tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post5057207760791185384..comments2024-03-17T03:42:21.277-05:00Comments on LEARNING CURVE ON THE ECLIPTIC: Arty Farty Friday ~ George Petty Twilighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-48767486318764072452015-04-26T13:02:04.870-05:002015-04-26T13:02:04.870-05:00anyjazz ~ Yes, sadly, another lost art to add to t...anyjazz ~ Yes, sadly, another lost art to add to the list.<br />Sensitivity too - yet another among the lost arts these days! Crude, vulgar, nastiness has largely taken its place.<br />:-/ Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-41180797655344428842015-04-26T12:21:06.414-05:002015-04-26T12:21:06.414-05:00The air-brush technique is an art form almost lost...The air-brush technique is an art form almost lost now. Computer graphic techniques have almost eliminated the need for it. And it's a shame too. I doubt anyone could ever rival the sensitive work of Vargas or Petty using a computer.anyjazzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03319237414264543250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-16104546569750012292015-04-24T12:25:04.809-05:002015-04-24T12:25:04.809-05:00mike~ Yes, I can well imagine that in some areas o...mike~ Yes, I can well imagine that in some areas of the US pin-ups were thought of as more than simply a bit naughty and teasing. I don't remember seeing many as a child in England. My Dad used to buy a little magazine called "Basin Full O' Fun" occasionally - for the jokes and cartoons, and I recall it had the odd pin-up sketch or photo of scantily clad female, but nothing of the quality of US pin-up artwork.<br /><br />I've never seen one of the overlay calendars - lol! I do remember some ball-point pens, later on, which had a clothed woman displayed along the side who disrobed when pen turned upside down.<br /><br />........<br /><br />(again) ~ We had one noisy storm early one morning this week, with some good rain for a short time, but have missed, or been right on the edge of other storm systems this week. They are forecast for the area still though. Cooler front coming in on Monday for a couple of days, as you say. <br /><br />Went out earlier than usual to "fill the fridge" and miss any likely storm later on.<br /><br />..................<br /><br />Interesting who pops up on the Sergeant Pepper album cover! I see there's a Vargas Girl in there too. <br />Vargas was more delicate than Petty his pin-up artwork is gorgeous.<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_images_on_the_cover_of_Sgt._Pepper%27s_Lonely_Hearts_Club_Band<br /><br />I've not seen the Petty Girl movie - must look out for it, maybe on an old VHS tape.Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-36622153082114414362015-04-24T10:39:46.144-05:002015-04-24T10:39:46.144-05:00Came across this by accident just now:
"In 19...Came across this by accident just now:<br />"In 1950, Tippi Hedren played a Petty Girl in her film debut in the movie of the same name. The Beatles used a Petty Girl on the cover of their Lonely Hearts Club Band album."<br />http://fineart.ha.com/itm/pin-up-and-glamour-art/george-petty-american-1894-1975-going-fishing-brown-and-bigelow-calendar-illustration-1938gouache-on-paper32-x-2-total-2-items-/a/5111-78291.s<br /><br />"The Petty Girl (1950) is a musical romantic comedy Technicolor film starring Robert Cummings and Joan Caulfield. Cummings portrays painter George Petty who falls for Victoria Braymore (Caulfield), the youngest professor at Braymore College who eventually becomes 'The Petty Girl'."<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Petty_Girlmike (again)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-34386034642466262592015-04-24T07:28:20.398-05:002015-04-24T07:28:20.398-05:00BTW - Brutal storms here again. We seem to have o...BTW - Brutal storms here again. We seem to have one about every three days. I see that you and my relatives up north are in the zone, too. I hope you receive rain, but without nature's fury. I just saw on the weather that a big cool front arrives next Tuesday, which means the same front will be COLD for all of you!mike (again)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-12058632578202230442015-04-24T07:24:33.794-05:002015-04-24T07:24:33.794-05:00Very nice art work! It's probably difficult f...Very nice art work! It's probably difficult for the younger set to realize that this type of female depiction was considered extremely vulgar in its day and was considered pornographic and crude. You mention in your 2006 post that these were never considered pornographic, but I remember differently, but I grew-up in the USA's Midwest! In the 1950s when I was a child, this suggestive art was considered suitable only for men's eyes. My favorites were the posters and calendars that had an acetate overlay providing skimpy clothing, yet the overlay could be lifted to provide the (gasp) nude figure...LOL. Ink pens in the upright position depicted clothed women, but invert the pen and voila...a nude form. [Here's a poster of Marilyn Monroe: http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/marilyn-monroe-1954-calendar-nude-with-acetate].mikenoreply@blogger.com