Tag: Titian
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02 works, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Portrait of Roxelana (Haseki Hurrem Sultan), with Footnotes #150
Known in the West as Roxelana, this painting depicts one of the most famous women of the Ottoman empire. Originally from what is now western Ukraine she was sold at an early age… Please follow link for full post
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Titian’s portrait of Roxelana (Haseki Hurrem Sultan, with Footnotes #150
Estimated for 20,000 – 30,000 GBP in October 2022Known in the West as Roxelana, this painting depicts one of the most famous women of the Ottoman empire. Originally from what is now western Ukraine she was sold at an early age in the slave markets of Constantinople and entered the harem of Sultan Süleyman I (‘The…
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01 Work, Olympian deities, Tiziano Vecellio, called Titian’s Venus and Adonis, With Footnotes – #136
Sold for 11,164,000 GBP in December 2022 Venus, as if filled with foreboding about Adonis’s fate, desperately clings to her lover, while he pulls himself free of her embrace, impatient for the hunt and with his hounds straining at the leash. The goddess’s gesture is echoed by that of Cupid, who anxiously watches the lovers’ leave-taking…
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10 Works, The Art of War, Franz Ritter von Stuck, Eugène Delacroix and Titian’s The Abduction of Alma, with footnotes
As Alma walks through the market she senses that she is being followed by group of people. She decides to get away but the faster she moved they faster they came. She finally decides to make a run for it… Please follow link for full post
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01 Work, The Art of War, Titian’s Warriors, with footnotes
Within the sublime and grandeur of a Titianesque composition, a poignant scene unfolds upon the canvas. The mastery of brushstrokes and the vividness of colors transport us to a tumultuous world where suffering and resilience coexist. At the center of this tableau, stands the Hamas soldiers, their figures robust and towering, emanating an aura of…
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03 Works, The Art of War, Titian’s Hamas soldier and a Gazan woman, with footnotes
The scene unfolds with a striking composition, highlighting the contrasting emotions of the Hamas soldier and Gazan woman… Please follow link for full post
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15 Paintings, Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman religion, with footnotes #2
Artists include: Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, French School, Charles Joseph Natoire, FRANCKEN, FRANS II, School of Cornelis van Poelenburgh, Titian, Peter Paul Rubens, Pierre-Paul Prud’hon, Giorgione, Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne and Carl von Marr. Please follow link for full post
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02 Works, Interpretation of the bible, The Dead Christ supported by an Angel, with Footnotes #190
An interpretation of a subject often described as the Cristo passo – a theme explored in late fifteenth- and early sixteenth-century Venetian representations by Bellini, Antonello da Messina, Cima da Conegliano and others… Please follow link for full post
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01 Work, Interpretations of Olympian deities, Titian’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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19 works, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, 18 Old Master Artists’ interpretation of The Rape Of Lucretia, with Footnotes. #181
Lucretia (died ca. BC 508) was the daughter of magistrate Spurius Lucretius and the wife of Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus. The marriage between Lucretia and Collatinus was depicted as the ideal Roman union, as both Lucretia and Collatinus were faithfully devoted to one another. According to Livy, Lucretia was an exemplar of “beauty and purity,” as…
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05 works, Today, November 13th, is Saint Manetha’s day, her story illustrated #316
Some servants of Christ’s people, who in the stature of their bodies were only youths, but their soul was armed with the worship of God, both came of themselves, and when the governor was offering libations to idols in the midst of the city, suddenly rushed upon him, and called upon him to abandon his…
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23 Works, Today, June 3rd. is William Hilton’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #152
The Massacre of the Innocents is the incident in the nativity narrative of the Gospel of Matthew in which Herod the Great, king of Judea, orders the execution of all male children two years old and under in the vicinity of Bethlehem. The Catholic Church regards them as the first Christian martyrs. A majority of…
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05 works, Today, November 13th, is Saint Manetha’s day, her story illustrated #316
Some servants of Christ’s people, who in the stature of their bodies were only youths, but their soul was armed with the worship of God, both came of themselves, and when the governor was offering libations to idols in the midst of the city, suddenly rushed upon him, and called upon him to abandon his…
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Tiziano Titian, Martyrdom of Saint Peter Martyr 01 Work, Interpretation the bible, With Footnotes – #129
Saint Peter of Verona O.P. (1206 – April 6, 1252), also known as Saint Peter Martyr, was a 13th-century Italian Catholic priest. He was a Dominican friar and a celebrated preacher. He served as Inquisitor in Lombardy, was killed by an assassin, and was canonized as a Catholic saint 11 months after his death, making this…
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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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