Tag: Cupid
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26 Works, December 3rd. is Lord Frederic Leighton’s day, his art, illustrated with footnotes #244
Frederic Leighton, known as Sir Frederic Leighton between 1878 and 1896, was a British painter, draughtsman, and sculptor. His works depicted historical, biblical, and classical subject matter in an academic style… Please follow link for full post
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06 Paintings, Olympian deities, William Etty’s Venus, with footnotes # 47
Venus is the Roman goddess whose functions encompassed love, beauty, desire, sex, fertility, prosperity and victory. In Roman mythology, she was the mother of the Roman people through her son, Aeneas… Please follow link for full post
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36 Paintings, Olympian deities, The full story of Cupid and Psyche, by the Old Masters, with footnotes #7
There were once a king and queen, rulers of an unnamed city, who had three daughters of conspicuous beauty. The youngest and most beautiful was Psyche, whose admirers, neglecting the proper worship of the love goddess Venus, instead prayed and made offerings to her. It was rumored that she was the second coming of Venus……
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01 Paintings, Olympian deities, Prague School’s Venus, Bacchus and Cupid, with footnotes # 43
Venus and Love/ Venus and Cupid. Different tales exist about the origin of Venus and Cupid. Some say that Venus, the goddess of love and beauty, had a love affair with Mars, the god of war. Out of this relationship, Cupid was born. Cupid has attributes from both of his parents. Like his mother he is considered…
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26 Works, December 3rd. is Frederic Leighton’s day, his art, illustrated with footnotes #244
This is one of the most dramatic and powerful works, painted in the dark and solemn style of Leighton’s late career. Leighton’s tondo shows the resurrection of the dead, as described in the Book of Revelation: ‘And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead…
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14 Works, November 26th. is Antonio Carneo’s day, his art, illustrated with footnotes #241
Depicting a young man who compresses his bowels in the presence of a group of bystanders who follow his spasms with apprehension or try to help him, it is described ab antiquo with the title with which it is still remembered today. However, since it is difficult to represent a generic poisoning scene (provoked or…
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23 Works, November 1st. is Cornelis Cornelisz’s day, his art, illustrated with footnotes #229
The Last Supper is based on a late 15th-century mural painting by Leonardo da Vinci in the refectory of the Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan. It is one of the world’s most famous paintings. The painting represents the scene of The Last Supper of Jesus with his disciples, as it is told in…
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23 Works, Today, June 3rd. is William Hilton’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #152
The Massacre of the Innocents is the incident in the nativity narrative of the Gospel of Matthew in which Herod the Great, king of Judea, orders the execution of all male children two years old and under in the vicinity of Bethlehem. The Catholic Church regards them as the first Christian martyrs. A majority of…
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Circle of Nicolas Poussin, Venus and Cupid 01 Paintings, Olympian deities, by the Old Masters, with footnotes # 22
Circle of Nicolas Poussin, (1594 – 1665) Venus and Cupid Oil on canvas 33 x 42.5 cm.; 13 x 16 3/4 in. Private collection Venus and Love/ Venus and Cupid. Different tales exist about the origin of Venus and Cupid. Some say that Venus, the goddess of love and beauty, had a love affair with Mars, the god…
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Italian School, Sleeping Venus with Cupid 01 Paintings, Olympian deities, by the Old Masters, with footnotes # 23
Italian School, c. 1660 Sleeping Venus with Cupid Oil on canvas 75 x 130 cm Private collection This “Sleeping Venus” has not yet been assigned an author. The motif, with the goddess here depicted life-sized in an elongated landscape format, derives from the works of 16th century Venetian artists such as Giorgone and Titian. Paris…
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Giovanni Bilivert, VENUS, CUPID AND PAN 01 Paintings, Olympian deities, by the Old Masters, with footnotes # 19
Giovanni Bilivert, FLORENCE 1585 – 1644 VENUS, CUPID AND PAN Oil on copper 18 by 13 in.; 45.7 by 33 cm. Private collection Venus, goddess of love, is dipping her feet in a shallow, crystalline pond. Naked save for her pearl headdress and earrings, she is assisted by Cupid who washes her left leg. He is…
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03 Paintings, Olympian deities, by the Old Masters, with footnotes # 13
George Frederick Watts, 1817 – 1904 UNDINE Oil on panel 24 1/4 by 23 3/4 in., 61.6 by 60.3 cm Private collection Undine is a fairy-tale novella by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué in which Undine, a water spirit, marries a knight named Huldebrand in order to gain a soul. It is an early German romance, which has…
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