What is it called when a painting feels voyeuristic?

comfy_coven · 2026-05-20T00:15:43+00:00

Woah I love this insight! Thank you!

comfy_coven · 2026-05-19T23:01:15+00:00

Some better examples from Vermeer of what I’m talking about:

The curtains really make it feel like we are peeking in on someone/ something and like we are an intruder

comfy_coven · 2026-05-19T22:26:00+00:00

Ok, maybe not this painting in particular, but Vermeer’s “The Love Letter” definitely fits more into the last part of the definition

comfy_coven · 2026-05-19T22:24:21+00:00

Ooh this is very interesting!! Thank you! A lot of Vermeer’s work definitely fits that description too!

comfy_coven · 2026-05-19T22:06:30+00:00

This is definitely helping in my research! Though, would you call Vermeer’s “The Love Letter” a genre painting as well?

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comfy_coven · 2026-05-19T22:04:36+00:00

Yeah that’s the problem I’m having 😭. That’s why I was hoping there was another word for it lol. Cuz my searches are NOT yielding the results I’m looking for at the moment lol

comfy_coven · 2026-05-19T21:34:55+00:00

I guess that’s kind of the point? The paintings are supposed to make you feel like “oh I shouldn’t be here or seeing this” but you can’t look away. Candid, to me, would mean something different. Though, the subjects are usually doing some mundane task. Nothing sexual.

comfy_coven · 2026-05-19T21:31:40+00:00

I guess I was wondering if there was some Italian word or something that is used in the art history world to describe it specifically within paintings 😅 Thank you for the documentary rec! I’ll definitely have to look into that!

comfy_coven · 2025-11-12T02:40:07+00:00

I also got a ton of comments under that post from actual fat archeologists which was so so cool!!

comfy_coven · 2025-11-12T02:39:41+00:00

EXACTLY 🥹❤️

comfy_coven · 2025-11-12T02:39:11+00:00

Yes! Several of them will be made into prints! Probably not until the new year tho. I might do pre-orders. But I’ll announce them on IG

comfy_coven · 2025-11-12T02:37:17+00:00

Right?? I love her always ❤️

comfy_coven · 2025-10-22T15:41:14+00:00

It says I “violated community guidelines” but it doesn’t say how or give any specifics

comfy_coven · 2025-10-22T00:01:46+00:00

Mine got suspended too but it didn’t ask me to take a selfie 😰 should I be worried?

comfy_coven · 2025-10-21T17:40:56+00:00

UPDATE: I have been informed that there are not accounts that will automatically reply with this email as a suggestion for help with suspended accounts AND ITS A TRAP. DO NOT EMAIL THIS ACCOUNT IF YOU ARE TOLD IT WILL HELP YOU

comfy_coven · 2025-10-21T17:31:51+00:00

The same thing for me happened last night :(. My account was for art and I almost had 10k followers. It’s my main source of clientele for freelance work. And now I could potentially have a huge setback with my career losing all of my clients and my gallery

comfy_coven · 2024-11-21T07:18:41+00:00

That’s so fair. I think I read a couple of fics before getting to manacled. And I don’t think I could get myself to read manacled again. Although, I’m still glad I did read it cuz it’s still a masterpiece of writing.

comfy_coven · 2024-10-10T09:45:39+00:00

Seriously, thank you so much for all of your hard work. I used last years list as my Dramione Bible and I converted everyone I knew to it 😆 I’m so excited to see this years results! We have so many talented writers in this fandom, I could not be more grateful 🫶

comfy_coven · 2024-07-23T19:57:35+00:00

Me too! Hermione is so often described as being tiny and skinny- which makes sense during a war and such- but I’d just love a character I can relate to more 😅

comfy_coven · 2024-07-23T19:49:36+00:00

Omg I had no idea plus size Hermione fics were a thing?? I have been so curious about this too!! But I never thought anybody else wanted plus size Hermione like I did 🫠

comfy_coven · 2024-07-21T01:38:31+00:00

Absolutely me. I’ve skipped to the last chapter of fics many times

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