Tag: Fine Art
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01 Work, Interpretation of the bible, Bartholomeus Douven’s Penitent Magdalene, with Footnotes #208
Sold for 16,250 EUR in March 2015 Mary Magdalene, literally translated as Mary the Magdalene or Mary of Magdala, is a figure in Christianity who, according to the Bible, traveled with Jesus as one of his followers. She is said to have witnessed Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection. Within the four Gospels she is named more than…
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34 Paintings of the Canals of Venice in the 18 & 19th Century, by the artists of the time, with foot notes #1
Venice, the capital of northern Italy’s Veneto region, is built on more than 100 small islands in a lagoon in the Adriatic Sea. It has no roads, just canals — including the Grand Canal thoroughfare — lined with Renaissance and Gothic palaces. The central square, Piazza San Marco, contains St. Mark’s Basilica, which is tiled with Byzantine mosaics… Please…
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01 painting, The amorous game, Jean-Honoré Fragonard’s The Fountain of Love, With Footnotes #83
The scene depicts love as a natural force and uncontrollable passion, stronger than the people affected by it. This perception of love was still recent around 1785 when Fragonard painted the two versions. While the image of a fountain of love was known, e. g. from Aristotle, the image is Fragonard’s pictorial invention without a…
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06 works, Today, September 29th, is Saint Theodota’s day, her story illustrated #271
Towards the end of the reign of Licinius, on a Friday, in September, in the year 318, a persecution was raised at Philippi, anciently Eumolpias, in Thrace. Agrippa the prefect, on a festival of Apollo, had commanded that the whole city should offer a great sacrifice with him… Please follow link for full post
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01 Work, Contemporary Interpretation of the Bible, Jan Saudek’s Black Cup, with Footnotes – 14 B
Sold for 2,800 PLN in November 2017 Black Cup. For the church, the cup has come to represent the central events of Christianity, the death and resurrection of Christ. In the Garden of Gethsemane, Christ returns to the fundamental meaning of the cup as a representative of fate. In his prayer, the cup symbolizes the pain, degradation, and…
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03 works, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Thomas Beach’s Portraits of Mrs. Siddons, with Footnotes #229
Sold for £31,250 in April 2015 “Beauty is life when life unveils her holy face.But you are life and you are the veilBeauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirrorBut you are eternity and you are the mirror”Kahlil Gibrain Gibran Khalil Gibran (January 6, 1883 – April 10, 1931), was a Lebanese-American writer, poet and visual artist,…
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03 works, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Thomas Beach’s Portraits of Mrs. Siddons, with Footnotes #229
Sarah Siddons was a Welsh actress, the best-known tragedienne of the 18th century. Contemporaneous critic William Hazlitt dubbed Siddons as “tragedy personified”… Please follow link for full post
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13 Works, September 24th. is Artist Edouard Hamman’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #209
Edouard Jean Conrad Hamman (24 September 1819 in Ostend — 30 March 1888 in Paris) was a Belgian painter and engraver who specialized in portraying scenes from the lives of famous artists, scholars and the nobility… Please follow link for full post
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01 Work, Interpretation of the bible, Abraham Janssens I’s Penitent Magdalene, with Footnotes #206
One of a series of half-length, figural compositions undertaken by Abraham Janssens in the 1620s, this painting of the Penitent Magdalen was intended for a private patron. Its owner would have savored the visual opulence of the pensive saint surrounded by jewels, silks, fruit, and a golden ointment jar, while also understanding the somber skull…
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04 Photographs, The Art Of The Nude, Frank Horvat’s Kristin, Aurelia, Alice and Alexandra, with footnotes # 116
The idea of referring to famous master-pieces probably came to me from a thought that had often crossed my mind — on the subway, for instance — when glancing at some woman who struck me as particularly beautiful, but who didn’t seem conscious of her beauty… Please follow link for full post
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01 Photograph The amorous game, Robert Doisneau’s Le Baiser de l’Hôtel de Ville/ The Kiss at City Hall with Footnotes #86
Estimated for €20,000 EUR – €25,000 EUR in June 2011 Doisneau’s photo was not without controversy. Many years later, a couple, Jean and Denise Lavergne, stepped forward to pronounce themselves the lip-locked subjects. Doisneau took the couple to lunch, and not wanting to “shatter their dream,” he let them go on thinking they were indeed…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Francesco Furini’s Lady with a tambourine, the Muse Erato, with Footnotes #228
Sold for 47,880 GBP in July 2022 In Greek mythology, Erato is one of the Greek Muses, which were inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts. The name would mean “desired” or “lovely”, if derived from the same root as Eros, as Apollonius of Rhodes playfully suggested in the invocation to Erato that begins Book III of his…
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01 Work, Giovanni Battista Torriglia’s The artist’s studio , with Footnotes #87
Sold for $4,000 USD in February 2023 The studio of any artist, especially from the 15th to the 19th centuries, characterized all the assistants, thus the designation of paintings as “from the workshop of…” or “studio of…” An art studio is sometimes called an atelier, especially in earlier eras. More on The studio Giovanni Battista Torriglia was an…
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06 works, Today, September 18th, is Saint Ludmila’s day, her story illustrated #260
Saint Ludmila (c. 860–15 September 921) is a Czech saint and martyr venerated by the Orthodox and the Roman Catholics. She was the daughter of the Sorbian prince Slavibor. Saint Ludmila was the grandmother of Saint Wenceslaus, who is widely referred to as Good King Wenceslaus… Please follow link for full post
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01 Work, Contemporary Interpretation of the bible, Ramon Martinez’s dark crucifix, with Footnotes #54
The crucifixion darkness is an episode in three of the canonical gospels in which the sky becomes dark in daytime during the crucifixion of Jesus for roughly three hours. Most ancient and medieval Christian writers treated this as a miracle, and believed it to be one of the few episodes from the New Testament which were…
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01 work, The Art Of The Nude, Hermann August Philips’ Portrait of a woman and Lying Woman, with footnotes #208
Hermann August Philips (born May 25, 1844 in Aachen , † October 17, 1927 in Munich ) was a German genre and portrait painter of the Düsseldorf school.From 1863 to 1868, Philips studied painting with Edward von Steinle at the Städelsche Kunstinstitut in Frankfurt am Main . Then he was in Antwerp , Düsseldorf and Offenbach…
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03 Photographs of the Canals of Venice by Gianni Berengo Gardin, with footnotes #118
Gianni Berengo Gardin (born 1930) is an Italian photographer who has concentrated on reportage and editorial work, but whose career as a photographer has encompassed book illustration and advertising… Please follow link for full post
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01 Work, Robert Neal’s The Agony of Ethiopia , with Footnotes #88
Estimated for US$12,000 – US$18,000 in July 2022 A widespread famine affected Ethiopia from 1983 to 1985. The worst famine to hit the country in a century, it affected 7.75 million people (out of Ethiopia’s 38–40 million) and left approximately 300,000 to 1.2 million dead. 2.5 million people were internally displaced whereas 400,000 refugees left Ethiopia. Almost…
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01 Painting by Orientalist Artists, Howard A. Terpning’s Desert Storm, with footnotes #89
On sale for $14,062 in September 2023 Howard Terpning (born November 5, 1927) is an American painter and illustrator best known for his paintings of Native Americans. Terpning was born in Oak Park, Illinois. His mother was an interior decorator, and his father worked for the railroad. As a boy he liked to draw and knew…
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04 works, The Art Of The Nude, Fritz Erler’s Calma, with footnotes #207
Fritz Erler (15 December 1868–11 December 1940) was a German painter, graphic designer and scenic designer. Although most talented as an interior designer, he is perhaps best remembered for several propaganda posters he produced during World War I… Please follow link for full post
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