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Kasia Derwinska, The world is not finished 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – CONTEMPORARY & 20th Century Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 24
Kasia Derwinska, Spain The world is not finished Color, Digital, Manipulated, Paint and Photo on Paper New Media Size: 15.7 H x 15.7 W x 0 in Private collection Kasia Derwinska “Photography is my way of communicating with the world. In my work, I talk about own experiences, thoughts, doubts, fears and hopes trying to…
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JOSEPH PETZL, The sunrise. Going to the Baptism 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation the bible, With Footnotes – 103
JOSEPH PETZL, 1803 – München – 1871 The sunrise. Going to the Baptism Oil study on canvas. 29.5 x 23.2 cm Private collection Baptism is a Christian sacrament of admission and adoption, almost invariably with the use of water, into the Christian Church generally. The canonical Gospels report that Jesus was baptized. Baptism has been called…
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Antonio Reyna, ST MARK’S SQUARE, VENICE 01 Paintings of the Canals of Venice by the artists of their time, with foot notes. #37
Antonio Reyna, 1859 – 1937, SPANISH ST MARK’S SQUARE, VENICE Oil on canvas 35.5 by 75cm., 14 by 29½in. Private collection Piazza San Marco or St. Mark’s Square is the main public square in Venice. The Piazza is located in front of the great Byzantine church known as Basilica di San Marco. This Piazza is surrounded by…
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Ferdinand Leeke, The Mermaids – 01 Paintings and tales of Mermaids, with Footnotes, 7
Ferdinand Leeke, German 1859-1923 The Mermaids, c. 1921 – 1922 Oil on canvas 96.5x126cm Private collection A mermaid is a marine creature with the head and upper body of a female human and the tail of a fish. Mermaids appear in the folklore of many cultures worldwide. The first stories appeared in ancient Assyria. Mermaids can…
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Adolf von Meckel, FISHERMEN ON LAKE MARIOUT, EGYPT – 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #118
Adolf von Meckel, 1856 – 1893, GERMAN FISHERMEN ON LAKE MARIOUT, EGYPT, c. 1889 Oil on canvas 200 by 270cm., 78¾ by 106in. Private collection Lake Mariout is a brackish lake in northern Egypt. The lake area covered 200 km² and had a navigable canal at the beginning of the 20th century, but at the…
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Hans Memling, The Seven Joys of Mary; 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation the bible, With Footnotes – 103a
Hans Memling, (circa 1433–1494) The Seven Joys of Mary, c. 1480 Oil on oak 81.3 × 189.2 cm (32 × 74.5 in) Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany In the center is detailed illustrated the legend of the Magi. In the left picture Quarter seen scenes from the life of Mary in the right quarter, inter alia, the…
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Who was Ashurbanipal? – The British Museum Blog
As part of his military training, the young crown prince was taught to drive chariots, ride cavalry horses, and develop skills such as archery. He also learnt how to hunt lions. In Assyria lion hunting was a royal ‘sport’. Although this perhaps seems cruel to modern eyes, killing lions represented the king’s ability to protect…
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C.P. Cavafy: The Horses of Achilles – A New Translation by Kathleen Vail – THE SHIELD OF ACHILLES
Stepping into a legendary scene unfolding in Homer’s Iliad, C. P. Cavafy sheds new light on the angst that drives the horses of Achilles to tears…Continue reading Source: C.P. Cavafy: The Horses of Achilles – A New Translation by Kathleen Vail – THE SHIELD OF ACHILLES
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13 Classic Works of Art, Egyptian Women. With Footnotes
Wilhelm Kotarbiński, (1848–1921) Cleopatra Oil on canvas 135 × 246 cm (53.1 × 96.9 in) Wilhelm Kotarbiński (born 30 November 1848, Nieborów; died 4 September 1921, Kiev) was a Polish Symbolist painter of historical and fantastical subjects who spent most of his working life in Ukraine. He began his studies at the Warsaw School of Art…
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Taeil Kim, South Korea, Waiting 01 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 19 – With Footnotes
Taeil Kim, South Korea Waiting Oil on Canvas. 20 H x 16 W x 0.7 in Private collection Taeil Kim begins his art by thinking, “how will I observe and re-create the figure?” Influenced by his observations of peoples’ daily interactions with nature, he is able to create moving and unique portraits. Kim is heavily influenced by…
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Cesare Dell’Acqua, AN OTTOMAN BEAUTY 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, of the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #39
Cesare Dell’Acqua, 1821-1905, ITALIAN AN OTTOMAN BEAUTY Oil on panel 92.5 by 71cm., 36½ by 28in. Private collector While the sitter’s dress and the gueridon table are quintessentially Turkish, in her left hand she appears to be holding a Jiajing or Wanli wucai decorated jarlet and cover, of the style produced in the sixteenth or…
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Willy Tiedjen, Hamburg Harbor, 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #40a
Willy Tiedjen (1881 Hamburg – 1950 Munich) Hamburg Harbor with the Kaiserspeicher ( Kaiser Memorial) and St. Michael’s Church Oil on canvas 48.5 x 70.5 Private collection The Port of Hamburg is a sea port on the river Elbe in Hamburg, Germany, 110 kilometres from its mouth on the North Sea. The port is almost as old as…
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Otto von Thoren, Bathing by the sea 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #117
Otto von Thoren (Austrian, 1828-1889) Bathing by the sea, c. 1876 Oil on canvas 25-3/4 x 31-1/4 inches (65.4 x 79.4 cm) Private collection Otto von Thoren (21 July 1828 Vienna, 15 July 1889 in Paris) is an Austrian animal painter. He was the son of son of Francis Casimir Thoron and Constance Marie-Françoise Lochmann Otto von…
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Takht-e Jamshid, a look at Iran’s colorful past (PHOTOS)
Photos of Takht-e Jamshid featuring the ruins of the historical site in Fars Province. Source: Takht-e Jamshid, a look at Iran’s colorful past (PHOTOS)
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Artemisia Gentileschi, Santa Caterina di Alessandria, The National Gallery in London bought for £ 3.6 million a self-portrait of Artemisia Gentileski
Artemisia Gentileschi, (1593–1653) Santa Caterina di Alessandria, c. 1615 or 1618-1619 Oil on canvas Height: 77 cm (30.3 in); Width: 62 cm (24.4 in) Was at Uffizi Gallery They tried to break Saint Catherine of Alexandria on a wheel, but she survived. This is how the great female 17th-century painter Artemisia Gentileschi portrays herself in…
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Robert McVittie, At the Dock 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #115
Robert McVittie, Canadian, (1935 – 2002) At the Dock Oil on canvas 20 x 36 in. (50.8 x 91.4 cm) Private collection Robert McVittie ( August 1, 1935 – 2002 ) Born in England, McVittie trained for a naval career at the Thames Nautical Training College, and worked in the Merchant Navy before moving to Canada…
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Mythology: 32 Beutiful Female Football World Cup Fans 2018 [HD]
Mythology is the study and interpretation of often sacred tales or fables of a culture known as ‘myths’ or the collection of such stories which usually deal with the human condition, good and evil, human origins, life and death, the afterlife, and the gods. Myths express the beliefs and values about these subjects held by…
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