Saturday, August 1, 2015

BMA243, Illustration, biomechanoid literary and cultural references, 1 August

Coppelia, the ballet
A lonely inventor attempts to give his doll the "breath of life" while the townsfolk unwittingly involve it in a love triangle.

Pygmalion and Galatea
A sculptor who has sworn off females creates the ultimate woman and falls in love with the statue.  The goddess Aphrodite notices and brings the statue to life.
Jean-Leon Gerome's "Pygmalion and Galatea"
And for the futurists, Robot Sex Workers

spanish iron corset, 16th c

spanish iron corset, 16th c

Thierry Mugler 1995

John Paul Gaultier

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