"Very Famous Japanese Old Toys."

More Edo fun:

You can too! With this!

Go here to buy and watch a pleasant instructional video.

"Frenchies Do It Better!"

Here is a lovely water color from 1910 that a lovely friend of mine left on my wall, because, "When I saw it I thought of youuuuuu!"...

Don't I have the most thoughtful of friends? (Thanks Des! ^_^)

13 Classy Broads

Neatorama has an article about 13 lovely ladies who have won Oscars for playing hookers. Here is Liz Taylor playing one of those hookers... Hooray!

Vintage Yul Brynner and Art Whores No. 4

The art of George Platt Lynes, ladies and gentlemen. 

Good combo. 'Nuff said.

Art Whores No. 3

Let's have a frank discussion about the "patronage" of ballet in the 19th Century:

L'etoile

Or we can just put quotations around the words "patronage" and let everybody draw their own conclusions. There's even a John in a tux in the background for Degas' sake!

Art Whores No. 2

Here is another great painting about ladies of the night and other important artistic endeavors.

Olympia

Dig the cat on the right, yo. This one is brought to you by Èdouard Manet... and kind of Titian. And maybe even a little bit Goya.

Art Whores

Some art is more than STDs and ladies of the night. Some art is not.

Les Demoiselles d'Avignon

I was going to post this later, but, once again, world events prompted an expedited art themed post. Check it out:

Cute Old French Couple Has $80 million Worth of Picassos in Their Attic.

via Nag on the Lake