Tag: Biography

Salome was the daughter of Herod II and Herodias. She is infamous for demanding and receiving the head of John the Baptist, according to the New Testament. According to Flavius Josephus’s Jewish Antiquities, Salome was first married to Philip the Tetrarch of Ituraea and Trakonitis. After Philip’s death in 34 AD she married Aristobulus of Chalcis…

Flemish School 17th century, The Stigmatization of Saint Francis 01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation the bible, With Footnotes – 119

Mar 8, 2019

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The Stigmatization of Saint Francis. Two years before his death, according to his custom, Saint Francis had repaired to Mt La Verna to spend the 40 days preceding the feast of St. Michael the Archangel in prayer and fasting. On the morning of the feast of the Exultation of the Holy Cross, as he was praying in…

Eugen von Blaas, A STOLEN GLANCE 01 Painting, PORTRAIT OF A LADY., with Footnotes. #29

Mar 7, 2019

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in Portait of a Lady

Eugene de Blaas, (24 July 1843 – 10 February 1932), was an Italian painter in the school known as Academic Classicism. He was born at Albano, near Rome, to Austrian parents. His father Karl, also a painter, was his teacher. The family moved to Venice when Karl became Professor at the Academy of Venice. He…

Pascale Taurua, Ripped jeans 01 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 49 – With Footnotes

Mar 6, 2019

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in Art

“As women, we know we want to be sexy. But is being sexy just about sex? Not really. It’s not even about how we walk or what we wear. It’s about our personality and how we say and do what we say and do.” Pascale Taurua Pascale Taurua , born in 1961 is a French painter elected…

Jusepe de Ribera, Apollo Flaying Marsyas 01 Paintings, Olympian deities, by the Old Masters, with footnotes #33

Mar 4, 2019

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in Mythology,, Uncategorized

In Greek mythology Marsyas was a satyr – a being that was half-man and half-goat – who was renowned for his flute playing. The goddess Athena invented a flute, made of Deer bone. She performed for the other gods at a banquet on Mt. Olympus. Upon seeing Athena’s cheeks puff out in an unsightly manner from…

Lynda Diamond, Adam Eve and Dolly 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 27

Mar 4, 2019

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“I painted this painting during the time Dolly the sheep was cloned. I thought it made for interesting subject matter. This painting is special because I made all my own paints for this painting by hand, making the colours more vivid than usual. Adam Eve and Dolly took one year to paint while living in…

José de Ribera, Martyrdom of St. Bartholomew 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation the bible, With Footnotes – 112

Mar 3, 2019

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The painting the almost naked apostle Bartholomew looks at us helplessly, while a sadistic drunken executioner delightedly flays him. On the ground, a classical sculpture, which has been identified as the god Baldach, and in the background two priests, their heads covered, are witnesses to the torture. More on this painting Bartholomew the Apostle was one of…

Steven Doyle, Rushing to get to prayers 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART, With Footnotes – 118

Mar 3, 2019

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Buddhists monks hurrying to their prayers at The Dzong Paro Bhutan. More on this photograph Rinpung Dzong is a large dzong – Buddhist monastery and fortress – of the Drukpa Lineage of the Kagyu school in Paro District, Bhutan. It houses the district Monastic Body and government administrative offices of Paro Dzongkhag. It is listed as a…

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, MARY MAGDALEN IN ECSTASY 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation the bible, With Footnotes – 117

Mar 3, 2019

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In his representation of the saint, Caravaggio has stripped away her traditional symbols such as the skull and the hourglass, and tells her story as a triad of intensely emotive contrasts: red, white and black. More on this painting According to a legend popular in Caravaggio’s time, after Christ’s death his faithful female disciple Mary of Magdala…

José de Ribera, Saint Sebastian Tended by the Holy Women 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation the bible, With Footnotes – 112

Mar 2, 2019

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In the large canvas, the figure of the saint lies naked on the ground, one arm still suspended from the tree of martyrdom. The holy women Irene and Lucilla tend the saint, one of them removing the arrows and the other holding the jar of ointment. Two little angels bearing the crown and the palm…

Evgeniy Monahov, Young wolves 01 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 47 – With Footnotes

Mar 2, 2019

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in Art

Evgeniy Monahov was born in Moscow, Russia in 1974, and developed a love for painting at a very young age. In 1996 he completed the first stage of his formal studies by graduating from the Moscow College of Art. Demonstrating a unique talent and advanced artistic skills, Evgeniy was invited to enroll in the prestigious Surikov…

CHARLES WYSOCKI, ROCKLAND BREAKWATER 01 Work of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #144

Mar 1, 2019

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in Marine Artr

The city of Rockland is located on the west side of Penobscot Bay in the Mid Coast region of Maine. Its harbor, long regarded as one of the finest east of Portland, was frequently used in the 19th century as a safe harbor during bad weather. It was less than ideally suited to this task, because…

Neapolitan School, THE PENITENT MAGDALEN 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation the bible, With Footnotes – 118

Mar 1, 2019

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Penitent Magdalen refers to a post-biblical period in the life of Mary Magdalen. This ‘Magdalen’ bears the hallmarks of Neapolitan painting during that period. The dramatic expression, emphatic naturalism, and intense chiaroscuro derive from the profound influence of Caravaggio (1571–1610), who spent a number of his later years in the port city. More on this painting The…

Edgar Degas, At the Mirror 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY., with Footnotes. #28

Feb 28, 2019

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in Portait of a Lady

Edgar Degas (19 July 1834 – 27 September 1917) was a French artist famous for his paintings, sculptures, prints, and drawings. He is especially identified with the subject of dance; more than half of his works depict dancers. He is regarded as one of the founders of Impressionism, although he rejected the term, preferring to be…

Detlev Nitschke, A STROLL ALONG THE BOULEVARD 01 Painting, Streets of Paris, by the artists of the time, Part 42 – With Footnotes

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in Paris

Detlev Nitschke (German, born 1935) is a German artist known for his picturesque scenes developed from plein-air painting into designs for calendars and maps. His work is heavily influenced by both the American Impressionists and his travels throughout Europe and Russia. Born in 1935 in Berlin, Germany, Nitschke studied lithography at Meisterschule Fur Druck & Graphik,…

Thomas Saliot, Lips and tongues 01 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 46 – With Footnotes

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in Art

Thomas Saliot: “I live in Morocco, France and Spain where i paint simple iconic images from the net or my life, like big oil sketches. I have been painting professionally for over thirty years. Sort of a child of Hopper, figurative and Pop art, i love colors, provocation and big canvas. Thomas Saliot was born in…

Romina Ressia, The Woman & The Hen 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY., with Footnotes. #27

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in Portait of a Lady

A bedraggled hen is rescued from certain starvation by an old woman. The old woman leads a meagre existence, but willing and generously shares food and water with the hen. The hen, it turns out, is capable of laying crystal eggs which reveal within their shells visions of future disasters. The woman attempts to warn…

Nyuka Anaïs Laurent, Well of Souls 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 34

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The Well of Souls is a partly natural, partly man-made cave located inside the Foundation Stone under the Dome of the Rock shrine in Jerusalem. The name “Well of Souls” derives from a medieval Islamic legend that at this place the spirits of the dead can be heard awaiting Judgment Day. The site has never been…

Malcolm T. Liepke, Swan Dive 01 Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #143

Feb 26, 2019

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