Tag: Fine Art
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Walter Bird, Incognita 01 Photograph, The Art Of The Nude, Incognita, with footnotes # 7
Walter Bird (1903 – 1969) Incognita, c. 1938 Photoetching 10 13/16 x 8 15/16 in. (275 x 227 mm) Private collection Walter Bird (1903–1969) was a British photographer. He became known for his images of nudes and jointly set up a studio, Photo Centre Ltd., with John Everard and Horace Roye in 1939. From 1958 he was…
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01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, January 4, is Saint Dafrosa’s Day, With Footnotes – 163
Pietro da Cortona St. Dafrosa of Acquapendente, c. 1640 Oil on canvas Height: 187 cm (73.6 ″); Width: 119 cm (46.8 ″) Musée Comtadin-Duplessis, Carpentras St. Dafrosa of Acquapendente was married to Saint Flavian; mother of Saint Bibiana and Saint Demetria. Martyred in the persecutions of Julian the Apostate. She left her home in Seville to…
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Marina Abramović, The Levitation of Saint Therese, 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 26
Marina Abramović, Serbian, b. 1946 The Levitation of Saint Therese, 2009 Single flatscreen video installation Private collection The Original Flying Nun – St. Teresa of Avila: St. Teresa of Avila (1515-1582) was a Doctor of the Catholic Church. This was no small or insignificant title. A Doctor of the Church is a saint whose writings have…
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Pierre Subleyras, The Mass of Saint Basil 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, January 1, is Saint Basil’s Day, With Footnotes – 161
Pierre Subleyras, (1699–1749) The Mass of Saint Basil, c. 1746 Oil on canvas Height: 137 cm (53.9 ″); Width: 79 cm (31.1 ″) Metropolitan Museum of Art Basil of Caesarea, also called Saint Basil the Great (329 or 330 – January 1 or 2, 379), was the Greek bishop of Caesarea Mazaca in Cappadocia, Asia Minor (modern-day…
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Sante D’Orazio, Patricia Velasquez, 01 Photograph, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 12
Sante D’Orazio Patricia Velasquez, c. 2004 Photography 47 1/2 × 57 1/2 in; 120.7 × 146.1 cm Private collection Patricia Carola Velásquez Semprún (born 31 January 1971) is a Venezuelan actress and model. In 1989, she participated in the Miss Venezuela 1989, where she placed as 2nd runner-up. After 3 years of Engineering college studies, Velásquez…
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Irene Caesar, Susanna and the Elders 03 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – CONTEMPORARY & 20th Century Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 27
Irene Caesar, b. 1963 Susanna and the Elders, c. 2015 Triptych: left Photograph Susanna and the Elders. A fair Hebrew wife named Susanna was falsely accused by lecherous voyeurs. As she bathes in her garden, having sent her attendants away, two lustful elders secretly observe the lovely Susanna. When she makes her way back to her…
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Alonso Cano, Saint John the Evangelist 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, December 27, is John the Apostle’s Day, With Footnotes – 160
Alonso Cano, (1601–1667) São João Evangelista dando a comunhão à Virgem/ Saint John the Evangelist giving communion to the Virgin, c. 17th century Oil on canvas 81 x 46,5 cm Museo Nacional de San Carlos John the Apostle ( c. AD 6 – c. 106) was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus according to the New…
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Vicente Juan Masip, St. Stephen 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, December 26, is Saint Stephen’s Day, With Footnotes – 159
Vicente Juan Masip called Juan de Juanes St. Stephen led to martyrdom, c. 1562, Museo del Prado, Madrid Stephen or Stephan; traditionally venerated as the first martyr of Christianity, was, according to the Acts of the Apostles, a deacon in the early church at Jerusalem who aroused the enmity of members of various synagogues by his…
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Titti Garelli, QUEEN ELENA 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #51
Titti Garelli, Italy QUEEN ELENA Acrylic on Wood Size: 27.6 H x 19.7 W x 0.8 in Private collection Princess Elena of Montenegro, or more commonly known as Queen Elena of Italy (8 January 1871 – 28 November 1952) was the daughter of King Nicholas I of Montenegro and his wife, Milena Vukotić. As wife of Victor…
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Berthold Furtmeyr, The tree of life and death 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, December 24, is Saints Adam and Eve’s Day, With Footnotes – 158
Berthold Furtmeyr The tree of life and death Salzburg Missal Adam and Eve are not called saints in ordinary reference. But they may be called saints on their feast day, which is the vigil of Christmas, because they repented of their sin, lived lives of holiness and are now in Heaven. Adam is the father of…
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01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, December 23, is The Ten Holy Martyrs of Crete’s Day, With Footnotes – 157
The Ten Holy Martyrs of Crete The Ten Holy Martyrs of Crete: Theodulus, Saturninus, Euporus, Gelasius, Eunician, Zoticus, Pompius, Agathopus, Basilides and Evaristus were a group of ten Christian men from Crete who suffered martyrdom during the persecutions of emperor Decius during the third century. They are commemorated on December 23. The Ten refused to worship…
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01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, December 20, is Thomas the Apostle ‘s Day, With Footnotes – 156
Caravaggio, (1571–1610) The Incredulity of Saint Thomas, Jesus Christ & Thomas the Apostle circa 1601 until 1602 Oil on canvas Height: 42.1 ″ (106.9 cm); Width: 57.5 ″ (146 cm) Sanssouci Picture Gallery, Germany The Incredulity of Saint Thomas is a painting of the subject of the same name by the Italian Baroque master Caravaggio, c.…
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Imogen Cunningham, Martha Graham 04 Photograph, The Art Of The Nude, Martha Graham, with footnotes # 10
Imogen Cunningham Martha Graham, c. 1931 Gelatin silver print 7-1/2 – 5-5/8 Private collection “I wanted to begin not with characters or ideas, but with movements . . .I wanted significant movement. I did not want it to be beautiful or fluid. I wanted it to be fraught with inner meaning, with excitement and surge.”…
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02 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, December 18, is Saint Sulpitius the Pious’s Day, With Footnotes – 148
Saint Sulpitius Sulpitius (or Sulpicius) the Pious (died 17 January 644) was a 7th-century bishop of Bourges and a saint. Sulpitius was born at Vatan (Diocese of Bourges), of noble parents, before the end of the sixth century. From his youth he devoted himself to good works and to the study of Scripture, and donated his large patrimony to the…
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02 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, December 15, is Santa Nino’s Day, With Footnotes – 147
Saint Christiana (Nino) and her “living cross”, (c. 296 – c. 338 or 340) Saint Christiana (Nino) (c. 296 – c. 338 or 340) was a woman who preached Christianity in Georgia, that resulted from the Christianization of Iberia. Christiana belonged to a Greek-speaking Roman family from Kolastra, Cappadocia, and was a relative of Saint George. She came to…
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