Tag: Fine Art
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Jirí Kolár; Four portraits 01 Painting, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #74
Jiří Kolář (24 September 1914, Protivín – 11 August 2002, Prague) was a Czech poet, writer, painter and translator. His work included both literary and visual art. Kolář was born in Protivín on September 29, 1914 in a working-class environment. He trained early in life as a cabinet maker. He later changed trades several times, working…
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05 Works,Today, January 25th, is Saint Paul’s conversion Day, With Footnotes – 25
The conversion of Paul the Apostle was an event in the life of Paul the Apostle that led him to cease persecuting early Christians and to become a follower of Jesus. St. Paul, named Saul at his circumcision, a Jew of the tribe of Benjamin, was born at Tarsus, the capitol of Cilicia. He was a…
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05 Works, Today, January 24nd, Saint Timothy’s Day, With Footnotes – 24
Saint Timothy, (died AD 97, Ephesus, now in Turkey); disciple of St. Paul the Apostle, whom he accompanied on his missions; traditional martyr and first bishop of Ephesus. On his second visit to Lystra in 50, Paul discovered Timothy, taking him as a colleague but first circumcising him out of respect for his Jewish mother…
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Louis Marie de Schryver, The Flower Market on the Île de la Cité 01 Painting, Streets of Paris, by the artists of their time, Part 66 – With Footnotes
The Île de la Cité is one of two remaining natural islands in the Seine within the city of Paris (the other being the Île Saint-Louis).[a] It is the centre of Paris and the location where the medieval city was refounded. More on The Île de la Cité Louis Marie de Schryver, born in Paris in 1862, Louis…
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Mamdouh Kashlan, Hammam Al Nissaa/ Women’s public bath 01 Painting, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 47
Damascus Public Baths (Hammams) were commonly used in Damascus as a civilized phenomena that denotes the interest of the Damascenes in their health, and cleanness of bodies. Going to the bath was a religious and social habit of life in the Orient in general and in Damascus in particular. With very limited means of entertainment in…
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Tamara de Lempicka, NU ASSIS DE PROFIL 01 Work, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 55
Lempicka’s sleek representations of the female nude are renowned as emblems of the Jazz Age. Painted around 1923 in Paris, the female figure in the present work resembles an Amazonian goddess. Her powerful limbs extend beyond the boundary of the picture and the mechanized appearance and sturdy curvature of her body call to mind the…
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04 Works, Today, January 22nd, Saint Anastasius’ Day, With Footnotes – 22
Saint Anastasius of Persia was originally a Zoroastrian cavalryman in the army of Khosrau II (r. 590–628), and participated in capture of the True Cross in Jerusalem, which was carried to the Sasanian capital Ctesiphon. The occasion prompted him to ask for information about the Christian religion. He then experienced a conversion of faith, left the army,…
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01 Works, Today, January 21st, Saint Agnes’ Day, With Footnotes – 21
The Museo del Prado owns two of his paintings representing the Visitation and the Martyrdom of St. Agnes, executed for the chapel of St. Thomas of Villanova in the convent of San Julián de Valencia. Somewhat overshadowed by the fame of his son who had more of an emotional style, but certainly better equipped, experts…
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09 Works, Today, January 20th, Saint Sebastian’s Day, With Footnotes – 20
Sir Peter Paul Rubens (28 June 1577 – 30 May 1640) was a Flemish Baroque painter. A proponent of an extravagant Baroque style that emphasized movement, colour, and sensuality, Rubens is well known for his Counter-Reformation altarpieces, portraits, landscapes, and history paintings of mythological and allegorical subjects. In addition to running a large studio in Antwerp…
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Ismail Shammout, Al- Tariq (The Way) 01 Painting, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 46
Ismail Shammout (1930 – 2006) was a Palestinian artist and art historian. Shammout was born in 1930 in Lydda. On July 12, 1948, he and his family were amongst 25,000 residents of Lydda expelled from their homes by Israeli occupation. The Shammout family moved to the Gaza refugee camp of Khan-Younes. In 1950 Shammout went to…
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07 Works, Today, January 19th, is Saint Canute’s Day, With Footnotes – 19
Canute IV, byname Canute the Holy, or Saint Canute, (born c. 1043—died July 10, 1086, Odense, Den.; canonized 1101; feast days January 19, July 10), martyr, patron saint, and king of Denmark from 1080 to 1086. Canute succeeded his brother Harold Hen as king of Denmark. He opposed the aristocracy and kept a close association…
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Lawrence Schiller; Marilyn Monroe, Something’s Got To Give 01 Work, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 54
Marilyn Monroe, original name Norma Jeane Mortenson, later called Norma Jeane Baker, Jeane sometimes spelled Jean, (born June 1, 1926, Los Angeles, California, U.S.—died August 5, 1962, Los Angeles), American actress who became a major sex symbol, starring in a number of commercially successful motion pictures during the 1950s. Her mother was frequently confined in an…
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Peter Blake; M is for Marilyn Monroe 01 Painting, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #73
Marilyn Monroe, original name Norma Jeane Mortenson, later called Norma Jeane Baker, Jeane sometimes spelled Jean, (born June 1, 1926, Los Angeles, California, U.S.—died August 5, 1962, Los Angeles), American actress who became a major sex symbol, starring in a number of commercially successful motion pictures during the 1950s. Her mother was frequently confined in an…
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05 Works, Today, January 18th, Saint Prisca’s Day, With Footnotes – 18
Saint Prisca was a young Roman woman allegedly tortured and executed for her Christian faith. The dates of her birth and death are unknown. She is revered as a Western saint and martyr by the Orthodox Church and as a saint and a martyr by the Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion. Especially in…
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Antonio Gravina, Paris 01 Painting, Streets of Paris, Part 65 – With Footnotes
Parisian street scene in the rain with a flower stall, crowds of people, and street cars in the foreground before building and a grey sky in the background. Antonio Gravina was born in Naples in 1934 and studied at the Art Institute in that city. He started painting when only fifteen years old. Gravina’s great fantasy…
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01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, by Christian Guémy, with Footnotes. #72
Christian Guémy, aka C215, French, b. 1973, is one of the most talented and ubiquitous stencil artists working today. He is known for creating site-specific works that reflect the local community, especially the individuals most often neglected by society. Portraying his subjects with respect and sensitivity, he uses his street practice to draw attention to…
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03 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, January 17th, Saint Anthony’s Day, With Footnotes – 17
Saint Anthony or Antony (c. 251–356) was a Christian monk from Egypt, revered since his death as a saint. He is known as the Father of All Monks. His feast day is celebrated on January 17 among the Orthodox and Catholic churches and on Tobi 22 in the Egyptian calendar used by the Coptic Church. The…
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02 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, January 16, is the Veneration of the Chains of Apostle Peters’ Day, With Footnotes
Saint Peter was arrested on the orders of Herod Agrippa, the Apostle Peter was thrown into prison for preaching about Christ. His surveillance measures were so severe that, apart from the guards outside the prison gate, two soldiers were constantly next to him. The night before his trial and his conviction, while Christians were praying all…
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