagesr1.html 2. http://images.google.de/imgres?imgurl=http://idata.over-blog.com/0/05/17/99/voir4/LINARD-CINQ-SENS-1627.jpg&imgrefurl=http://culture-et-debats.over-blog.com/article-25540718.html&usg=__hXjFYYiw0RNIh0h2_z9-jq0tn5c=&h=381&w=550&sz=78&hl=de&start=39&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=RfOGsQVbbvyp5M:&tbnh=92&tbnw=133&prev=/images%3Fq%3DJacques%2BLinard%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Dde%26sa%3DN%26start%3D36%26um%3D1 3. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cinq_sens.jpg 4. http://www.framemuseums.org/jsp/fiche_oeuvre.jsp?STNAV=&RUBNAV=&CODE=1153931722073&LANGUE 5. mailto:franz.mechs...@unn.ac.uk To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
