Tag: Mythology,
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Gioacchino Pagliei, The Naiads 01 Paintings and tales of Mermaids, with Footnotes, 6a
Gioacchino Pagliei The Naiads, c. 1881 Oil on Canvas In Greek mythology, the Naiads were a type of female water nymph who presided over fountains, wells, springs, streams, brooks and other bodies of fresh water. Naiads were associated with fresh water, as the Oceanids, the sea nymphs who were the three thousand daughters of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys,…
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Ryzhenko Pavel Viktorovich, Peresvet victory 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of Russian mythology, With Footnotes – 101
Ryzhenko Pavel Viktorovich Peresvet victory, c. 2005 Oil on canvas 170×210 cm Private collection Alexander Peresvet was a Russian Orthodox Christian monk who fought in a single combat with the Tatar champion Temir-murza at the opening of the Battle of Kulikovo (8 September 1380), where they killed each other. He is believed to have hailed from…
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Paul Joanowits, BASHI-BAZOUKS BEFORE A GATEWAY 01 Paintings by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 21
Paul Joanowits, 1859 – 1957, SERBIAN BASHI-BAZOUKS BEFORE A GATEWAY, c. 1887-88. Oil on panel 46 by 35cm., 18 by 14¾in. Private collection Bashi-bazouks were irregulars in the Ottoman army and hailed from lands across the Ottoman empire, from Egypt to the Balkans. The strain on the Ottoman feudal system caused by the Empire’s wide expanse required…
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Antwerp School, The Lamentation of Christ, 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the Bible!, With Footnotes – 97
Antwerp School, circa 1540 The Lamentation of Christ, circa 1540 Oil on panel 37 x 27 cm Private collection The Lamentation of Christ is a very common subject in Christian art from the High Middle Ages to the Baroque. After Jesus was crucified, his body was removed from the cross and his friends mourned over his…
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Raja Ravi Varma, Tillottama 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of Hindu mythology, With Footnotes – 98
Raja Ravi Varma, 1848 -1906 Untitled (Tillottama), c. 1896 Oil on canvas 20 x 13¼ in. (50.8 x 33.5 cm.) Private collection Tilottama is a Apsaras, celestial nymphs, from Hindu mythology. In the epic Mahabharata, Tilottama was created at Brahma’s request by using the best possible assets to create an almost perfect being. Her purpose was to…
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Raphael von Ambros, MERCHANT BEFORE THE SABIL OF NAFISA AL-BAYDA, CAIRO 01 Paintings by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 20
Raphael von Ambros, 1845-1895, AUSTRIAN MERCHANT BEFORE THE SABIL OF NAFISA AL-BAYDA, CAIRO Oil on panel 46 by 31cm., 18 by 12¼in. Private collection This Ottoman building built by Nafisa al-Bayda dates back to the year of 1796 AD. Nafisa al-Bayda began her life as a slave and then was married in the mid 1700s to a man…
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Raphael, The Miraculous Draught of Fishes 01 Paintings, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretations of the Bible! by The Old Masters, With Footnotes # 47 c
Raphael, 1483 – 1520 The Miraculous Draught of Fishes, c. 1515-1516 Bodycolour on paper on canvas 320 × 390 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London Pope Leo X commissions Raphael to design ten draperies for the lower parts of the walls of the Sistine Chapel. In 1515-16 Raphael creates the cartoons for the wool and…
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Jean-Jacques Henner, Saint Fabiola 01 Paintings, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretations of the Bible! by The Old Masters, With Footnotes # 47b
Jean-Jacques Henner, 1829 – 1905 Saint Fabiola copy of lost original Saint Fabiola was a nurse (physician) and Roman matron of rank of the company of noble Roman women who, under the influence of the Church father St. Jerome gave up all earthly pleasures and devoted themselves to the practice of Christian asceticism and charitable work. More…
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MIGUEL RUDECINDO CONTRERAS, MARY AT THE FOOT OF THE CROSS 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the Bible!, With Footnotes – 96
MIGUEL RUDECINDO CONTRERAS, (MEX., ACT. MID 18TH CENTURY) MARY AT THE FOOT OF THE CROSS Oil on canvas 167 x 106 cm Private collection The crucifixion of Jesus occurred in 1st-century Judea, most likely between AD 30 and 33. Jesus’ crucifixion is described in the four canonical gospels, referred to in the New Testament epistles. Jesus…
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Joseph Receiving Pharaoh’s Ring 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the Bible! by the Old Masters, With Footnotes – 96
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, (1696–1770) Joseph Receiving Pharaoh’s Ring Oil on canvas 106 × 179 cm (41.7 × 70.5 in) Dulwich Picture Gallery, Gallery Road, London Since 2016, this painting has been the focus of a major conservation project to restore Tiepolo’s work to its original brilliance. With the help of X-rays, this display explores the changes…
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Magnus Gjoen, DIVINE RETRIBUTION 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – CONTEMPORARY & 20th Century Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 20
Magnus Gjoen, United Kingdom DIVINE RETRIBUTION Printmaking Size: 39.4 H x 31.5 W x 0.1 in Private collection God’s Wrath reinterpreted with a God holding an atomic bomb made from 24k gold leaf. Divine retribution is supernatural punishment of a person, a group of people, or everyone by a deity in response to some action. Many…
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Massimo Stanzione, Madonna and Child 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the Bible! by the Old Masters, With Footnotes – 94
Massimo Stanzione, (ca. 1586 – ca. 1656) Madonna and Child Oil on canvas 49 3/4 by 39 3/8 in.; 126.4 by 100 cm. Private collection The Madonna and Child or The Virgin and Child is often the name of a work of art which shows the Virgin Mary and the Child Jesus. The word Madonna means…
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ROMAN SCHOOL, EARLY SEVENTEENTH CENTURY, The Giant Orion 01 Paintings, Olympian deities, by the Old Masters, with footnotes # 20
ROMAN SCHOOL, EARLY SEVENTEENTH CENTURY The Giant Orion Oil on canvas 50 5/8 by 39 1/2 in.; 128.6 by 100.3 cm. In Greek mythology, Orion was a giant huntsman whom Zeus placed among the stars as the constellation of Orion. In Greek literature he first appears as a great hunter in Homer’s epic the Odyssey, where…
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Magnus Gjoen, BREAK GLASS FOR A NEW BEGINNING (ADAM & EVE) 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – CONTEMPORARY & 20th C. Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 20
Magnus Gjoen, United Kingdom BREAK GLASS FOR A NEW BEGINNING (ADAM & EVE) Printmaking 49.2 H x 35.4 W x 0.1 in Private collection The viewer is confronted with a choice; if they could choose again, would they break the glass and let history take its path or would they rather not subject the world to…
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