Tag: Fine Art
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Georges Louis Poilleux-Saint-Ange, The Escape, 01 Painting by Orientalist Artists, with footnotes, #61
George Louis Poilleux Saint-Ange was a French painter born June 20, 1853 in Paris and died in 1911 at the age of 58 years.He was a member of the French School and student of Isidore Pils , being influenced by his style. Poilleux Sant’Angelo is oriented on military painting , the history of painting and…
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11 works, Today, September 17th, is Saint Hildegard’s day, her story illustrated #259
Hildegard of Bingen OSB (born 1098, Böckelheim, West Franconia [Germany] — died September 17, 1179, Rupertsberg, near Bingen; canonized May 10, 2012; feast day September 17), was a German abbess, visionary mystic, and composer., also known as Saint Hildegard and the Sibyl of the Rhine. Hildegard was born of noble parents and was educated at the Benedictine…
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08 works, Today, September 16th, is Martyr Euphemia the Goth’s day, her story illustrated #258
The Holy Great Martyr Euphemia the All-Praised was the daughter of Christians, the senator Philophronos and Theodosia. She suffered for Christ in the year 304 in the city of Chalcedon, on the banks of the Bosphorus opposite Constantinople… Please follow link for full post
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Vincenzo Irolli, ANGEL LEADS A YOUNG WOMAN, 01 Work, CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 49
Vincenzo Irolli (30 September 1860 – 27 November 1949) was an Italian painter born in Naples. He enrolled at the Naples Institute of Fine Arts, and graduated three years later. The work he presented regularly at the exhibitions of the Naples Società Promotrice di Belle Arti as from 1879 comprised portraits and genre scenes. Irolli became a…
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06 works, Today, September 15th, is Saint Nicetas the Goth’s day, his story illustrated #257
After the victory of Fritigern, heading a Christian army and inflicting defeat on the pagan Athanaric, the Christian Faith began to spread increasingly among the Goths. The Arian bishop Ulfilas, the successor to Bishop Theophilus, created a Gothic alphabet and translated into the Gothic language many priestly books. Saint Niketas worked intensely among his fellow…
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03 works, Today, September 14th, is Exaltation of the Cross day, the story illustrated #256
Exaltation of the Holy Cross, also called Universal Exaltation of the Holy and Life-Giving Cross or Holy Cross Day, liturgical feast celebrated on September 14 to honour the cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified. In the Eastern churches the feast dates back to the dedication of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (the site…
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07 works, Today, September 13th, is Ketevan the Martyr’s day, her story illustrated #255
Ketevan the Martyr (c. 1560 — September 13, 1624) was born to Prince Ashotan of Mukhrani (Bagrationi) and married Prince David of Kakheti, the future David I, king of Kakheti from 1601 to 1602. She was a queen of Kakheti, a kingdom in eastern Georgia. She was regent of Kakheti during the minority of her son Teimuraz…
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06 works, Today, September 12th, is Hieromartyr Dositheus’s day, his story illustrated #254
Thirty-five thousand Persian soldiers marched toward Georgia in the year 1795. The Georgian king Erekle II (1762–1798) and his two thousand soldiers declared war on the invaders as they were approaching Tbilisi. The Georgians won the first skirmish, but many perished in the fighting. The enemy was shaken and was preparing to flee the battleground,…
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06 works, Today, September 11th, is Felix and Regula’s day, their story illustrated #253
Felix and Regula are Coptic Orthodox and Roman Catholic saints , together with their servant Exuperantius, are the patron saints of Zürich. Felix and Regula were members of the Theban legion under Saint Maurice, stationed in Agaunum in the Valais. Please follow link for full post
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Théodore Chassériau, Two half-naked women, 01 Painting, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 140
Théodore Chassériau (September 20, 1819 – October 8, 1856) was a French Romantic painter noted for his portraits, historical and religious paintings, allegorical murals, and Orientalist images inspired by his travels to Algeria.Chassériau was born in El Limón, Samaná, in the Spanish colony of Santo Domingo (now the Dominican Republic). In December 1820 the family left…
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Youssef Nabil, EHSAN CRYING, 01 Painting, Middle East Artists, with Footnotes, #37
Youssef Nabil (born 6 November 1972) is an Egyptian artist and photographer. Nabil started his photography career in 1992. In 1997, Nabil worked in Paris with the Peruvian fashion photographer Mario Testino till late 1998. In 1999, Youssef Nabil had his first solo exhibition in Cairo. Nabil left Egypt in 2003 for an artist residency at the…
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Lawrence Alma Tadema, A Foregone Conclusion, c. 1885, 01 Painting, The amorous game, Part 58 – With Footnotes
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, OM, RA (8 January 1836 – 25 June 1912) was a Dutch painter of special British denizenship. Born in Dronrijp, the Netherlands, and trained at the Royal Academy of Antwerp, Belgium, he settled in England in 1870 and spent the rest of his life there. A classical-subject painter, he became famous for his depictions…
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07 works, Today, September 6th, is Saint Clodoald’s day, his story illustrated #249
Saint Clodoald, better known as Saint Cloud was born in 522 A.D. He was the grandson of Clovis, founder of the Kingdom of the Franks, and his wife Saint Clothilde. Following the death of his parents, Cloud and his two brothers were cared for by their grandmother, Saint Clothilde, the widowed queen. Upon his father’s…
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