Tag: Mythology,
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Cecil B. DeMille, Samson and Delilah 02 works, RELIGIOUS ART – Photography from the Bible, with footnotes, 3a
Samson and Delilah (1949 film), directed by Cecil B. DeMille Hedy Lamarr and Victor Mature Samson and Delilah is a 1949 American romantic biblical drama film produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille and released by Paramount Pictures. Praised upon release for its Technicolor cinematography, lead performances, costumes, sets, and innovative special effects, the film was a box-office…
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Charles Murray Padday, The mermaid 01 Paintings and tales of Mermaids, with Footnotes, 6b
Charles Murray Padday, (British, 1868–1954) The mermaid Oil on Canvas 34.5 x 44.5 cm. (13.6 x 17.5 in.) Private collection A mermaid is a marine creature with the head and upper body of a female human and the tail of a fish. Mermaids appear in the folklore of many cultures worldwide. The first stories appeared…
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Fanny Nushka, An Angel to Come 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the bible, With Footnotes – 127
Fanny Nushka Study for an Angel to Come Oil on Canvas 11.8 H x 15.7 W x 1.6 in Private collection “This painting is inspired by one of my favorite painters. Abott Thayer. Focusing strictly on the colors I gave the painting a brand new structure and played with the viewers eye, as where the focus would…
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Frederic, Lord Leighton, The Fisherman and the Syren 01 Paintings and tales of Mermaids, with Footnotes, 5b
Frederic, Lord Leighton, 1830–1896 The Fisherman and the Syren, c. 1856–1858 Oil on canvas 66.3 × 48.7 cm (26.1 × 19.2 in) Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery Inspired by a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, THE FISHERMAN This early work both illustrated and was inspired by a poem by Goethe, which tells the story of…
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John William Waterhouse, Diogenes 01 Paintings, Athenian philosophers, by the Old Masters, with footnotes # 32
John William Waterhouse, (1849–1917) Diogenes, c. 1882 Oil on canvas 208,3 × 134,6 cm Art Gallery of New South Wales Diogenes, also known as Diogenes the Cynic, was a Greek philosopher and one of the founders of Cynic philosophy. He was born in Sinope, an Ionian colony on the Black Sea, in 412 or 404 BC…
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Jakub Schikaneder, All Souls’ Day 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the bible, With Footnotes – 126
Jakub Schikaneder, (1855–1924) All Souls’ Day, c. 1888 Oil on canvas Height: 139.5 cm (54.9 in); Width: 220 cm (86.6 in) National Gallery in Prague All Souls’ Day, Saturday of Souls, Thursday of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Halloween, All Saints’ Day, Samhain, Totensonntag, Blue Christmas. In Christianity, All Souls’ Day commemorates All Souls, the Holy…
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Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, VENUS RISING FROM THE SEA 01 Paintings, Olympian deities, by the Old Masters, with footnotes # 30
Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Bt., A.R.A., R.W.S. VENUS RISING FROM THE SEA Oil on canvas 41 by 24cm., 28¼ by 10in. Private collection The style of the picture suggests that it was painted in the late 1860s as Burne-Jones transitioned from the Medievalism of his earlier watercolours to the more Aesthetic style of his oils.…
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Rustam killing the White Demon 01 Paintings, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 10
Unknown Rustam killing the White Demon Reverse Glass Painting, c/. 19th c 18 3/4 in. x 13 1/4 in. Private collection Rostam was the mightiest of Iranian holy warriors. He was immortalized by the 10th-century Persian poet Ferdowsi in the Shahnameh, or Epic of Kings, which contains pre-Islamic Iranian folklore and history. When Kai Kaus’s, the…
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Otto Pilny, The Slave Market 01 Paintings by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 40
Otto Pilny, (Swiss artist; 1866-1936) The Slave Market, c. 1910 Oil on canvas 520 x 347 mm, 20.5 x 13.6 in Private collection In an art historical context, Harem scenes depicted domestic spaces for the women in the Muslim societies, the males were only included in barbaric and sexual relations. This painting presents an unspecific Middle…
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Robert Brackman, Seated Nude, 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #47
Robert Brackman, Ukrainian/American (1898 – 1980) Seated Nude, circa 1970 Pastel on Paper 20.5 x 18.5 in. (52.07 x 46.99 cm) Private collection 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…
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Sir Edward John Poynter, PSYCHE 01 Paintings, Olympian deities, by the Old Masters, with footnotes #7a
Sir Edward John Poynter, Bt., P.R.A., R.W.S., 1836-1919 PSYCHE Watercolour 75 by 55cm., 29½ by 21½ in. Private collection There were once a king and queen, rulers of an unnamed city, who had three daughters of conspicuous beauty. The youngest and most beautiful was Psyche, whose admirers, neglecting the proper worship of the love goddess Venus,…
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Clara Morera, Ulysses and the Sirens 01 Painting, Contemporary Interpretations of Olympian deities, with footnotes
Clara Morera, (B. CAMAGÜEY, 1944) Ulices y las cirenas/ Ulysses and the Sirens Mixed media on Wood 182.88 X 219.71 cm (72.00 X 86.50 in) Private collection Ulysses and the Sirens is a large mixed media on wood by the Cuban artist Clara Morera. It depicts the scene from Homer’s Odyssey in which Ulysses (Odysseus) resists the…
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Ford Madox Brown, LIJAH AND THE WIDOW 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the bible, With Footnotes – 123
Ford Madox Brown, 1821-1893 ELIJAH AND THE WIDOW, c. 1864 Watercolour, heighted with bodycolour and gum Arabic 40 by 26cm., 16 by 10in. Private collection The shadow on the wall projected by a bird returning to its nest, typifies the return of the soul to the body. The Hebrew writing over the door consists of…
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Ivar Arosenius, Leda och svanorna, (Leda and the Swan) 01 Paintings, Olympian deities, by the Old Masters, with footnotes # 27
Ivar Arosenius, (1878 – 1909) Leda och svanorna, (Leda and the Swan), c. 1908 Watercolour on paper 8 x 11 cm. Private collection Leda, in Greek legend, usually believed to be the daughter of Thestius, king of Aetolia, and wife of Tyndareus, king of Lacedaemon. She was also believed to have been the mother (by…
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Ivar Arosenius, Susanna och gubbarne 02 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation the bible, With Footnotes – 120
Ivar Arosenius, (1878 – 1909) ”Susanna och gubbarne” (Susanna and the Elders), c. 1907 Watercolour on paper 5 x 5.5 cm Private collection A fair Hebrew wife named Susanna was falsely accused by lecherous voyeurs. As she bathes in her garden, having sent her attendants away, two lustful elders secretly observe the lovely Susanna. When…
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