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poststructural analysis of pop culture, renaissance art history, feral dante scholarship, hellenisticish astrology, philosophical and esoteric ramblings about alchemy/ pop culture crossovers no one is free until we are all free! *millennial * she/her*
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thread of threads (trying to group my thoughts and theories by theme /symbolism for easy reference/additions since many are ongoing)
a spiral galaxy with a blue and orange colored center
ALT: a spiral galaxy with a blue and orange colored center
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Reposted by alyssa!
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father figure muse confirmed
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oh yeah there's sooo much wth that emoji! ive been pondering the sacred heart for sure but dont have a fully formed thought on it yet!
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also just realized this is significant bc she is being spied on in the bath in the mv! ahhhhh
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get away from me you turds!
woman wrapped in white about to bath with men trying to creep on her 
painting by Artemisa Gentileschi
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yessss !! i know there has been great work done on the bird
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leonardo annunciation another variation of the motif
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hortus_...
the framing of the painting being on a balcony as well as the white dress reminds me of this motif
Hortus conclusus - Wikipedia
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note the forced perspective at the bottom
Madonna and Child
Giovanni Bellini Italian

late 1480s
 On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 606

Separated from our everyday world by a parapet, the Madonna nonetheless draws the viewer in with her gaze. A cloth of honor, a rich textile often displayed behind her, has been pulled aside to reveal a distant landscape, where we witness the transition from dormant to verdant nature—a metaphor, like the dawn sky, for death and rebirth. The asymmetrical composition looks ahead to the work of Titian. When Albrecht Dürer visited Venice, he met Bellini, then in his seventies, and declared him "still the best in the art of painting."

The fine Venetian frame is of the period.
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ive been trying to find a specific dutch painting and failing so this one kind of works i GUESS as an example of perspective in an enclosed space
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the professor said to write what you know🤪 and by that she meant niche art historical symbolism
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it is safe to assume there are dick jokes lurking on one level of meaning this era i think
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i mean we cant rule it OUT lol
theres def sex /purity symbolism i havent gotten to yet !
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coral and mint being some of the theme colors for this era 👀
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yesss i was trying to remember ur name! i was like whoooo is that magdalene fan amongst us !
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birds also are deep in Christian iconography
specifically goldfinches, pelicans, ostriches there is LORE etc
joose van cleve madonna and child
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much like the showgirl - in the bathtub, but face above water, heart pulled out of the grave
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onto to the bird! which others have identified as some kind of canary (which is fascinatinnng!)
interestingly, in vanitas traditions birds are usually shown already dead but this one is very much alive (in the mv, though following the canary in a coal mine thread it is either doomed or fine)
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coral beads also show up a lot in Christian iconography as protective and also prefiguring blood symbolism etc. they tie into another thought i am working through too!