Tag: Art
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William-Adolphe Bouguereau, First Mourning 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Paintings from the Bible by the Old Masters, 5a
First Mourning; “The dead body of Abel lies across Adam’s lap in the same manner as Christ is often depicted lying across Mary’s (such as in Michaelangelo’s Pieta). Adam clutches his heart out of grief fearing it will break and Eve kneels by his side crying uncontrollably, her face buried in her hands. The image…
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Thomas Saliot,Three graces plus one 01 Contemporary Interpretations, Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman religion, with footnotes #11
In Greek mythology, a Charis or Grace is one of three or more minor goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity, and fertility, together known as the Charites or Graces. The usual list, from youngest to oldest is Aglaea (“Splendor”), Euphrosyne (“Mirth”), and Thalia (“Good Cheer”). In Roman mythology they were known as the Gratiae, the “Graces”.…
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06 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, February 12th, is Julian the Hospitaller’s Day, With Footnotes – 43
Domenico Ghirlandaio (2 June 1448 – 11 January 1494) was an Italian Renaissance painter born in Florence. Ghirlandaio was part of the so-called “third generation” of the Florentine Renaissance, along with Verrocchio, the Pollaiolo brothers and Sandro Botticelli. Ghirlandaio led a large and efficient workshop that included his brothers Davide Ghirlandaio and Benedetto Ghirlandaio, his brother-in-law…
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04 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, February 11th, is Our Lady of Lourdes’s Day, With Footnotes – 42
Our Lady of Lourdes is a Roman Catholic title of the Virgin Mary venerated in honour of the Marian apparitions that reportedly occurred in 1858 in the vicinity of Lourdes in France. The first of these is the apparition of 11 February 1858, when 14-year old Bernadette Soubirous told her mother that a “lady” spoke to…
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03 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, February 10th, is Saint Valentina of Palestine’s, With Footnotes – 41
Virginmartyr Valentina of Palestine was from Caesarea in Palestine. She was small and known for wearing old, worn out clothing. One day, when she was with her friend Thea, they joined a group of Christians gathered to hear the Holy Scriptures. Local officials broke up the meeting, grabbed Thea and tortured her. Please follow link for…
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Stéphanie Gevrey, APHRODITE 01 Contemporary Interpretations, Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman religion, with footnotes #12
Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation. She is identified with the planet Venus; her Roman equivalent is the goddess Venus. Myrtle, roses, doves, sparrows and swans were sacred to her. Aphrodite was created from the sea foam produced by Uranus’s genitals, which had been severed by Cronus. In Homer’s Iliad, however,…
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Thomas Saliot, Close up lipstick 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #53
The artist paints the lady’s portrait one time; while the lady paints her own portrait every day! Thomas Saliot: “I live in Morocco, France and Spain where i paint simple iconic images from the net or my life, like big oil sketches. I have been painting professionally for over thirty years. Sort of a child of…
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Dusan Djukaric, Venice Gondola 01 Painting of the Canals of Venice by the artists of their time, with foot notes. #48
Santa Maria della Salute (English: Saint Mary of Health), commonly known simply as the Salute, is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica located at Punta della Dogana in the Dorsoduro sestiere of the city of Venice, Italy. It stands on the narrow finger of Punta della Dogana, between the Grand Canal and the Giudecca Canal,…
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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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02 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, February 8th, is Saint John of Matha’s Day, With Footnotes – 39
It should be noted that the actual vision of St. John de Matha was of Christ and two captives not an angel as has been reflected at times erroneously in some works of art. See the Mosaic St. John de Matha had installed in Rome at St. Thomas in Formis for an account of the…
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Maher Morcos, The Belly dancer 01 Paintings by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 36
Orientalism is a term that is used for the depiction of aspects in Middle Eastern cultures. It refers to the works of the Western artists on Oriental subjects, produced from their travels in Western Asia, during the 19th century. Depictions of Islamic “Moors” and “Turks” can be found in Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque art. A creative…
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Giovanni Boldini, Alaide Banti 02 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #53
The young Alaide, daughter of Cristiano Banti, appears here in a spontaneous and confidential pose, which brings to mind the familiarity and the sentimental bond that joined her to the painter in these years. In 1885 Boldini stayed as guest of the Banti family (an Italian figurative painter of academic training, a leading figure in…
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06 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, February 7th, is Saint Theodore Stratilat’s Day, With Footnotes – 38
Theodore Stratelates, also known as Theodore of Heraclea, is a martyr and Warrior Saint venerated with the title Great-martyr in the Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Catholic and Roman Catholic Churches and Oriental Orthodox Churches … Please follow link for full post Please visit my other blogs: Art Collector, Mythology, Marine Art, Portrait of a Lady, The Orientalist, Art of the Nude and The…
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01 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 44 – With Footnotes
Thomas Saliot: “I live in Morocco, France and Spain where i paint simple iconic images from the net or my life, like big oil sketches. I have been painting professionally for over thirty years. Sort of a child of Hopper, figurative and Pop art, i love colors, provocation and big canvas. Thomas Saliot was born in…
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01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, February 4rd, is Saint Joseph of Leonessa’s Day, With Footnotes – 34
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696 – 1770. Born into a wealthy and noble family in Venice, Giambattista Tiepolo was recognized by contemporaries throughout Europe as the greatest painter of large-scale decorative frescoes in the 1700s. He was admired for having brought fresco painting to new heights of technical virtuosity, illumination, and dramatic effect. Tiepolo possessed an imagination…
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06 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, February 3rd, is Saint Blaise’s Day, With Footnotes – 33
Saint Blaisese, was a physician, and bishop of Sebastea in historical Armenia. According to the Acta Sanctorum, he was martyred by being beaten, attacked with iron combs, and beheaded. He is the patron saint of wool combers… Please follow link for full post Please visit my other blogs: Art Collector, Mythology, Marine Art, Portrait of a Lady, The Orientalist, Art of the…
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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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Theodoros Rallis; The Captive 02 Paintings by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 32
Rallis painted this less than ten years after a Bulgarian uprising against the Turkish Ottoman Empire. The Turks’ bashi-bazouk irregular soldiers were accused of many massacres and other atrocities, including seizing Bulgarian girls to be sold into harems. In this painting a young woman stands with her hands bound next to a pile of stolen…
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Gerard ter Borch the Younger; A Woman Playing the Theorbo-Lute and a Cavalier 01 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 42 – With Footnotes
Ter Borch was an astute observer of social behavior as well as the physical environment. In this intimate courtship scene, fine fabrics, silver objects, wood, paper, light, and shadows all reveal their distinctive qualities. The woman strums a theorbo and the man appears to sing, a duet that resonates with the heartstrings. More on this painting…
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