Tag: Biography
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07 Works, Today, February 28th, is Nicholas (Salos) of Pskov’s Day, With Footnotes – #58
Nicholas of Pskov lived the life of a holy fool for more than three decades. Long before his death he acquired the grace of the Holy Spirit and was granted the gifts of wonderworking and of prophecy. The Pskov people of his time called him Mikula the Fool. Even during his lifetime they revered him as…
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Fiorentino Rosso; Lamentation Of Christ 01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation the bible, With Footnotes – #134
This is the only easel painting that can be dated with certainty to Rosso’s stay in France in 1530-40. The cushions beneath Christ’s body bear the blue alerions on an orange background of the coat of arms of Constable Anne de Montmorency, from whose château at Ecouen the Pietà was taken to the Louvre in…
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Thomas Jacques Somerscales; A bathing party, HMS. Clio 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #252
HMS Clio was a Cadmus-class sloop of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1903, saw active service in the Middle East during World War I, was briefly involved in the British campaign against the Mad Mullah and was sold at Bombay in 1920. Clio started her career on the Australia Station, where she arrived in…
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07 Works, Today, February 27th, is St. Macarius’ Day, With Footnotes – #57
Macarius of Jerusalem; was Bishop of Jerusalem from 312 to shortly before 335, according to Sozomen. He is recognized as a saint within the Orthodox and Catholic churches. As with many saints from that early period, there is very little information available about him. What we do know is that Macarius was named bishop of Jerusalem in the…
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Elizabeth Lennie, Tethys 01 Painting, Modern Interpretation of Olympian deities, with footnotes #41
In Greek mythology, Tethys was one of the Titan offspring of Uranus (Sky) and Gaia (Earth). Tethys played no active part in Greek mythology, the only early story concerning Tethys, is what Homer has Hera briefly relate in the Iliad’s Deception of Zeus passage. Hera says that, when Zeus was in the process of deposing Cronus, she was given…
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Odilon Redon, CHRIST AND HIS DISCIPLES 01 Work, Modern Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – #40
Since much of Western religious art is traditionally rooted in scripture, Redon is unusual in this respect. The present work draws on the theme of discipleship and the divine nature of Christ rather than a specific episode of the New Testament. Though he was not an orthodox Christian, Redon mixed in Catholic circles and was…
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Nicolas Senegas; Sotto Voce 01 Work, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 63
The present work features a seated figure with her chest exposed and her face turned away from the viewer. The title of the work, “Sotto Voce” is the action of intentionally lowering one’s voice for emphasis, as if to say something under the breath. “Sotto Voce” is a study in the human form and the…
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Follower of Pietro da Cortona; A Roman Carrying a Sabine Woman 01 Painting, Olympian deities, by the Old Masters, with footnotes #42
Rape of the Sabine Women is the common name of an incident from Roman mythology, in which the men of Rome committed a mass abduction of young women from the other cities in the region. It has been a frequent subject of artists, particularly during the Renaissance and post-Renaissance eras. Use of the word “rape” comes from…
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Sir Muirhead Bone, MIDNIGHT IN VENICE 01 Painting of the Canals of Venice, with foot notes. #73
Sir Muirhead Bone, (born March 23, 1876, Glasgow, Scotland—died October 21, 1953, Ferry Hinksey, Oxford, England), Scottish artist who is best known as an etcher and drypoint engraver of architectural subjects. Bone first studied architecture and then art at the Glasgow School of Art. Attracted to the picturesque aspect of buildings, he began to depict…
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05 Works, Today, February 24rd, is Saint Æthelberht of Kent’s Day, With Footnotes – #54
Æthelberht (c. 550 – 24 February 616) was King of Kent from about 589 until his death. The son of Eormenric, succeeding him as king. He married Bertha, the Christian daughter of Charibert, king of the Franks (Paris) , thus building an alliance with the most powerful state in contemporary Western Europe; the marriage probably took…
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Ralph Gibson; SELECTED NUDE STUDIES OF LISA 02 Works, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes #62
Ralph Gibson, (born January 16, 1939, Los Angeles, California, U.S.), American photographer whose work reveals a fascination for geometric elements found in everyday life, such as the meeting of two walls or the curve of a human arm. Gibson grew up in Los Angeles, leaving home to enlist in the U.S. Navy at the age…
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Neil Boyle, Your Place or Mine 01 Painting, The amorous game, Part 60 – With Footnotes
Born in Alberta, Canada, Neil Boyle (1931-2006) received formal art training in Alberta at the Banff School of Fine Arts, Canada, and the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles in the 1950s before teaching art for several years at the California Art Institute in Thousand Oaks, California. Over the next decade, Boyle provided story illustrations for…
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Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky, Abandoning Ship 01 Classic Work of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #251
While stormy seas, sinking ships and survivors in lifeboats are common themes in Aivazovsky’s work, the absence of horizon and sky in this painting is very unusual. The tightly cropped composition draws the viewer in and increases the drama of the scene, further enhanced by the striking reflection of light on the waves. The unusual…
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