Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Red Nude painting

Red Nude painting
Regatta At Argenteuil
Rembrandt Biblical Scene
Rembrandt The Jewish Bride
'You might remove the handcuffs,' he said that night, as we stood in consultation over him. 'It's dead safe. I'm a paralytic now. The next thing to watch out for is bedsores.' ¡¡¡¡He smiled his twisted smile, and Maud, her eyes wide with horror, was compelled to turn away her head. ¡¡¡¡'Do you know that your smile is crooked?' I asked him; for I knew that she must attend him, and I wished to save her as much as possible. ¡¡¡¡'Then I shall smile no more,' he said calmly. 'I thought something was wrong. My right cheek has been numb all day. Yes, and I've had warnings of this for the last three days, by spells: my right side seemed going to sleep,
oil painting sometimes arm or hand, sometimes leg or foot. ¡¡¡¡'So my smile is crooked?' he queried, a short while after. 'Well, consider henceforth that I smile internally with my soul, if you please- my soul. Consider that I am smiling now.' ¡¡¡¡And for the space of several minutes he lay there, quiet, indulging his grotesque fancy. ¡¡¡¡The man of him was not changed. It was the old, indomitable, terrible Wolf Larsen imprisoned somewhere within that flesh which had once been so

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