22 2017 Ekphrastic poem<\/p>\n
Lady in Black
\nby Paul Robert Sanford<\/p>\n
Style and elegance trump comfort in her pose
\nhead turned sharply to the side to show her chiseled profile.
\nWasp waisted from wearing iron corsets
\nwhich over time move the woman’s internal organs permanently.
\nWith an impact on childbirth unknown to me.<\/p>\n
One hand tightly and uncomfortably grips the table
\nto support the pose.<\/p>\n
Note that she is thoroughly draped
\nbut her fine white shoulders are exposed and the bodice dips across her bosom.<\/p>\n
Although the pose seems elegant, the upper body is curiously detached from the lower,
\ngiving a stiff rigid feel to the pose,
\nalmost as though the flesh had been painted separately and the fabric lower parts filled in later
\nwith all their shiny and elaborate folds and shadings.<\/p>\n
Look closely at the unnatural pose of the right arm compared to the staight and unstraibned left.
\nThe head is also turned in a way that might easily be uncomfortable, but elegance demands the pose.
\nThe hair, piled on top of the head, is represented by the painter in a more haphazard manner
\nthan the detailed shadings of the fabric, once again giving the feeling that we have
\ntwo paintings, possibly even by two different artists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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