tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9308128.post4872714555451896177..comments2023-12-28T17:17:53.361+00:00Comments on Medical Humanities: Picasso, the prostitutes and the medical studentAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01327462766614907217noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9308128.post-66128891673386565122013-02-27T00:54:10.722+00:002013-02-27T00:54:10.722+00:00Medical student name was Istvan Szabo he was Picas...Medical student name was Istvan Szabo he was Picasso friend at that time.Young Istvan was sitting in for the portret, It was Study for "Les Demoiselles D' Avignon. They remain friends, few years later Picasso gifted Szabo with two paintings one was early cubist painting another was collage from 1912. Paintings still exist despite being masterpices they were never seen in public<br /> regards<br /> Nick K.cvitko77@gmail.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9308128.post-34874398372530538912007-04-18T12:29:00.000+01:002007-04-18T12:29:00.000+01:00Ha, ha! I trust you have your tongue firmly in che...Ha, ha! I trust you have your tongue firmly in cheek there about the expert audience. I'll be in touch.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01327462766614907217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9308128.post-75750485562334848982007-04-18T12:14:00.000+01:002007-04-18T12:14:00.000+01:00Yes, I do live in London, although I work down in ...Yes, I do live in London, although I work down in Leatherhead.<BR/><BR/>I'd be happy to come to one of your meetings, but I would feel rather intimidated at facing such an expert audience!<BR/><BR/>My e-mail is alanfisk@yahoo.com<BR/><BR/>and my homepage is at:<BR/><BR/>http://www.geocities.com/alanfisk/Alan Fiskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05516320333001972924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9308128.post-63856897376833046262007-04-18T11:44:00.000+01:002007-04-18T11:44:00.000+01:00Thanks Alan, for your message. It sounds a fascina...Thanks Alan, for your message. It sounds a fascinating book and I have ordered it. Are you based in London? Perhaps you'd like to come and speak to our Purple Coat Club?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01327462766614907217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9308128.post-26655165935644696642007-04-18T08:30:00.000+01:002007-04-18T08:30:00.000+01:00If you're interested, Bronzino's Allegory is the s...If you're interested, Bronzino's Allegory is the subject of my latest historical novel, <I>Cupid and the Silent Goddess</I>, which imagines how the painting might have been created in Florence in 1544-5.<BR/><BR/>I don't mention syphilis in the novel, but I do bring in autism.<BR/><BR/>One of the reviewers thought that the figure of Venus had been done from a male model, quite a common practice at the time. That might explain her height and her rather manly left hand.<BR/><BR/>See:<BR/>http://www.twentyfirstcenturypublishers.com/index.asp?PageID=496Alan Fiskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05516320333001972924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9308128.post-73531817794552055182007-04-16T18:16:00.000+01:002007-04-16T18:16:00.000+01:00Critic Leo Steinberg provides a masterly analysis ...Critic Leo Steinberg provides a masterly analysis of 'Demoiselles' in his 1988 essay 'The Philosophical Brothel'. He would say there is rather more to this figure of the medical student. In art historical terms though the work is significant for other reasons (like the beginnings of Cubism)and I'd personally be wary of focusing too much the importance of that particular figure.Beth Williamsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11318908377025774154noreply@blogger.com