As Sundays at this address seem to have degenerated into discussions of beauty (with a little gratuitous leering thrown in — you animals), I had an idea for a new series: beautiful cars, suitably accessorized.
Here, for example, is the Ferrari thread:
Your votes in Comments.
Next week (unless y’all hate this idea): another brand.
As Longtime Readers know, I have a stalking obsession errr weakness okay soft spot (so to speak) for ladies of the red-haired persuasion.
Ordinarily, then, I would post pics of sundry redheads below, of wondrous pulchritude and in varying degrees of undress.
Not today. Today we’re going all cultural and artistic and stuff.
At least one famous artist has shared my fascination for gingers, in this case Austrian Secessionist supremo Gustav Klimt. Here are a few excerpts from various of his paintings:
Consider yourselves artistically enriched.
Oh okay, you philistines; here’s a ginger of a more recent vintage:
I think ol’ Gustav would have approved…
This one’s for Teh Grrrrls.
No matter how cool you think you are today, your Mom was probably cooler than you’ll ever be.
Go ahead… munch on that Tide pod and go cry on FaceBook.
Here’s Christina Robinson, as she first appeared in Showtime’s Dexter series:
And here she is today, all growed up:
Sometimes, the passage of time isn’t all bad.
Last weekend, fiend Reader Mr. Lion jogged my memory about a certain car that I’ve always loved simply because it is so beautiful. (Forget actually driving one: they cost well over a million dollars, if you could find someone willing to part with theirs. Good luck.)
Anyway, here it is, the Ferrari 250 California Spyder, from 1958.
Ferrari made several variations of the 250 over the years. One of my favorites is the rather more conservative GTL Lusso:
Then there’s the (much) racier GTO:
I could go on, but there’s only so much one can stand, really. Your favorite 250 models in Comments, if you like.
From Reader David S comes this observation in email: “I can’t get that pic you recently posted of Sophia Loren out of my mind. Why is that?”
It’s a simple answer, and while Sophia is undoubtedly gorgeous, it’s her unladylike pose which does it. Those carelessly-sprawled legs… the pose is an age-old aphrodisiac to men, and so powerful is its effect that it was only in the modern era that artists could even begin to portray it, e.g. Henri Matisse’s Odalisque Couchée:
…and Egon Schiele’s Reclining Woman:
Now understand me well: I’m not talking about the typical pornographic splayed-leg shots, which remind me of nothing less than a gynecological view of the female anatomy (and Schiele is perilously close to it in the above). But there is something sexy — maybe frighteningly-sexy — when the pose is done properly. And of course, what I’m saying is useless without pictorial evidence, so here we go:
Téa Leoni:
Anthea Turner:
Amanda Righetti:
Amy Adams:
…and of course, there’s Marilyn:
But when it comes to truly erotic, you need a recumbent pose to get the full effect:
Jean Carmen:
Catherine Deneuve:
Kirsten Dunst:
Claire Goose:
Anita Ekberg:
…and finally, in a pose which mimics Matisse’s Odalisque, Charlotte Rampling:
Some people find these poses too overtly sexual — “slutty”, as my Mom might have put it — but there’s no denying their attraction. I report, you decide.