Comments on: Big Girls in Art: Degas http://manolobig.com/2008/07/31/big-girls-in-art-degas-2/ Fashion, Lifestyle, and Humor for the Plus Sized Woman. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:10:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: La BellaDonna http://manolobig.com/2008/07/31/big-girls-in-art-degas-2/comment-page-1/#comment-32446 La BellaDonna Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:31:43 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/07/31/big-girls-in-art-degas-2/#comment-32446 It is the famous "Laundress Yawning," is it not? When did she start to sing? Trust me, the 19th century laundress had not much to sing about. Yawn, yes. Sing - no. It is the famous “Laundress Yawning,” is it not? When did she start to sing? Trust me, the 19th century laundress had not much to sing about. Yawn, yes. Sing – no.

]]> By: Jennie http://manolobig.com/2008/07/31/big-girls-in-art-degas-2/comment-page-1/#comment-32133 Jennie Sat, 02 Aug 2008 19:15:08 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/07/31/big-girls-in-art-degas-2/#comment-32133 Actually, the other lady is mumbling about having to do all the work and she is blocking her ears and singing "lalalalalalala" between swigs. Actually, the other lady is mumbling about having to do all the work and she is blocking her ears and singing “lalalalalalala” between swigs.

]]> By: Megan http://manolobig.com/2008/07/31/big-girls-in-art-degas-2/comment-page-1/#comment-32117 Megan Sat, 02 Aug 2008 16:39:06 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/07/31/big-girls-in-art-degas-2/#comment-32117 I thought she was yawning.... sleepy after a hard days work, time to kick back with a bottle. I thought she was yawning…. sleepy after a hard days work, time to kick back with a bottle.

]]> By: Jennie http://manolobig.com/2008/07/31/big-girls-in-art-degas-2/comment-page-1/#comment-31808 Jennie Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:31:44 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/07/31/big-girls-in-art-degas-2/#comment-31808 She's singing because she got the wine! She’s singing because she got the wine!

]]> By: Kathleen http://manolobig.com/2008/07/31/big-girls-in-art-degas-2/comment-page-1/#comment-31787 Kathleen Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:46:43 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/07/31/big-girls-in-art-degas-2/#comment-31787 Well, that's cute -- looks like the reproduction merchant added his own title and interpretation to the work. This is Les repasseuses (Women Ironing), one of Degas's most famous images of laundresses (Musee d'Orsay, Paris: http://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/collections/works-in-focus/painting/commentaire_id/women-ironing-2236.html?tx_commentaire_pi1[pidLi]=509&tx_commentaire_pi1[from]=841&cHash=e1121cba6c). The woman is usually seen as taking a break, yawning and stretching her aching back. Belting one out in the laundry does sound like fun, though. Well, that’s cute — looks like the reproduction merchant added his own title and interpretation to the work.

This is Les repasseuses (Women Ironing), one of Degas’s most famous images of laundresses (Musee d’Orsay, Paris: http://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/collections/works-in-focus/painting/commentaire_id/women-ironing-2236.html?tx_commentaire_pi1pidLi=509&tx_commentaire_pi1from=841&cHash=e1121cba6c). The woman is usually seen as taking a break, yawning and stretching her aching back. Belting one out in the laundry does sound like fun, though.

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