Tag: Muse
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20 Works, November 17th. is Pierre Mignard’s day, his art, illustrated with footnotes #236
Pierre Mignard or Pierre Mignard I (17 November 1612 – 30 May 1695), called “Mignard le Romain” to distinguish him from his brother Nicolas Mignard, was a French painter known for his religious and mythological scenes and portraits… Please follow link for full post
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02 works, The Art Of The Nude, Robert Brackman’s Muse, with footnotes #229
Robert Brackman (September 25, 1898 – July 16, 1980) was an American artist and teacher of Ukrainian origin, best known for large figural works, portraits, and still lifes. Born in Odes’ka Oblast, Ukraine, he emigrated from the Russian Empire in 1908… Please follow link for full post
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01 Work, Contemporary Interpretations of Hellenic legend, Robert Brackman’s Muse, with footnotes #27
Muse, in Greco-Roman religion and mythology, any of a group of sister goddesses of obscure but ancient origin, in Boeotia, Greece. They were born in Pieria, at the foot of Mount Olympus. Very little is known of their cult, but they had a festival every four years at Thespiae. They probably were originally the patron…
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01 Painting, Olympian deities, Louis Welden Hawkins’ Muse Erato on a Deserted Beach, with footnotes # 44
In Greek mythology, Erato is one of the Greek Muses. 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 Argonautica. Erato is the Muse of love poetry. In the Orphic hymn to the Muses,…
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20 Works, November 17th. is Pierre Mignard’s day, his art, illustrated with footnotes #236
The sea occupies the background of a winter landscape. Time or Saturn, accompanied by the Winged Genii, throws rain and ice from the top of the clouds. Pierre Mignard or Pierre Mignard I (17 November 1612–30 May 1695), called “Mignard le Romain” to distinguish him from his brother Nicolas Mignard, was a French painter known…
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Cheryl Wilson, Medusa 01 Contemporary Interpretations, Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman religion, with footnotes #6
Cheryl Wilson, United States Medusa Acrylic, Ink, Gesso, Airbrush and Paper on Canvas 16 H x 20 W x 0.8 in Private collection In Greek mythology Medusa was a monster, a Gorgon, generally described as a winged human female with a hideous face and living venomous snakes in place of hair. Gazers on her face would turn…
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