Tag: Art
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02 Paintings, Middle East Artists, Anna Boghiguian’s Alexandria , with Footnotes, #69
Alexandria is a Mediterranean port city in Egypt. Founded in c. 331 BC by Alexander the Great, Alexandria grew rapidly and became a major centre of Hellenic civilisation, eventually replacing Memphis, in present-day Greater Cairo, as Egypt’s capital. During the Hellenistic period, it was home to the Lighthouse of Alexandria that ranked among the Seven…
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01 painting, The amorous game, Otto Aguiar’s Miami Beach, With Footnotes, #87
The son of a highly respected Brazilian general, Otto de Souza Aguiar graduated with honors and was awarded a Master’s Degree in Graphic Art and Drawing from the University of Fine Arts in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. After teaching drawing and design to aspiring architects, Otto began the extensive travels through Europe that were his induction into…
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01 Photograph, The Art Of The Nude, Manuel Álvarez Bravo’s Fruta prohibida/ Forbidden Fruit, with footnotes # 170
Manuel Álvarez Bravo was a teenager when he first picked up a camera and began taking pictures, before he enrolled in night classes in painting at the Academia San Carlos, in 1917, or sought instruction in the darkroom of local German photographer Hugo Brehme. Initially self-taught, Álvarez Bravo’s style developed through study of foreign and local…
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18 Works, March 23rd. is artist Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #81
Myths of creation occur in Mesopotamian and Canaanite literature and it is from these bodies of literature that the Old Testament book of Genesis derived some of its motifs surrounding the acts of creation. Genesis contains an account of eight works of creation that were actually spread over six days, the first four of which…
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01 Marine Painting – Jack Lorimer Gray’s Nova Scotian Schooner, with Footnotes, #361
Of all the wooden vessels that have sailed in Nova Scotia waters, perhaps the best-known and best-loved is the schooner. Regardless of size or various sail configurations and rigs, the Nova Scotian Schooner and its graceful silhouette are instantly recognizable, imbedded in the popular imagination as quintessential symbols of maritime life and the salt-water trade. The schooner’s…
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01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the bible, Francesco Furini’s GENEROSITY OR LIBERALITY, with Footnotes – #172
LIBERALITY; broadness or fullness, as of proportions or physical attributes. One who is generous, bountiful, willing and ready to give and to help. There is measure in all things: Furini choses Horace’s maxim to evoke Generosity or Liberality. Personified as a nude woman, she leans upon the quotation from the Roman poet inscribed on a stone pedestal.…
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06 Photographs, The Art Of The Nude, Manuel Alvarez Bravo’s La Desvendada/ The Unveiled, with footnotes # 168
Manuel Álvarez Bravo was a teenager when he first picked up a camera and began taking pictures, before he enrolled in night classes in painting at the Academia San Carlos, in 1917, or sought instruction in the darkroom of local German photographer Hugo Brehme. Initially self-taught, Álvarez Bravo’s style developed through study of foreign and…
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06 Works, The Art Of The Nude, Steve Hanks’ Morning Rituals, with footnotes # 165
Steve Hanks, 1949–2015, is recognized as one of the best watercolor artists today. The detail, color and realism of Steve Hanks’ paintings are unheard of in this difficult medium. Steve Hanks captures these patterns of life better than anyone. Steve Hanks was born into a military family in San Diego in 1949. His father was…
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02 Orientalist Paintings, Adolf Schreyer’s The Chase, with footnotes, #120
The Chase, depicts a group of Bedouin warriors in full gallop charging through the desert landscape. The rapidity and nervous quality of the brushstroke emphasizes the forward momentum of the riders; the vivid red cloak of the rider in the center identifying him as the leader… Please follow link for full post
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01 Painting, Middle East Artists, Adham Wanly’s The singer, with Footnotes, #68
Adham Wanly (1908 in Alexandria, Egypt – 1959) was a painter who learnt in the atelier of the Italian Otorino Becchi 1932, then set up his own atelier with his brother Seif Wanly (above), and participated in many local and international exhibition specially Venice, São Paulo (Brasil), Alexandria Biennale. The Museum of Modern Art in Alexandria…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Edgardo Saporetti’s Italian Mother with two children, with Footnotes. #100
The young woman leans against a house wall with a view of the viewer, a small child on her breast, the older daughter looking at the child. Edgardo Saporetti (Bagnacavallo, 1865 – Bellaria, 1909) was an Italian painter of eclectic subjects, including portraits, landscapes, and genre subjects. He was the son of Pietro Saporetti, painter and…
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01 Painting, The Art Of The Nude, James Gleeson’s Salvage from Random’s Effigy, with footnotes # 165
When James Gleeson first exhibited Salvage from Random’s Effigy, 1939 – 41 the Second World War had been raging for almost three years, eventually reaching Australian shores with the terrifying bombing of Darwin and the submarine attack on Sydney Harbour in February, then May of 1942. Gleeson and a number of his artist-associates had been…
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04 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, The Islamic Pirate Queen – Sayyida al-Hurra, with Footnotes. #172
Sayyida al Hurra (1485–14 July 1561), was a queen of Tétouan in 1515–1542 and a pirate queen in the early 16th century. She is considered to be “one of the most important female figures of the Islamic West in the modern age”… Please follow link for full post
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01 Work, Interpretations of Olympian deities, Nicolaus Knupfer’s Theseus Proposing to Phaedra, with footnotes #29
Phaedra is a tragic play by Roman playwright Seneca. The play tells the story of Theseus’ wife Phaedra and her lust for her stepson, Hippolytus. However, Hippolytus despises women and wishes to remain pure, preferring to hunt and live in the woods. After Phaedra declares her love, Hippolytus lashes out and strikes to kill her for…
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07 Paintings, Max Middleton, On the Beach with Hazel and Danielle, with footnotes # 163
Max Middleton enjoyed a long and highly acclaimed career as a professional artist, exhibiting in 68 exhibitions over 66 years. He died in 2013. Max had a great interest in the Australian landscape. As an en plein air painter, he faithfully rendered what he saw. He had an extraordinary ability to capture light on canvas……
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1 Painting, Julian A. Scott’s A Friendly Game
The present painting likely depicts a friendly card game between a Confederate and Union soldier. Fraternizing with the enemy during downtime was not uncommon during the Civil War. More on this painting Julian A. Scott (February 14, 1846 – July 4, 1901), was born in Johnson, Vermont, and served as a Union Army drummer during the…
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01 Marine Painting – Ernest Fiene ‘s Docked Boat, with Footnotes, #360
Ernest Fiene (November 2, 1894–August 10, 1965) was a 20th-century American graphic artist known primarily for his varied printed works, including lithographs and etchings. Fiene was born in Germany . He fled Germany in 1912 to avoid military service in what would become World War I. Traveling first to the Netherlands, he continued on to the United…
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