Tag: Fine Art
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William Kroll, Eve Has Fallen 01 Work, CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 25
Eve has fallen from grace upon the fruit of her own demise. She now rests upon the dark abyss of her soul. Despite her failings, the intrinsic natural beauty of form remains just as appealing… William Kroll Eve is a figure in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible. According to the creation myth of the…
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Abraham Bloemaert; THE EXPULSION OF ADAM AND EVE 01 Work, Interpretation the bible, With Footnotes – 130
Adam and Eve, according to the creation myth of the Abrahamic religions, were the first man and woman and the ancestors of all humans. The story of Adam and Eve is central to the belief that YHWH created human beings to live in a paradise on earth, although they fell away from that state and formed…
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Mario Schifano; Naked woman 01 Work, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 57
Mario Schifano (20 September 1934, Khoms, Libya – 26 January 1998, Rome, Italy) was an Italian painter and collagist of the Postmodern tradition. He also achieved some renown as a film-maker and rock musician. He is considered to be one of the most significant and pre-eminent artists of Italian postmodernism. His work was exhibited in the…
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Robert Alexander Hillingford; The Tired Warrior 01 Painting, The amorous game, Part 57 – With Footnotes
Robert Alexander Hillingford (28 January 1828 – 1904) was an English painter. He specialized in historical pictures, often battle scenes. He was born in London on 28 January 1828, and studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf for five years beginning in 1841. He is associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting. He then traveled to Munich, Rome,…
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Ayman Baalbaki, Al Moulatham/ The Masked 01 Painting, Middle East Artists, with Footnotes, 4
Ayman Baalbaki (born in 1975 in Adaisseh, Lebanon) is a Lebanese painter. He studied at the Lebanese University and at the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs in Paris. His large-scale expressionist portraits of fighters made him one of the most popular young Arab artists. Born the year the civil war started in Lebanon, Ayman Baalbaki…
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01 Work, Today, February 2nd, Christ will meet the Lord, With Footnotes – 5
The Meeting of the Lord in the Temple is one of the Great Feasts of the Orthodox Church, celebrated on February 2 and February 15, using the Gregorian Calendar, Julian Calendar, and Revised Julian Calendar. This feast is also known as Candlemas, particularly in Western nations, due to the custom of blessing candles on this day.…
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Edouard Boubat, Lella, Bretagne 02 works, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #75
Édouard Boubat (13 September, 1923–died Paris 30 June 1999) was a French photojournalist and art photographer. Boubat was born in Montmartre, Paris. He studied typography and graphic arts at the École Estienne and worked for a printing company before becoming a photographer. In 1943 he was subjected to service du travail obligatoire, forced labour of French…
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03 Works, Today, January 31st, is Saints Cyrus and John’s Day, With Footnotes – 31
Saints Cyrus and John (d. ca. 304 AD, or 311) are venerated as martyrs. They are especially venerated by the Coptic Church and surnamed Wonderworking Unmercenaries because they are supposed to have healed the sick free of charge. Cyrus and John were both Alexandrians; this, however, is contradicted by other documents in which it is said…
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Léon Belly, GAZELLE HUNT IN EGYPT 01 Painting by the Orientalist Artists, with footnotes, 75
The proud stances of the camels and their riders, the fluttering robes, bright sun, and vivid colours combine to make this a work of true bravura, and bear testimony to Belly’s genius at capturing the stark light and desert winds of the Egyptian Sinai. Belly travelled to Egypt three times, in 1850, 1856, and 1857.…
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1 Painting, Middle East Artists, with Footnotes, 1 Akram Shukri
Akram Shukri is considered one of the most important artists in the development of the Iraqi modern art movement, and although primarily an architect he was the founding member of the Society of Artists and Art Lovers in 1941. This group included important Iraqi artists such as Jawad Selim, Hafiz Droubi and Faik Hassan. Numerous members…
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03 Works, Today, January 30th, is Saint Martina of Rome’s Day, With Footnotes – 30
Martina of Rome was a Roman martyr under emperor Alexander Severus. A patron saint of Rome, she was martyred in 226. The daughter of an ex-consul and orphaned at an early age, she was described as a noble and beautiful virgin. She so openly testified to her Christian faith that she could not escape the persecutions under Alexander Severus. Arrested and commanded to return to…
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04 Works, Today, January 29th, is Saint Francis de Salese’s Day, With Footnotes – 29
Saint Francis de Sales CO OM OFM Cap. (21 August 1567 – 28 December 1622). Francis was ordained to the priesthood in 1593. From 1594 to 1598 he preached to the Protestants of Chablais and effected the return of some 70,000 souls to the Catholic faith. In 1602 he became bishop of Genf… Please…
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04 Works, Today, January 27th, is Saint Polycarp’s Day, With Footnotes – 27
Polycarp (AD 69 – 155) was a 2nd-century Christian bishop of Smyrna. It is recorded that he had been a disciple of John the Apostle. Saint Jerome wrote that Polycarp was a disciple of John and that John had ordained him bishop of Smyrna. He was reckoned the chief of all the Christians of Asia,…
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Jean Beraud, French, Carrefour Drouot 01 Painting, Streets of Paris, Part 67 – With Footnotes
The rue Drouot was created in the early eighteenth century, but it was extended in the second half of the nineteenth century, following the “Haussmannization” of Paris. The street housed many “magasins de nouveautés”, as well as the famous Hôtel Drouot, which, to this day, is the most renowned auction gallery in the French capital city. More…
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Gerard van Kuijl, A shepherd and shepherdess 01 Painting, The amorous game, Part 56 – With Footnotes
Gerard van Kuijl or Kuijll (1604, Gorinchem – 1673, Gorinchem), was a Dutch Golden Age painter. He is known for religious and genre works in the style of Caravaggio. Gerard left for Italy in 1627 or 1628. He joined the Bentvueghels with the nickname Stijgbeugel. In Italy he was a pupil of fellow Bentvueghel Jean…
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Suleiman Mansour, And the Convoy Keeps Going 01 Painting, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 48
Sliman Mansour (born 1947), is a Palestinian painter, considered an important figure among contemporary Palestinian artists. Mansour is considered an artist of the intifada whose work gave visual expression to the cultural concept of sumud. Palestinian artist and scholar Samia Halaby has identified Mansour as part of the Liberation Art Movement and cites his important…
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Paul Strand; Oaxaca 04 Works, CONTEMPORARY & 20th Century Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 32
This is a depiction of a sculptural work in a Catholic church in Tlacochoaya, Oaxaca, Mexico. In this tableau, the Christ figure is placed in a framed space that recedes behind him. His feet extend outside of the frame, drawing further attention to the three dimensional aspect of the sculpture. The frame is an ornate…
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Salvatore Fiume; Model lying 01 Work, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 56
Salvatore Fiume (23 October 1915 – 3 June 1997) was an Italian painter, sculptor, architect, writer and stage designer. His works are kept in some of the most important museums in the world, among which the Vatican Museums, the Hermitage of Saint Petersburg, the Museum of Modern Art of New York City, the Pushkin Museum of…
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