Tag: Biography
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Nebojsa Ruzic Varda; Limani 01 Marine Painting, With Footnotes, #286
“Limania” is a Greek word meaning harbors. Nebojsa Ruzic Varda; “I was born on March, 16. 1955. in Otocac – Lika. I finished schooling in Belgrade, as well as the Faculty of Fine Arts. My main interests are in: drawing, painting, caricature and photography. In the previous period I also dealt with: graphics, film and architecture.…
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06 Works, Today, April 11th, is Saints Martinian and Processus’ day, With Footnotes – #98
Martinian and Processus were Christian martyrs of ancient Rome. Neither the years they lived nor the circumstances of their deaths are known. They are currently buried in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. According to legend, Martinian and Processus were were pagans and they served as guards at the Mamertine prison in Rome. In this prison were…
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07 Works, Today, April 10th, is Gregory V of Constantinople’s day, With Footnotes – #97
Gregory V (Georgios Angelopoulos), (1746–22 April 1821) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1797 to 1798, from 1806 to 1808 and from 1818 to 1821. He was responsible for much restoration work to the Patriarchal Cathedral of St George, which had been badly damaged by fire in 1738. The Patriarch was not only the head…
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Fabio Mauri, Jewish 01 Work, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 76
The symbol is branded along with a number of marks of racial discrimination. The artistic expression of these works with the horrific reality which is evoked. Judaism has an explicit and radical ideological connotation, with a strong accent not only on the negative aspects of Nazi German, but also on the entire European culture That, for…
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Charles Murray Padday, The Harbour at Bougie, Algeria 01 Marine Painting, With Footnotes, #265
Béjaïa is a Mediterranean port city on the Gulf of Béjaïa in Algeria. According to Al-Bakri, the bay was first inhabited by Andalusians. Béjaïa stands on the site of the ancient city of Saldae, a minor port in Carthaginian and Roman times it was founded as a colony for old soldiers by emperor Augustus. According to…
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Lavinia Fontana, Mars and Venus 01 Painting, The amorous game, Part 64 – With Footnotes
In a bedroom a man and a young woman pose as Mars and Venus. She is completely naked and looks back: she stares at us and hands us a narcissus flower. He has only his helmet on his head and a drape covers his private parts: he looks at her and, almost frightened, puts his…
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05 Works, Today, April 9th, is Holy Martyr Eupsychius’s day, With Footnotes – #96
The Holy Martyr Eupsychius was born in the city of Caesarea in Cappadocia and received a Christian upbringing by his illustrious parents. During the reign of Julian the Apostate (361–363), Saint Eupsychius entered into a Christian marriage. At Caesarea there was a pagan temple to the goddess Fortuna, whom Julian the Apostate revered. As Eupsychius…
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Eugen von Blaas, Girl at the Window 01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #86
A young woman is leaning against the balustrade of a Venetian home. The delicacy of the rose held in her hand is reflected in her innocent features. Von Blaas strove to capture the inherent beauty of Italian women by capturing them in their conversations in the streets, selling flowers or courting with lovers. The artist’s…
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04 Works, Today, April 8th, is Julian of Saint Augustine’s day, With Footnotes – #95
The father of Blessed Julian was a French nobleman who, in order to escape from the violent pressure exerted on him by the Calvinists to make him apostatize from the Catholic Faith, fled to Spain leaving all his wealth behind. There Julian was born and reared amid unpretentious circumstances, but in a very Christian manner.…
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Richard Ziegler; Judgment of Paris, 01 Work, Contemporary Interpretations of Olympian deities, with footnotes #24
The influence of the art of Italy and especially of the Renaissance can also be seen in this work. Thus, the frieze-like structure and the detailed representation of the vegetation to Paolo Uccello reminiscent, while Sandro Botticelli’s painting with the same subject Paris also on the right sitting on a stone with the golden apple…
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05 Works, Today, April 7th, is Jean-Baptiste de La Salle’s day, With Footnotes – #94
Jean-Baptiste de La Salle (April 30, 1651 – April 7, 1719) was a French priest, educational reformer, and founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. He is a saint of the Catholic Church and the patron saint for teachers of youth. He is referred to both as La Salle and as De…
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Gerda Wegener, Danish, Les femmes fatales, 01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, meet Gerda Wegener, with Footnotes. #85
A femme fatale, sometimes called a maneater or vamp, is a stock character of a mysterious and seductive woman whose charms ensnare her lovers, often leading them into compromising, dangerous, and deadly situations. She is an archetype of literature and art. Her ability to enchant and hypnotise her victim with a spell was in the earliest…
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Renato Guttuso, Partigiana iugoslava/ Yugoslav Partisan, 01 Work, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 75
The Yugoslav Partisans, or the National Liberation Army, officially the National Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Yugoslavia, was the Communist-led resistance to the Axis powers (chiefly Germany) in occupied Yugoslavia during World War II. It is considered to be Europe’s most effective anti-Axis resistance movement during World War II, often compared to the Polish…
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Eugène Galien-Laloue, Navire au port/ Ship at the port 01 Marine Painting, With Footnotes, #264
Eugène Galien-Laloue (1854–1941) was a French artist of French-Italian parents and was born in Paris on December 11, 1854. He was a populariser of street scenes, usually painted in autumn or winter. His paintings of the early 1900s accurately represent the era in which he lived: a happy, bustling Paris, la Belle Époque, with horse-drawn carriages,…
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Auguste Pinchart, MATERNITÉ TUNISIENNE/ TUNISIAN MOTHERHOOD 01 Painting by the Orientalist Artists, with footnotes, #53
Emile Auguste Pinchart was a French painter of portraits and genre and followed the tradition of an idealised vision of life during La Belle Epoque, in the style of Tissot and his followers. His light and natural palette reflects a sentiment of delightful charm. A pupil of Gerome, he exhibited at the Salon de Paris, obtaining…
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03 Works, Today, April 6th, is St. Marcellinus of Carthages day, With Footnotes – #94
Marcellinus of Carthage was a Christian martyr and saint who died in 413. He was secretary of state of the Western Roman Empire under Roman emperor Honorius and a close friend of Augustine of Hippo, as well as a correspondent of Saint Jerome‘s. Marcellinus was described as “a cultured, generous aristocrat, interested in theology”. He was married to Anapsychia, a notable late Roman woman… Please follow link for full post
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Jean Dufy, L’Institut et la Passerelle des Arts, 1929 01 Painting, Streets of Paris, Part 67 – With Footnotes
The Pont des Arts or Passerelle des Arts is a pedestrian bridge in Paris which crosses the River Seine. It links the Institut de France and the central square (cour carrée) of the Palais du Louvre, (which had been termed the “Palais des Arts” under the First French Empire). The bridge has sometimes served as a…
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Antoine Renault, Quincy Davis 01 Marine Painting – Dorothy Braund, With Footnotes, #263
Quincy Rose Davis (born May 18, 1995) is a surfer born in Montauk, New York. She started surfing when she was seven years old. With the shore as her backyard, Davis spent long summer days at the beach with her family who were always surfing. Davis started attending local surf events with older friends and would…
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