Tag: Art
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Reginald Arthur’s The Death of Cleopatra, with Footnotes. #186
Once Mark Anthony had been defeated at the battle of Actium (30 B.C.), and fallen on his sword, Cleopatra herself commited suicide to avoid capture by Octavian. An asp, or Egyptian cobra, was smuggled to her in a basket of figs and she died from its bite. According to Egyptian legend, death from snakebite ensured…
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01 Work, Olympian deities, Paolo de Matteis’ Amphitrite, with footnotes #30
Amphitrite, in Greek mythology, the goddess of the sea, wife of the god Poseidon, and one of the 50 (or 100) daughters (the Nereids) of Nereus and Doris (the daughter of Oceanus). Poseidon chose Amphitrite from among her sisters as the Nereids performed a dance on the isle of Naxos. Refusing his offer of marriage, she…
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07 Paintings, Middle East Artists, Nuri Iyem’s Ordinary Lovers, with Footnotes, #73
Nuri İyem was one of the most important living masters of Turkish painting. He has produced, exhibited, written and discussed art without a break, in spite of all the difficulties to exist as an artist during the social and cultural course of the Republic period… Please follow link for full post
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08 Paintings, The Art Of The Nude, Vera Rockline’s Nudes asleep, with footnotes # 176
Véra Rockline (1896–4 April 1934) was a Russian post-impressionist painter. Rockline started her career in Moscow, studying in the studio of Ilya Mashkov, who considered her one of his most brilliant students… Please follow link for full post
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01 Orientalist Painting, Georges Bertin Scott’s The Charge, with footnotes, #105
Georges Bertin Scott (10 June 1873 – 10 January 1943) was a French war correspondent and illustrator for the French magazine L’Illustration during the early 20th century. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics. He produced paintings of the Balkan Wars and the First World War,…
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01 Marine Painting – Raoul Dufy’s Le retour des régates/ The return of the regatta, with Footnotes, #371
A regatta is a series of boat races. The term comes from the Venetian-Italian language regata meaning “contest” and typically describes racing events of rowed or sailed water craft, although some powerboat race series are also called regattas. A regatta often includes social and promotional activities which surround the racing event, and except in the case…
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13 works, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, The Story of Tamar, Daughter in Law of Judah, with Footnotes. #186
In the Book of Genesis, Tamar was the daughter-in-law of Judah. She is first described as marrying Judah’s eldest son, Er. Because of his wickedness, Er was killed by God. By way of a levirate union, Judah asked his second son, Onan, to provide offspring for Tamar… Included artists: Tintoretto, Jacob Willemsz. de Wet the…
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01 Work, Olympian deities, Nicolas Bertin’s Perseus and Andromeda, with footnotes #31
In Greek mythology, Andromeda is the daughter of the Aethiopian king Cepheus and his wife Cassiopeia. When Cassiopeia’s hubris leads her to boast that Andromeda is more beautiful than the Nereids, Poseidon sends a sea monster, Cetus, to ravage Aethiopia as divine punishment. Andromeda is stripped and chained naked to a rock as a sacrifice…
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16 Paintings scenes from the Bible, by Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Pascal-Adolphe-Jean Dagnan-Bouveret, Otto van Veen, Giovanni Andrea de Ferrari, Giovanni Lanfranco, The Caravaggisti, Joseph Heiss, Pietro Novelli and Jean Restout , with footnotes #26
In Christian theology the nativity marks the incarnation of Jesus as the second Adam, in fulfillment of the divine will of God, undoing the damage caused by the fall of the first man, Adam. The artistic depiction of the nativity has been a major subject for Christian artists since the 4th century. Since the 13th…
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02 Works, CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! Slasky San Michele, after Luca Giordano, with Footnotes – #52
Michael, also called Saint Michael the Archangel or Saint Michael the Taxiarch in Orthodoxy. The earliest surviving mentions of his name are in 3rd- and 2nd-century BCE Jewish works, often but not always apocalyptic, where he is the chief of the angels and archangels and responsible for the care of Israel… Please follow link for…
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01 Paintings Middle East Artists, Arghavan Khosravi’s White Flag, with Footnotes #72
This painting by Arghavan Khosravi depicts a woman rising over the top of a mosque. The woman’s eyes are closed and her lips are sewn shut. On one end, the thread binding her mouth also runs through her ears, is tied to the architecture of the mosque, and then is tied to a skeleton key.…
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15 Works, Today, May 5th. is artist Teofilo Patini’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #124
The parable of the Good Samaritan is a didactic story told by Jesus in Luke 10:25–37. It is about a traveler who is stripped of clothing, beaten, and left half dead alongside the road. First a priest and then a Levite comes by, but both avoid the man. Finally, a Samaritan comes by. Samaritans and…
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01 painting, The amorous game, Luis Ricardo Falero’s young player with the statue of Pan, with Footnotes, #91
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Pan is the god of the wild, shepherds and flocks, rustic music and impromptus, and companion of the nymphs. He has the hindquarters, legs, and horns of a goat, in the same manner as a faun or satyr. With his homeland in rustic Arcadia, he is also recognized as the god…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Rubens, Petrus Paulus’ Marie de Médicis, with Footnotes #183
Marie de’ Medici (French: Marie de Médicis, Italian: Maria de’ Medici; 26 April 1575 – 3 July 1642) was Queen of France and Navarre as the second wife of King Henry IV. Marie served as regent of France between 1610 and 1617 during the minority of her son Louis XIII. Her mandate as regent legally expired…
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15 Works, May 2nd. is artist Charles Gleyre’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #121
The Bacchae; also known as The Bacchantes is an ancient Greek tragedy. The tragedy is based on the Greek myth of King Pentheus of Thebes and his mother Agave, and their punishment by the god Dionysus. The god Dionysus appears at the beginning of the play and proclaims that he has arrived in Thebes to…
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02 Paintings of the Canals of Venice, Antoine Bouvard and Slobodan Paunovic’s Il Rio del Lovo, with footnotes. #109
Rio del Lovo is a canal in Venice in the sestiere of San Marco . This rio is a very popular route for gondoliers. It connects the confluence of the rio dei Ferali , rio dei Bareteri and rio dei Scoacamini in a northwesterly direction with the Grand Canal. The rio first passes under the ponte de…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Edward Angelo Goodall’s The Bride, with Footnotes. #182
Goodall made two journeys to the East. Feeling restricted by the genre images which he was producing, he spent the winter of 1858-9 in Egypt. Much of the trip was spent in the company of the Bavarian born watercolorist Carl Haag. The account he gave of his visit leaves no doubt of the visual excitement…
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