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| Roland Petersen Two Seated Figures 1967 oil on canvas Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California |
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| Roland Petersen Shaded Figure 1968 acrylic on canvas San Diego Museum of Art |
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| Roland Petersen An American Picnic 1967 oil on canvas Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California |
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| Roland Petersen Figure 1959 oil on canvas San Jose Museum of Art, California |
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| Luca Giordano Jacob receiving the Blessing of Isaac ca. 1660 drawing Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin |
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| Luca Giordano Martyrdom of St Bartholomew ca. 1650 oil on canvas Museo de Bellas Artes de Valencia |
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| Luca Giordano Carneades with Bust of Paniscus (Allegory of Touch) ca. 1658-60 oil on canvas Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire |
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| Luca Giordano Beggar ca. 1675 oil on canvas Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
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| Georg Pencz Portrait of a Man ca. 1531 oil on panel Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
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| Georg Pencz Sleeping Woman (Vanitas) 1544 oil on canvas Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California |
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| Georg Pencz Sarah watching Abraham with Hagar ca. 1548 engraving Graphische Sammlung, ETH Zürich |
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| Georg Pencz Cephalus and Procris 1539 engraving Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna |
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| Auguste Renoir In the Cafe ca. 1877 oil on canvas Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands |
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| Auguste Renoir Portrait of Camille Doncieux (Madame Claude Monet) ca. 1873 oil on canvas Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris |
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| Auguste Renoir Roses ca. 1912 oil on canvas Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia |
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| Auguste Renoir Geraniums ca. 1910 oil on canvas Portland Art Museum, Oregon |
from The Sea and the Mirror
Could he but once see Nature as
In truth she is for ever,
What oncer would not fall in love?
Hold up your mirror, boy, to do
Your vulgar friends this favour:
One peep, though, will be quite enough;
To those who are not true,
A statue with no figleaf has
A pornographic flavour.
Inform my hot heart straight away
Its treasure loves another,
But turn to neutral topics then,
In truth she is for ever,
What oncer would not fall in love?
Hold up your mirror, boy, to do
Your vulgar friends this favour:
One peep, though, will be quite enough;
To those who are not true,
A statue with no figleaf has
A pornographic flavour.
Inform my hot heart straight away
Its treasure loves another,
But turn to neutral topics then,
Such as the pictures in this room,
Religion or the Weather;
Pure scholarship in Where and When,
How Often and With Whom,
Is not for Passion that must play
The Jolly Elder Brother.
Religion or the Weather;
Pure scholarship in Where and When,
How Often and With Whom,
Is not for Passion that must play
The Jolly Elder Brother.
Be frank about our heathen foe,
For Rome will be a goner
If you soft-pedal the loud beast;
Describe in plain four-letter-words
This dragon that's upon her:
But should our beggars ask the cost,
Just whistle like the birds;
Dare even Pope or Caesar know
The price of faith and honour?
For Rome will be a goner
If you soft-pedal the loud beast;
Describe in plain four-letter-words
This dragon that's upon her:
But should our beggars ask the cost,
Just whistle like the birds;
Dare even Pope or Caesar know
The price of faith and honour?
– W.H. Auden (1942-44)