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----------------------------Original message---------------------------- In the Allegory of Fortune context, I think its actually an orb or a globe -- Panofsky talks about this in his classic book on Durer. Jill Patrick, OCAD -----Original Message----- From: Faith Pleasanton <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Monday, January 25, 1999 3:43 PM Subject: Re: Query: Bubbles in Art/Literature? >----------------------------Original message---------------------------- >There is an interesting depiction of fortune (or fama ?) seated on a bubble in >one of paintings (Allegory of Fortune) displayed in the current "Dosso Dossi" >exhibition currently at the MMA. >Faith Pleasanton > >-----Original Message----- >From: Jill Patrick [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] >Sent: Thursday, January 21, 1999 1:25 PM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Query: Bubbles in Art/Literature? > >Sally Rand, one of America's best-known strip-tease "artists," was famous >for her bubble dance in the 1930s. The act included men with pins in their >canes pricking the bubble at strategic moments -- There is a great >photograph (highly retouched) of her in a full body suit leaning against a >huge bubble -- Its reproduced on Page 9 of Weekend Magazine (Saturday, >February 3, 1979) - I did the photo research for this article on "50 Years >of Striptease" but can't recall exactly where the image came from -- I >obtained photographs from the Theatre Collection/New York Public >Library/Astor Lennox Tilden Foundations, from Culver Pictures and from >CP/Wide World -- I am not sure where the latter two collections are located >now. Nevertheless, any good book on Sally Rand or striptease should have >this photograph of the bubble dance. > >Jill Patrick, OCAD > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Deborah Barlow <[log in to unmask]> >>To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> >>Date: Wednesday, January 20, 1999 9:56 AM >>Subject: Query: Bubbles in Art/Literature? >> >> >>>Dear Colleagues, >>> >>>A student is trying to find examples--either figurative or literal--of >>>"bubbles" in literature or art (of any style or period). I'm rather >drawing >>>a blank. >>> >>>He has found several entries in a Shakespeare Concordance which he will >>>investigate further and I have suggested that he see what the WWW has to >>>offer (you never know if some bubble-fetishist out there will have a >site). >>>I've looked through our meager resources including several dictionaries of >>>signs and symbols, the World Painting Index, and the Oxford Companion to >>>20th-century Literature, but to no avail. >>> >>>I'm hoping that someone out there with, perhaps, ICONOCLASS or some other >>>source, like a literary concordance can site some myths, legends, fairy >>>tales, folklore, or other stories, or artists who may have dealt with this >>>theme or image in their work. >>> >>>Please contact me off the list. >>>Thanks, in advance, for your help with this. >>> >>>Debbie >>> >>>***** >>> >>>Deborah L. Barlow >>>Head Librarian >>>Corcoran Gallery of Art Library >>>1705 H Street, NW >>>Washington, DC 20006-3908 >>>ph: 202-822-1484 >>>fx: 202-822-1486 >>>[log in to unmask] >>> >> >