"The Rape of Proserpina" (detail)1621-1622, Bernin
The subject, rape, is not not my interest( in fact the title is often "rapt" which in history is not quite the same as it is used today). In any case the sculpture itself is sublime. Sublime? It's often difficult to separate the aesthetic value in art from the subject. In this case, I want to look at this image and I get immense pleasure doing so.
"Self Portrait" Lucien Freud
I am not sure what pleasure I get from this painting, but I get a lot of it. Again I go beyond the subject, maybe. I am drawn into the painters world, evidently a little tortured( I can relate to that), it's the painting's sensuous quality which captivates me.
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