Mack -

There's no such thing as an "ordinary face" on a woman, if there's a smile and something behind it. Without the face, the rest doesn't merit much more than a glance (albeit an appreciative one sometimes).

Both Gerome and Siemeradzky painted very lovely pictures of "Phryne before the Areopagus" but they both showed he lowered the top of her gown a long way down. (Siemeradzky's is the better one - IMO.)Are those not "historically accurate," do you suppose?

John