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Iva Troj, Lamb 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 22
“The painting technique I’ve used here resembles the Flemish method of layering thin veneers of paint between layers of varnish. I start with pencils, pastels, and varnish. After that, I paint a lighter layer with acrylics and finish with a couple of thicker layers using a combination of mediums, often acrylics and oils, but sometimes…
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Robert Mapplethorpe, Lisa Lyon 05 Works, The Art Of The Nude, Lisa Lyon, with footnotes # 6
The most-talked-about photographer of the 1980s, Robert Mapplethorpe was a belated classicist who understood how to present provocative themes in catchy visual images. After his photographic work with the New York leather scene, male nudes, and erotically-charged flower studies, Mapplethorpe turned his lens on the first female world champion in body-building. The resulting cycle is…
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05 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, February 14th, is Lupercalia Day, With Footnotes – 45 Please follow link to full post
Lupercalia was an ancient pastoral annual festival observed in the city of Rome between February 13 and February 15, to avert evil spirits and purify the city, releasing health and fertility. At the Lupercal altar, a male goat and a dog were sacrificed by one or another of the Luperci, under the supervision of the Flamen…
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04 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, February 9th, is Saint Maron’s Day, With Footnotes – 40
Maron, also called Maroun or Maro, was a 4th-century Syriac Christian hermit monk in the Taurus Mountains whose followers, after his death, founded a religious Christian movement that became known as the Syriac Maronite Church, in full communion with the Holy See and the Catholic Church. The religious community which grew from this movement are…
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Attilio Pratella; Pescatori sul molo/ Fishermen on the mole 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #136
A mole is a massive structure, usually of stone, used as a pier, breakwater, or a causeway between places separated by water. The word comes from Middle French mole, ultimately from Latin mōlēs, meaning a large mass, especially of rock. A mole may have a wooden structure built on top of it that resembles a wooden…
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01 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 36 – With Footnotes
Jorn Fox Unknown Oil on canvas 24×48 inches Private collection Jorn Fox was exposed to art at an early age by his father, an art instructor and abstract painter. Even through Jorn had studied in College he believes that his real education came from many hours he spent painting in his studio. There his canvases offered…
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Pierre Subleyras, The Mass of Saint Basil 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, January 1, is Saint Basil’s Day, With Footnotes – 161
Pierre Subleyras, (1699–1749) The Mass of Saint Basil, c. 1746 Oil on canvas Height: 137 cm (53.9 ″); Width: 79 cm (31.1 ″) Metropolitan Museum of Art Basil of Caesarea, also called Saint Basil the Great (329 or 330 – January 1 or 2, 379), was the Greek bishop of Caesarea Mazaca in Cappadocia, Asia Minor (modern-day…
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Irene Caesar, Susanna and the Elders 03 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – CONTEMPORARY & 20th Century Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 27
Irene Caesar, b. 1963 Susanna and the Elders, c. 2015 Triptych: left Photograph Susanna and the Elders. A fair Hebrew wife named Susanna was falsely accused by lecherous voyeurs. As she bathes in her garden, having sent her attendants away, two lustful elders secretly observe the lovely Susanna. When she makes her way back to her…
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01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, December 23, is The Ten Holy Martyrs of Crete’s Day, With Footnotes – 157
The Ten Holy Martyrs of Crete The Ten Holy Martyrs of Crete: Theodulus, Saturninus, Euporus, Gelasius, Eunician, Zoticus, Pompius, Agathopus, Basilides and Evaristus were a group of ten Christian men from Crete who suffered martyrdom during the persecutions of emperor Decius during the third century. They are commemorated on December 23. The Ten refused to worship…
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Marshall Joyce, Rowboat on the shore 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #129
Marshall Joyce, (1912-1998)Rowboat on the shore with boathouses and figure in the distanceOil on board18″ x 24″Private collection Marshall Woodside Joyce, painter and teacher born in Medford , MA in 1912, is best known for his seascapes, ships, landscapes, and coastal scenes. His interest in the sea was nurtured by his sea-captain father and the…
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PAUL DELVAUX, Les baigneuses/The Bathers 02 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #48
PAUL DELVAUX, (1897-1994) Les baigneuses/The Bathers, c. 1930 Chinese ink and watercolor on paper 55 x 73,5 cm Private collection Paul Delvaux (23 September 1897 – 20 July 1994) was a Belgian painter famous for his paintings of female nudes. He was influenced by the works of Giorgio de Chirico, and was also briefly associated with surrealism. The young…
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01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, December 10, is Pope Miltiades’ Day, With Footnotes – 143 Please follow link for full post
Saint Pope Miltiades Museum: St. Demetrios Church, Pomona Pope Miltiades (d. 10 January 314), also known as Melchiades the African , also called Melchiades was the bishop of Rome from July 2, 311 to January 10, 314. His papacy marked the end of the church’s period of persecution under the Roman emperors and the advent of the Christian…
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Frank Herbert Mason, Olympia 01 Paintings, Olympian deities, by the Old Masters, with footnotes # 32
Frank Herbert Mason (1921 – 2009) Olympia Oil on canvas, c. 1983 48 x 60 inches Private collection OLYMPOS (Olympus) was the home of the gods who dwelt in fabulous palaces of marble and gold. Olympos is clearly described in Homer’s Iliad. It was essentially an ancient akropolis–a fortified hill-top and palace complex–located just below the…
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Dietz Edzard, Carnival in Venice 01 Painting of the Canals of Venice by the artists of their time, with foot notes. #44
Dietz Edzard, (German/Paris, 1893-1963) Carnival in Venice, 1958 Oil on canvas 25-1/2″ x 31-1/2 Private collection The Carnival of Venice is an annual festival. The Carnival ends with the Christian celebration of Lent, forty days before Easter, on Shrove Tuesday (Mardi Gras), the day before Ash Wednesday. The festival is world-famous for its elaborate masks Dietz…
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Cecil B. DeMille, Samson and Delilah 02 works, RELIGIOUS ART – Photography from the Bible, with footnotes, 3a
Samson and Delilah (1949 film), directed by Cecil B. DeMille Hedy Lamarr and Victor Mature Samson and Delilah is a 1949 American romantic biblical drama film produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille and released by Paramount Pictures. Praised upon release for its Technicolor cinematography, lead performances, costumes, sets, and innovative special effects, the film was a box-office…
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