Tag: Art
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01 Painting, Orientalist Art, Maher Morcos’s The rug merchant, with footnotes, #35
A typical Egyptian gathering in the 19th century after the Friday prayer 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…
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01 Painting , Orientalist Art, François Schommer’s The beautiful dancer, with footnotes, #24
François Schommer, born in Paris on November 20 , 1850 and died in Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1935, was an academic painter, aquafortist and French decorator . Schommer exhibited at the Paris Salons and at the Salons of French Artists from 1870 to 1935 2 , 1 . In 1878, he obtained the first prize of Rome…
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01 Painting, The amorous game, Gerard ter Borch the Younger’s Woman Playing the Theorbo-Lute and a Cavalier, 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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01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Luca Giordano’s LOT, WITH HIS TWO DAUGHTERS FLEEING FROM THE BURNING CITY OF SODOM, With Footnotes – #125
Lot, with a critical, thoughtful look, his head is slightly turned back, followed by one of the daughters, also wearing a white bandana. Her liberally painted upper body already points to the later known sequence of events. More on this painting Lot was a patriarch in the biblical Book of Genesis. Notable episodes in his…
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01 Work, Contemporary Interpretations of Olympian deities, Pavol Kajan’s Venus Anadyomene, with footnotes #27
Venus Anadyomene, “Venus Rising From the Sea”), is one of the iconic representations of the goddess Venus, made famous in a much-admired painting by Apelles, now lost, but described in Pliny’s Natural History, with the anecdote that the great Apelles employed Campaspe, a mistress of Alexander the Great, for his model. The subject never entirely…
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01 Painting, Middle East Artists, Gamal El Seguini’s A View of Imbaba Bridge, Cairo, with Footnotes, #47
Born in a popular neighborhood of Cairo in 1917, Gamal El Seguini joined the School of Fine Arts in Cairo in 1933 to study sculpture. Four years later, and after his graduation, he traveled to Paris, where he discovered the works of the French sculptors Jacques Bourdelle and August Rodin. The outbreak of world war II obliged…
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13 Drawings – RELIGIOUS ART – Drawings from the Bible by Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
This is the first of two scenes in which Rembrandt depicted different aspects of the biblical story of Abraham and Isaac. Here Abraham beckons his son with his hand raised heavenward indicating that his sacrifice is a result of obedience to God. Etching and burin work combined with selective wiping of the plate produce an…
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15 Works, Today, March 27th. is artist Per Aass Deberitz’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #85
Justøya or Justøy is an island in Lillesand municipality in Agder county, Norway. The name comes from Old Norse word Jóstr. Per Aass Deberitz (also Peder Deberitz, 27 March 1880–14 October 1945) was a Norwegian painter. He was regarded as a neo-impressionist and was also a pupil of Henri Matisse during the years of his…
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01 Painting, The amorous game, Auguste Rodin’s TWO WOMEN EMBRACING, Part 65 – With Footnotes
The subject of Sapphic loves is very frequent in Rodin’s drawings, which often uses several models simultaneously. The impetuosity and the accuracy of the movement had to be captured instantly and then transferred to a new sheet, the artist used to trace his drawing on the first draft in order to achieve a new, refined…
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13 works, 32 years later Boston’s $500M art heist remains mystery, with footnotes
13 paintings (by Rembrandt, Vermeer and Manet) vanished on March 18, 1990. The 25th anniversary of the infamous heist; where two men dressed as police officers gained entry to the museum, tied up the security officers and swiped 13 works worth an estimated $500 million. The museum continues to offer a $5 million reward for…
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01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the bible, Antwerp School’s The Holy Trinity , With Footnotes – 148
The Christian doctrine of the Trinity holds that God is one God, but three coeternal consubstantial persons or hypostases — the Father, the Son (Jesus Christ), and the Holy Spirit — as “one God in three Divine Persons”. The three Persons are distinct, yet are one “substance, essence or nature”. In this context, a “nature” is what one is,…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Chris von Wangenheim’s SUSAN SARANDON, with Footnotes. #107
In the late 70s to early 80s, Chris von Wangenheim loved all the trappings of the punk scene-the tattoos, leather motorcycle jackets, and wildly colored hair-and incorporated them into his high-fashion work such as the image with Susan Sarandon for the Crawdaddy Magazine cover of May 1978 issue.The cover featured the tagline “Wild Dreams Wicked…
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01 Painting, Middle East Artists, Gazbia Sirry’s The Boat, with Footnotes, #46
Gazbia Sirry (born 1925) is an Egyptian painter. Born in Cairo, Gazbia Sirry studied fine arts and became a professor in the painting department of the Faculty of Art Education, Helwan University. Gazbia is considered one of the leading Egyptian artists, with a varied and innovative career of more than 50 years. Serry’s art expressed the…
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17 Works, Today, March 24th. is artist José María Casado del Alisal’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #82
The Battle of Clavijo is a mythical battle. However, it was believed for centuries to be historical, and it became a popular theme of Spanish traditions regarding the Christian expulsion of the Muslims. The stories about the battle are first found centuries after it allegedly occurred; according to them, it was fought near Clavijo between…
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07 Works, Today, March 24th, is St. Gabriel the Archangel’s Day, With Footnotes – #82
Pintoricchio or Pinturicchio, whose formal name was Bernardino di Betto, also known as Benetto di Biagio or Sordicchio, c.1454–1513, Umbrian painter whose real name was Bernardino di Betto. A prolific and facile painter, he was influenced by Perugino, with whom he collaborated on the frescoes for the Sistine Chapel. Pinturicchio worked chiefly in Perugia, Rome,…
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