Tag: Amazons
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22 Works, September 10th. is Rudolf Jettmar’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #200
Rudolf Jettmar (10 September 1869, Tarnów — 21 April 1939, Vienna); Austrian painter and printmaker was born in 1869 in Zawodzie near Tarnów, Galicia. Jettmar studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and worked as a professor at this institution from 1910 until his retirement in 1936. In 1929 he succeeded Ferdinand Schmutzer as master…
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Studio of Peter Paul Rubens, The Battle of the Amazons 01 Painting, Olympian deities, by the Old Masters, with footnotes #41
In Greek mythology, the Amazons were a race of woman warriors. The legendary Amazons were thought to have lived in Pontus, which is part of modern-day Turkey near the southern shore of the Black Sea. There they formed an independent kingdom under the government of a queen named Hippolyta or Hippolyte. This area is known…
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08 Paintings, Hellenic Mytheology by Wilhelm Trübner (German, 1851–1917), with footnotes 2
Wilhelm Trübner, 1851 – 1917 The Battle of the Lapiths and Centaurs, 1877 Oil on cardboard Height: 94 cm (37.01 in.), Width: 79 cm (31.1 in.) The theme of the painting is taken from Ovid. The Lapiths, a peace-loving people of Thessaly, were celebrating the wedding of their king Pirithous to Hippodamia. The Centaurs were…
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01 Paintings, Hellenic Mytheology, with footnotes 2A
Wilhelm Trübner, 1851 – 1917 Battle of the Amazons, 1880 Oil on canvas Height: 47.4 cm (18.66 in.), Width: 102.7 cm (40.43 in.) Kurpfälzisches Museum der Stadt Heidelberg (Germany) In Greek mythology, the Amazons were a race of woman warriors. The legendary Amazons were thought to have lived in Pontus, which is part of modern-day Turkey…
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