Tag: Paintings
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11 Works, Artists’ Interpretations of Hellenic legends, The Rape of Deianira, with footnotes #188
Deianira, Deïanira was a Calydonian princess in Greek mythology whose name translated as “man-destroyer” or “destroyer of her husband”. She was the wife of Heracles and, in late Classical accounts, his unwitting murderer, killing him with the poisoned Shirt of Nessus. She is the main character in Sophocles’ play Women of Trachis… Please follow link…
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01 Painting, Tales of Mermaids, Evelyn De Morgan’s Sea Maidens, with Footnotes, #13
The Sea Maidens shows five long-haired mermaids. Their tails are inside the water, while their upper bodies are outside. They affectionately hold hands, four of them almost embracing, reaching for a fifth one, slightly separated from the group. It is a delicate depiction of sisterhood; it emanates strength by boasting an iconography of femininity at…
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02 Marine Paintings – Nelson White’s Red Umbrellas, with Footnotes, #374
Nelson White is known for his Umbrella paintings. Painted en plein air on a beach in Italy. Born in New London, Connecticut in 1932. White has been surrounded by art and artists from the time he was born… Please follow link for full post
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01 Painting of the Canals of Venice, Song Jiang’s Venice Charm, with footnotes, #110
Chinese-born Canadian painter Xiao Song Jiang was born in 1955, in Wuhan, China. In 1978 he studied fine arts at the China Academy of Art, formerly the Zhejiang Art Academy, then began lecturing watercolor at the City of Wuhan Construction College. Four years after, Song was selected to further develop his skill at the provincial Hubei Art…
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01 Marine Painting – Linda Weir’s Mousehole Spring, with Footnotes, #373
Mousehole has a rich fishing heritage and was once known as Porth Enys, meaning ‘port of the island’. From the 13th century, it was the main port in Mounts Bay until the 16th century when Newlyn and Penzance became more dominant. The origins of its modern name ‘Mousehole’ are unknown, although it is suggested that it…
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04 Works, Contemporary Interpretation of Olympian deities, Antoine Renault’s Mermaids, with footnotes #31
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 in ancient Assyria. Mermaids can be benevolent or beneficent… Please follow link for full post
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01 Work, Olympian deities, Paolo de Matteis’ Amphitrite, with footnotes #30
Amphitrite, in Greek mythology, the goddess of the sea, wife of the god Poseidon, and one of the 50 (or 100) daughters (the Nereids) of Nereus and Doris (the daughter of Oceanus). Poseidon chose Amphitrite from among her sisters as the Nereids performed a dance on the isle of Naxos. Refusing his offer of marriage, she…
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07 Paintings, Middle East Artists, Nuri Iyem’s Ordinary Lovers, with Footnotes, #73
Nuri İyem was one of the most important living masters of Turkish painting. He has produced, exhibited, written and discussed art without a break, in spite of all the difficulties to exist as an artist during the social and cultural course of the Republic period… Please follow link for full post
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08 Paintings, The Art Of The Nude, Vera Rockline’s Nudes asleep, with footnotes # 176
Véra Rockline (1896–4 April 1934) was a Russian post-impressionist painter. Rockline started her career in Moscow, studying in the studio of Ilya Mashkov, who considered her one of his most brilliant students… Please follow link for full post
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01 Orientalist Painting, Georges Bertin Scott’s The Charge, with footnotes, #105
Georges Bertin Scott (10 June 1873 – 10 January 1943) was a French war correspondent and illustrator for the French magazine L’Illustration during the early 20th century. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics. He produced paintings of the Balkan Wars and the First World War,…
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01 Marine Painting – Raoul Dufy’s Le retour des régates/ The return of the regatta, with Footnotes, #371
A regatta is a series of boat races. The term comes from the Venetian-Italian language regata meaning “contest” and typically describes racing events of rowed or sailed water craft, although some powerboat race series are also called regattas. A regatta often includes social and promotional activities which surround the racing event, and except in the case…
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13 works, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, The Story of Tamar, Daughter in Law of Judah, with Footnotes. #186
In the Book of Genesis, Tamar was the daughter-in-law of Judah. She is first described as marrying Judah’s eldest son, Er. Because of his wickedness, Er was killed by God. By way of a levirate union, Judah asked his second son, Onan, to provide offspring for Tamar… Included artists: Tintoretto, Jacob Willemsz. de Wet the…
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01 Work, Olympian deities, Nicolas Bertin’s Perseus and Andromeda, with footnotes #31
In Greek mythology, Andromeda is the daughter of the Aethiopian king Cepheus and his wife Cassiopeia. When Cassiopeia’s hubris leads her to boast that Andromeda is more beautiful than the Nereids, Poseidon sends a sea monster, Cetus, to ravage Aethiopia as divine punishment. Andromeda is stripped and chained naked to a rock as a sacrifice…
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16 Paintings scenes from the Bible, by Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Pascal-Adolphe-Jean Dagnan-Bouveret, Otto van Veen, Giovanni Andrea de Ferrari, Giovanni Lanfranco, The Caravaggisti, Joseph Heiss, Pietro Novelli and Jean Restout , with footnotes #26
In Christian theology the nativity marks the incarnation of Jesus as the second Adam, in fulfillment of the divine will of God, undoing the damage caused by the fall of the first man, Adam. The artistic depiction of the nativity has been a major subject for Christian artists since the 4th century. Since the 13th…
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08 Works, Bathers at Summer break by Works by Fernando Amorsolo, William Etty, Arthur Brusenbauch, Louis-Joseph Courtat, Eser Afacan, Gaetano de Martini and Émilie Möri with footnotes
Émilie Möri is a Franco-Swiss photographer, born in 1978. She grew up in a family of printers. His experience in the field of screen printing reveals his passion for colors, image composition, artistic expression. A graduate of Les Gobelins Paris, Émilie is an artistic director . Alongside her creations for advertising agencies, publishing houses, major brands…
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02 Works, CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! Slasky San Michele, after Luca Giordano, with Footnotes – #52
Michael, also called Saint Michael the Archangel or Saint Michael the Taxiarch in Orthodoxy. The earliest surviving mentions of his name are in 3rd- and 2nd-century BCE Jewish works, often but not always apocalyptic, where he is the chief of the angels and archangels and responsible for the care of Israel… Please follow link for…
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01 Paintings Middle East Artists, Arghavan Khosravi’s White Flag, with Footnotes #72
This painting by Arghavan Khosravi depicts a woman rising over the top of a mosque. The woman’s eyes are closed and her lips are sewn shut. On one end, the thread binding her mouth also runs through her ears, is tied to the architecture of the mosque, and then is tied to a skeleton key.…
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15 Works, Today, May 5th. is artist Teofilo Patini’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #124
The parable of the Good Samaritan is a didactic story told by Jesus in Luke 10:25–37. It is about a traveler who is stripped of clothing, beaten, and left half dead alongside the road. First a priest and then a Levite comes by, but both avoid the man. Finally, a Samaritan comes by. Samaritans and…
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