Tag: Mythology,
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Tiziano Vecellio, Danae 01 Painting, Olympian deities, by the Old Masters, with footnotes #39
Disappointed by his lack of male heirs, King Acrisius asked the oracle of Delphi if this would change. The oracle announced to him that he would never have a son, but his daughter would, and that he would be killed by his daughter’s son. At the time, Danae was childless and, meaning to keep her…
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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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04 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, January 14, is St. Felix’ Day, With Footnotes – 14
Saint Felix of Nola (d. ca. 250) was a Christian presbyter at Nola near Naples in Italy. He sold off his possessions in order to give to the poor, but was arrested and tortured for his Christian faith during the persecution of the Roman emperor Decius (r. 249–51). He was believed to have died a martyr’s death during the…
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04 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, January 12, is Saint Benedict Biscop’s Day, With Footnotes – 12
Saint Benedict Biscop, also called Benet Biscop, orBiscop Baducing, (born c. 628, Northumbria, Eng.—died Jan. 12, 689/690, Wearmouth, Northumbria; founder and first abbot of the twin monasteries of SS. Peter (at Wearmouth) and Paul (at Jarrow on Tyne); he is considered to be the father of Benedictine monasticism in England… Please follow link for…
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Andre Pater, Sandstorm 01 Painting by the Orientalist Artist, with footnotes, 74
Pater, Andre, Polish-American, (b. 1953) first came to the United States in 1981 after graduating from Krakow Academy of Fine Arts and cites Sir Alfred Munnings as his greatest inspiration. Pater has been painting in Lexington, Kentucky for over twenty years exemplifying his use of light, movement, and superb draughtsmanship. The horse capital of the world…
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Zena Holloway, Sea Selkie 01 Painting, and tales of Mermaids, with Footnotes, 10
In Scottish mythology, Selkies, meaning “Seal Folk” are mythological beings capable of therianthropy, changing from seal to human form by shedding their skin. They are found in folktales and mythology originating from Orkney and Shetland. The folk-tales frequently revolve around female selkies being coerced into relationships with humans by someone stealing and hiding their sealskin, thus…
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Giambattista Pittoni, The Sacrifice of Polyxenia 01 Painting, Olympian deities, by the Old Masters, with footnotes #40
Polyxena, in Greek mythology, a daughter of Priam, king of Troy, and his wife, Hecuba. After the fall of Troy, she was claimed by the ghost of Achilles, the greatest of the Greek warriors, as his share of the spoils and was therefore put to death at his tomb. In post-Classical times the story was…
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Giambattista Pittoni, King Candaules, 03 Paintings, Olympian deities, with footnotes #38
Jean-Léon Gérôme (11 May 1824 – 10 January 1904) was a French painter and sculptor in the style now known as Academicism. The range of his oeuvre included historical painting, Greek mythology, Orientalism, portraits and other subjects, bringing the Academic painting tradition to an artistic climax. He is considered one of the most important painters…
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17C French Ivory Relief, Saint Sebastian 02 Ivory Carvings, from Bible stories! 17th Century. With Footnote, # 15
17th century carved ivory relief depicting St. Sebastian being released from the tree. According to tradition, he was rescued by Irene of Rome. In this unusual depiction, he is shown being untied by cherubs. His body shows several puncture marks from the arrows that were shot into him… Please follow link for full…
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Austrian School, The Adoration of the Magi 01 Work, Interpretation of the bible, With Footnotes – 184
The Adoration of the Magi (anglicized from the Matthean Vulgate Latin section title: A Magis adoratur) is the name traditionally given to the subject in the Nativity of Jesus in art in which the three Magi, represented as kings, especially in the West, having found Jesus by following a star, lay before him gifts of gold,…
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Italian master of the 17th century, THE DAUGHTER OF LOT WITH WINE CRACK 01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation the bible, With Footnotes – 126
In the background you can see both the burning city and the frozen wife of Lot. In the center is one of the daughters with a naked breast and white and blue robe, her right arm placed over a golden wine carafe. On the floor a red cloth on which a plate lies. The young…
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Orazio Samacchini, MARY WITH CHRIST AND SAINT HIERONYMUS 01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation the bible, With Footnotes – 125
Baby Jesus lying on a cushion, diagonally across the picture, with St. Mary behind him, holding a veil between her fingertips and thus already pointing to the child’s career. Covered by a nimbus, as well as St. Jerome, characterized by the lion’s head, which is visible under his forearm and his cardinal robe. Right behind…
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Neapolitan master; ARCHANGEL MICHAEL 01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation the bible, With Footnotes – 124
Extremely complicated composition, with figures moving in opposite directions. In the color and the reproduction of the physical, the strong influence of Peter Paul Rubens (1577 – 1640) can be seen, with whom he had worked together at the festive decoration in Ghent. All these stylistic aspects suggest the attribution. So too, this painting is…
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Théodore Chassériau, Ali-Ben-Hamet 01 Painting by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 73
The Haraktas or Haractas are a group of Berber-speaking tribes living in the Wilaya of Oum El Bouaghi and Batna. During the Ottoman period , the tribe was the largest tribe in eastern Algeria. Constantine passed under Arab-Muslim administration around the year 700, and saw its population gradually convert to Islam. France embarked on the conquest of…
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Théodore Chassériau, Arab Combat 01 Painting by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 72
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…
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