Tag: Art
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06 works, Today, December 27th, is Joseph the Betrothed’s day, his story, illustrated #359
The holy and righteous Joseph the Betrothed, also referred to as Joseph of Nazareth, was the foster-father of Jesus Christ. Not much is known of Joseph… Please follow link for full post
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19 Works, December 28th. is Alessandro Rosi’s day, his art, illustrated with footnotes #256
Alessandro Rosi (28 December 1627 in Rovezzano — 19 April 1697 in Florence) was an Italian artist, working during the Baroque period… Please follow link for full post
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01 Marine Painting, William Bradley Lamond’s Carting Seaweed, With Footnotes, #323
William Bradley Lamond RBA (1857–1924) was a Scottish painter, born at Newtyle, Angus. He had no formal art training and worked for the Caledonian Railway company for many years. He initially specialised in portraits and later worked on landscapes which have been described as “vigorous impressionistic scenes in oil – with a strong use of colour”.…
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20 Works, December 26th. is Bertha Wegmann’s day, her art, illustrated with footnotes #255
Bertha Wegmann (1847–1926) was a Danish portrait painter of German ancestry. She was the first woman to hold a chair at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts… Please follow link for full post
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01 Work, Merry Christmas to all, Per Breiehagen’ The Reluctant Reindeer, with Footnotes
Merry Christmas Wishes for the festive season! Christmas is a season of joy, love, and togetherness, making it the perfect time to spread festive cheer with thoughtful wishes… and prayers for the people of Gaza! They need at least that… Per Breiehagen: “I grew up in Ål, a small mountain town in southern Norway, surrounded…
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01 Photograph, Contemporary Interpretations of Olympian deities, Nancy Ellison’s mermaid, with footnotes #33
For sale at 7,335 USD in Nov 2023 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 be benevolent or beneficent. Nancy Ellison was born…
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51 Paintings, Interpretation of the bible by Artists of 16th and 17th Centuries, with footnotes
Please find a detailed list of 51 paintings from the 16th and 17th centuries that interpret biblical themes, with brief descriptions of their biblical interpretations and relevant artists… Please follow link for full post
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01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Franz von Stuck’s THE DRAGON SLAYER, With Footnotes – #135
Sold for 605,000 GBP in May 2015 The Dragon Slayer is a particularly charged rendition of an age-old theme. Although most of Stuck’s paintings depict scenes from the Antique or the Bible, neither the title The Dragon Slayer nor the iconography reveal the exact story behind the present work. Stuck’s fascination with Greek legends suggests the…
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01 Work, Utagawa Kuniyoshi’s Triptych of Takiyasha the Witch and the Skeleton Spectre, with Footnotes
This print shows a mythical episode in which the emperor’s official, Mitsukuni, comes to search for surviving insurrectionary conspirators. In the image, the princess recites a spell written on a handscroll, summoning a giant skeleton. It rears out of a black void, crashing its way through the tattered palace blinds with its bony fingers to…
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02 works, The Art Of The Nude, Hananiah Harari’s Nude Descending a Stairs after Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones’s The Golden Stairs, with footnotes #230
Statement by the Artist: “Serendipity led me to the Pre-Raphaelite Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones whose painting The Golden Stairs suggested a scaffold for my own… Please follow link for full post
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01 Works The amorous game, Potentially Gillis Mostaert’s Couple in love on a stormy sea, with Footnotes #98
This painting was Estimate at €800 – €1,200 in May 2023 Gillis Mostaert the Elder (27 or 28 November 1528 – 28 December 1598) was a Flemish Renaissance painter and draughtsman active in Antwerp in the second half of the 16th century. He was a versatile artist who worked in various genres including landscape, genre and history painting.…
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01 Work, Interpretation of the bible, Marc Chagall’s Anne Invoque l’Eternel, with Footnotes – #218
Anna (distinguished as Anna the Prophetess), is a woman mentioned in the Gospel of Luke. According to that Gospel, she was an elderly woman of the Tribe of Asher who prophesied about Jesus at the Temple of Jerusalem. She appears in Luke 2:36–38 during the presentation of Jesus at the Temple. “There was also a…
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01 Religious Icon, Saint Christopher with the head of a dog, with footnotes #42
In the Eastern Orthodox Church, certain icons covertly identify Saint Christopher with the head of a dog. Such images may carry echoes of the Egyptian dog-headed god, Anubis. Christopher pictured with a dog’s head is not generally supported by the Orthodox Church, as the icon was proscribed in the 18th century by Moscow. The roots of…
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29 Works, December 14th. is Károly Lotz’s day, his art, illustrated with footnotes #250
Lotz Károly Antal Pál, or Karl Anton Paul Lotz (16 December 1833–13 October 1904) was a German-Hungarian painter… Please follow link for full post
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01 Work, Interpretation of the bible, Queen Mary Psalter, Twelve year old Christ in the temple, with Footnotes – #206
The Finding in the Temple, also called Christ among the Doctors or the Disputation (the usual names in art), was an episode in the early life of Jesus depicted in chapter 2 of the Gospel of Luke. It is the only event of the later childhood of Jesus mentioned in a gospel. Jesus at the age of…
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04 Works, The amorous game, Cornelis Bega’s Peasants in a Tavern, with Footnotes, #98
He was a student of Adriaen van Ostade, and produced genre scenes of similar subjects, typically groups of a few peasant figures, often in interior settings… Please follow link for full post
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02 Paintings, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, Anna Boghiguian’s Zar, with Footnotes, #62
Estimated for 4,000 – 6,000 GBP in Apr 2023 In the cultures of the Horn of Africa and adjacent regions of the Middle East, Zār is the term for a demon or spirit assumed to possess individuals, mostly women, and to cause discomfort or illness. The so-called zār ritual or zār cult is the practice…
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01 Painting, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, Hayv Kahraman’s The Kawliya Dance, with Footnotes, #60
Sold for GBP 118,750 in 2018 Dance of El Kawliya is a dance of improvisation. The movements are full of power, earthiness, passion and a zest for life. Iraqi Gypsy dancers have kept their traditional dances alive by maintaining their simple lifestyle and by not allowing modern elements from ballet or from any other modern dance…
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01 work, The Art Of The Nude, Carl Wilhelm Wilhelmson’s Melusina, with footnotes #226
Melusina was a mythical figure from European folklore, a water nymph who is often portrayed with the upper body of a beautiful woman but the lower that of a fish, or serpent. The most complete retelling of what was probably a more ancient legend, dates from the end of the 14th century and recounts how Melusina…
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