Tag: Art
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Irving Penn, CROSSING THE RIVER STYX 01 Contemporary Interpretations, Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman religion, with footnotes #5
Irving Penn, 1917-2009 ‘CROSSING THE RIVER STYX, c. 1996 Platinum-palladium print 15 1/2 by 25 5/8 in. (39.4 by 65.1 cm.) Private collection In Greek mythology, Styx is a deity and a river that forms the boundary between Earth and the Underworld. The rivers Styx, Phlegethon, Acheron, Lethe, and Cocytus all converge at the center of the…
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Tintoretto, Tarquin and Lucretia, c. 1578/80, 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Lucretia, with Footnotes. # 20
Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti), Italian, 1518-1594 Tarquin and Lucretia, c. 1578/80 Oil on canvas 68 7/8 x 59 5/8 in. (175 x 151.5 cm) The Art Institute of Chicago Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, last king of Rome, being engaged in the siege of Ardea, sent his son, Sextus Tarquinius, on a military errand to Collatia. Sextus was…
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Romy Campe, Germany 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, of the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #37
Romy Campe, Germany JAPANESE, from the series “Humans” Oil and Charcoal on Canvas 51.2 H x 39.4 W x 1.2 in Private collection The series Humans refers to the subject of refugees. It shows that we are all human beings. No matter what nationality we have. Romy Campe: The Berlin-based artist Romy Campe studied painting and…
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Montague Dawson, The moonlit way – The Invercargill 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #114
Montague Dawson, (British, 1895-1973) The moonlit way – The Invercargill, c. 1938 Oil on canvas 28 x 42 inches (71.1 x 106.7 cm) Private collection THE INVERCARGILL. During the year 1874 Robert Duncan built six ships—the Invercargill, Auckland, Wellington, Canterbury, Nelson, and Dunedin—to the order of Patrick Henderson, for the New Zealand trade. They were all…
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Marten de Vos, The Holy Family 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the bible, With Footnotes – 102
Marten de Vos, (1532 – 1603) The Holy Family Oil / wood, parqueted 73 x 104 cm. Private collection Depicted is the family of St. Anne; as center Anna, the Virgin Mary with the baby Jesus, John the Baptist, as a boy, with his symbol the Lamb, laterally probably Joachim, on the left Elisabeth with John…
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Cheryl Wilson, Medusa 01 Contemporary Interpretations, Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman religion, with footnotes #6
Cheryl Wilson, United States Medusa Acrylic, Ink, Gesso, Airbrush and Paper on Canvas 16 H x 20 W x 0.8 in Private collection In Greek mythology Medusa was a monster, a Gorgon, generally described as a winged human female with a hideous face and living venomous snakes in place of hair. Gazers on her face would turn…
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DANIEL HUNTINGTON, Figures at prayer 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretations of the Bible! , With Footnotes – 99
DANIEL HUNTINGTON, (American, 1816-1906) Figures at prayer oil on canvas 24-1/2 w. 19-3/4 in. Private collection Daniel Huntington (October 4, 1816 – April 19, 1906), was born in New York City, New York. He studied at Yale with Samuel F.B. Morse, and later with Henry Inman. From 1833 to 1835 he transferred to Hamilton College in…
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Arthur James Wetherall Burgess, Glendale, The brotherhood of seamen 01 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #113
Arthur James Wetherall Burgess Glendale The brotherhood of seamen National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Although the rescue incident shown in this painting is fictitious, the ship, ‘Glendale‘, was real and was a cargo liner built for the Glen Line in 1939. ‘Glengyle’ was the fifth to bear the name and was built by the Caledon…
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Edward Burne-Jones’s Art, in The Legend of the Briar Rose, inspired by the story of Sleeping Beauty, with artist’s studies and footnotes
The Legend of Briar Rose is the title of a series of paintings by the Pre-Raphaelite artist Edward Burne-Jones which were completed between 1885 and 1890. The four original paintings – The Briar Wood, The Council Chamber, The Garden Court and The Rose Bower – and an additional ten adjoining panels, are located at Buscot…
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MANNER OF SIR ANTHONY VAN DYCK, THE HOLY FAMILY 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Paintings from the Bible by the Old Masters, with footnotes, 100
MANNER OF SIR ANTHONY VAN DYCK (1599-1641) THE HOLY FAMILY Oil on canvas 61 x 47.7cm Private collection The Holy Family consists of the Child Jesus, the Virgin Mary, and Saint Joseph. Veneration of the Holy Family was formally begun in the 17th century by Saint François de Laval, the first bishop of New France, who…
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Gioacchino Pagliei, The Naiads 01 Paintings and tales of Mermaids, with Footnotes, 6a
Gioacchino Pagliei The Naiads, c. 1881 Oil on Canvas In Greek mythology, the Naiads were a type of female water nymph who presided over fountains, wells, springs, streams, brooks and other bodies of fresh water. Naiads were associated with fresh water, as the Oceanids, the sea nymphs who were the three thousand daughters of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys,…
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Samuel Walters, THE BRITISH MERCHANTMAN CLIFFORD IN A STIFF BREEZE 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #111
Samuel Walters, LONDON 1811 – 1882 LIVERPOOL THE BRITISH MERCHANTMAN CLIFFORD IN A STIFF BREEZE, PREPARING TO PICK UP HER PILOT OFF THE GREAT ORME, NORTH WALES, ON THE RETURN FROM HER MAIDEN VOYAGE TO INDIA, c. 1885 Oil on canvas 63.5 x 99.2 cm.; 25 x 39 in. Private collection The iron ship Clifford was…
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Dutch School, A Dutch Fleet in a Storm 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #110
Dutch School, 17th Century A Dutch Fleet in a Storm Oil on canvas 29 3/4 x 24 3/4 inches (75.5 x 65.5 cm) Private collection The Dutch School were painters in the Netherlands from the early Renaissance to the Baroque. It includes Early Netherlandish (1400–1500) and Dutch Renaissance (1500–1584) artists active in the northern Low Countries and,…
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Ryzhenko Pavel Viktorovich, Peresvet victory 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of Russian mythology, With Footnotes – 101
Ryzhenko Pavel Viktorovich Peresvet victory, c. 2005 Oil on canvas 170×210 cm Private collection Alexander Peresvet was a Russian Orthodox Christian monk who fought in a single combat with the Tatar champion Temir-murza at the opening of the Battle of Kulikovo (8 September 1380), where they killed each other. He is believed to have hailed from…
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Paul Joanowits, BASHI-BAZOUKS BEFORE A GATEWAY 01 Paintings by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 21
Paul Joanowits, 1859 – 1957, SERBIAN BASHI-BAZOUKS BEFORE A GATEWAY, c. 1887-88. Oil on panel 46 by 35cm., 18 by 14¾in. Private collection Bashi-bazouks were irregulars in the Ottoman army and hailed from lands across the Ottoman empire, from Egypt to the Balkans. The strain on the Ottoman feudal system caused by the Empire’s wide expanse required…
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Antwerp School, The Lamentation of Christ, 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the Bible!, With Footnotes – 97
Antwerp School, circa 1540 The Lamentation of Christ, circa 1540 Oil on panel 37 x 27 cm Private collection The Lamentation of Christ is a very common subject in Christian art from the High Middle Ages to the Baroque. After Jesus was crucified, his body was removed from the cross and his friends mourned over his…
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