Tag: Art
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Maurice Taquoy, Deux femmes fumant/ Two smoking women 01 Work, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 60
Born in the Marne region, Maurice Taquoy (1878-1952) spent much of his life in and around Paris, mostly in elegant company and at horse racing tracks. When summer came Taquoy would make excursions to other racing venues, such as Deauville, where his services as program illustrator were valued. And while his biotope was mostly that of the…
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05 Works, Today, February 18th, is Saint Alexis Falconieri’s Day, With Footnotes – 48
Pope Leo I (c. 400 – 10 November 461), also known as Saint Leo the Great, was Bishop of Rome from 29 September 440 and died in 461. Pope Benedict XVI said that Leo’s papacy “…was undoubtedly one of the most important in the Church’s history.” He was a Roman aristocrat, and was the first pope…
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04 Works, Today, February 17th, is Saint Alexis Falconieri’s Day, With Footnotes – #48
Alexis Falconieri (1200 – 17 February 1310) was one of the seven founders of the Servite Order, who are celebrated together on the anniversary of his death. He was the son of Bernardo Falconieri, a merchant prince of Florence, and one of the leaders of the Republic. His family belonged to the Guelph party, and opposed…
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Mohammed “Hajji” Selim; Still Life 01 Painting, Middle East Artists, with Footnotes, #10
The present work is one of the most well-known examples of early Iraqi modernism painted by Mohammed “Hajji” Selim, father of prominent Iraqi painter Jewad Selim. Mohammed Selim was born in Baghdad. His parents were both originally from Mosel in the North of Iraq. Like many individuals from well to do families in Iraq, Selim was…
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Jean Dufy, Vue de Paris 01 Painting, Streets of Paris, Part 64 – With Footnotes
Jean Dufy (b Le Havre, France, 1888; d La Boissière, 1964) French Painter. Following his service in the military, from 1910-1912, Jean Dufy relocated to Paris. Inspired by the work of Braque and Picasso, Dufy created watercolors that expressed a heightened understanding of color and light. In the mid-1920s, Jean Dufy became captivated by the…
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05 Works, Today, February 16th, is Saint Pamphilus’ Day, With Footnotes – #47
Saint Pamphilus (latter half of the 3rd century – February 16, 309), was a presbyter of Caesarea and chief among biblical scholars of his generation. Pamphilus was of a rich and honorable family of Beirut, in which city, at that time famous for its schools. In his youth he ran through the whole circle of…
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FÉLIX ZIEM, Port of Antwerp 01 Classic Works of Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #248
The Port of Antwerp in Flanders, Belgium, is a port in the heart of Europe accessible to capesize ships. It is Europe’s second-largest seaport, after Rotterdam. Antwerp stands at the upper end of the tidal estuary of the Scheldt. The estuary is navigable by ships of more than 100,000 Gross Tons as far as 80 km…
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Clemente Pujol de Gustavinon, THE FORTUNE TELLER 01 Painting by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, #77
In the Middle East, fortunetellers use tarot cards kept in red boxes and read coffee grounds and buy prophetic poems by medieval sages. In Iran, fortunetellers use jyotish (“the science of light”), a practice related to astrology that is said to have originated in Persia. Sessions often last two hours. Clemente Pujol de Gustavinon. Not only was…
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Italian master; Caritas romana/Roman Charity 01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation the bible, With Footnotes – #133
The illustrated story goes back to the Roman author Valerius Maximus (14 AD-37 AD). The exemplary story of a woman, Pero, who secretly breastfeeds her father, Cimon, after he is incarcerated and sentenced to death by starvation. It was recounted approximately in 1362 by Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375). After him, several hundred paintings, drawings and sculptures were…
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05 Works, Today, February 14th, is Lupercalia/ Valentine’s Day, With Footnotes – #45
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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Charles West Cope, Taming the Shrew 01 Painting, The amorous game, Part 58 – With Footnotes
The Taming of the Shrew is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1592. The main plot depicts the courtship of Petruchio and Katherina, the headstrong, obdurate shrew. Initially, Katherina is an unwilling participant in the relationship; however, Petruchio “tames” her with various psychological torments, such as keeping her from…
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Nejib Belkhodja, MEDINA ENTRE DEUX ORAGES – MEDINA BETWEEN TWO STORMS 03 Works, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes #9
Born in 1933, Nejib Belkhodja was the son of a Dutch opera singer and a Tunisian aristocrat of Turkish descent. The family lived in the medina of Tunis–a walled city within a city that was home to the rich and influential and often seen as the heartbeat of most North African cities. Even in the face of their…
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René Magritte, LA MAGIE NOIRE 03 Works, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 59
La magie noire belongs to a group of works Magritte executed in the 1940s, on the subject of a female nude in an unidentified landscape. The woman is depicted in a classical manner. This traditional representation, however, is juxtaposed with the unexpected colouration of the figure, whose upper body gradually acquires the tone of the…
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03 Works, Today, February 13th, is Saint Catherine de’ Ricci’s Day, With Footnotes – 44
Saint Catherine de’ Ricci, O.S.D. (Caterina de’ Ricci) (23 April 1522 – 2 February 1590), was an Italian Dominican Tertiary sister. She is believed to have had miraculous visions and corporeal encounters with Jesus, both with the infant Jesus and with the adult Jesus. She is said to have spontaneously bled with the wounds of…
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06 Works, Today, February 12th, is Julian the Hospitaller’s Day, With Footnotes – #43
Julian the Hospitaller is a Roman Catholic saint. According to de Varazze, on the night Julian was born, his father, a man of noble blood, saw pagan witches secretly lay a curse on the boy that would make him kill both his parents. His father wanted to get rid of the child, but his mother did…
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John Randall Bratby; VENICE WASHING 01 Painting; the Canals of Venice, with foot notes. #72
John Randall Bratby RA (19 July 1928 – 20 July 1992). Despite inauspicious beginnings at Kingston School of Art (which he left upon failing an intermediate exam in arts and crafts), John Bratby’s enormous artistic potential soon earned him a scholarship to the Royal College of Art, and would see him become one of the…
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William Thon, Running Home 01 Work, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #247
Thon was born in New York City in 1906. He spent his childhood summers camping on Staten Island. He joined the Navy during World War II, and shortly after the war won the Rome Prize, a fellowship to the American Academy in Rome. He later became a trustee of the Academy. In 1951, Thon received a…
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