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Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: GENIUS RECLAIMED: WILLIAM-ADOLPHE BOUGUEREAU 9/25/2014 2:00:36 AM
	Including this painting in this thread is, in my opinion, a must - both for its originality and natural charm. William Bouguereau - Rest in Harvest (medium unknown, circa 1985)
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Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: GENIUS RECLAIMED: WILLIAM-ADOLPHE BOUGUEREAU 10/2/2014 1:48:09 AM
	This particular masterpiece must have arose huge admiration among Bouguereau's colleagues and erudite public in general when exhibited for the first time - not only for its beauty and artistic attributes but also for the explicit symbolism it conveys. William Bouguereau - L'art et la Litterature (oil on canvas, 1867)
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Joyce 808 1967 New Or...	RE: GENIUS RECLAIMED: WILLIAM-ADOLPHE BOUGUEREAU 10/2/2014 5:01:35 PM
	I don't know what the symbolism is -but these girls look like petulant teenagers:) Shows that girls that age seem to be always upset at the world no matter their position in life!
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Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: GENIUS RECLAIMED: WILLIAM-ADOLPHE BOUGUEREAU 10/3/2014 2:13:26 AM
	Thanks for coming back, dear Joyce (my only guest so far). Yes, now the girls may look to us as you say, but back then they probably were seen as pretty good images of the Art and Literature goddesses of old. There was a sort of Greek Mythology revival within the learned circles and I can imagine how deeply admired they would be by their main representatives (I may be wrong of course, lol).
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Joyce 808 1967 New Or...	RE: GENIUS RECLAIMED: WILLIAM-ADOLPHE BOUGUEREAU 10/3/2014 3:14:49 AM
	Oh I'm sure you're right Miguel. I've just seen my share of teenagers (it's rumoured that I even was one) Lol.
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