Tag: William-Adolphe Bouguereau

In Greek mythology, maenads were the female followers of Dionysus and the most significant members of the Thiasus, the god’s retinue. Their name literally translates as “raving ones.” Maenads were known as Bassarids, Bacchae or Bacchantes in Roman mythology, after the penchant of the equivalent Roman god, Bacchus, to wear a bassaris or fox-skin. Often…

03 Paintings, The Art Of The Nude, William-Adolphe Bouguereau’s Biblis and Spring Breeze, with footnotes # 191

Jun 26, 2023

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Bouguereau writes: “Among my paintings, “Biblis” is one that I love the most, one that I most enjoyed painting; this even though it was inspired by an incident in the atelier. One of my female models had just asked to rest from a tiring pose; when the young woman was in the process of standing…

01 works PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Wonder Woman, with Footnotes. #145

Dec 3, 2022

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in Portait of a Lady, Portrate of a Lady

William-Adolphe Bouguereau (30 November 1825–19 August 1905) was a French academic painter. In his realistic genre paintings, he used mythological themes, making modern interpretations of classical subjects, with an emphasis on the female human body. During his life, he enjoyed significant popularity in France and the United States, was given numerous official honors, and received…

William-Adolphe Bouguereau, The Seated Madonna 01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Paintings from the Bible by the Old Masters, 5j

Oct 26, 2019

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Art Gallery of South Australia (Adelaide, Australia) The seated Madonna and Child is a style of image that became particularly popular during the 15th century in Florence and was imitated elsewhere. These representations are usually of a small size suitable for a small altar or domestic use. They usually show Mary holding the infant Jesus in…

William-Adolphe Bouguereau, The Madonna of the Roses 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Paintings from the Bible by the Old Masters, 5k

Oct 15, 2019

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In her apparition at Guadeloupe, the Madonna made use of roses as a sign of her presence and even arranged them with her own hands in the tilma of Juan Diego. At La Salette she wore a profusion of roses in three garlands and had tiny roses around the rim of her slippers. She brought…

William-Adolphe Bouguereau, The Virgin of Consolation 01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Paintings from the Bible by the Old Masters, 5i

Oct 12, 2019

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William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1825 – 1905 Vierge Consolatrice, The Virgin of Consolation, c. 1875 Oil on canvas 204 x 148 cm, (80¼” x 58¼”) Les Musees de la Ville de Strasbourg (France) Starting in the 2nd century, Catholics venerated Mary as Our Lady of Consolation, one of her earliest titles of honor. The title of “Our…

William-Adolphe Bouguereau, La Vierge au Lys, The Virgin of the Lilies. 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Paintings from the Bible by the Old Masters, 5h

Oct 5, 2019

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The Madonna of the Lilies depicts Mary as a seated figure, a pose which has been favoured in religious iconography since the fifteenth century. The child is lovingly supported by his mother while his arms reach out to the viewer. White lilies placed around her throne symbolise chastity and purity. More on Madonna of the Lilies William-Adolphe…

William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Le Saintes Femmes au Tombeau. 01 Works RELIGIOUS ART – Paintings from the Bible by the Old Masters, 5g

Oct 1, 2019

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Le Saintes Femmes au Tombeau, 1890, translated to The Holy Women at the Tomb, depicts the three Marys, Mary the Mother of James, Mary Magdalene and Mary of Cleophas, at the tomb of the resurrection. The viewer, compositionally, is placed in a prostrated position and looking up first notices the expressions of bewilderment on the central Mary’s…

William-Adolphe Bouguereau; he Visitation 01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Paintings from the Bible by the Old Masters, 5e

Sep 28, 2019

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The Visitation. Mary visits her relative Elizabeth; they are both pregnant. Mary is pregnant with Jesus and Elizabeth is pregnant with John the Baptist. Elizabeth was in the sixth month before Mary came. Mary stayed three months, and most scholars hold she stayed for the birth of John. The apparition of the angel, mentioned in Matthew,…

William-Adolphe Bouguereau, The Annunciation 01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Paintings from the Bible by the Old Masters, 5d

Sep 27, 2019

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The Annunciation. The archangel Gabriel was sent by God’ to Mary. Gabriel announced to her that she was to give birth to a son, Jesus, who ‘will be great, and will be called Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his ancestor David, and he will be king over…

William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Pieta 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Paintings from the Bible by the Old Masters, 5f

Sep 21, 2019

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The Pietà, 1876, provides a very unique depiction of this most famous of imagery. The weeping Mary cloaked in a robe of black is mourning the death of her son whom she holds to her chest. The dead body of Jesus limply hangs in her arms while eight weeping angels surround them. The angels are clad…

William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Nymphs and Satyr 01 Painting, Olympian deities, with footnotes #39

Aug 15, 2019

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According to the Clark Institute, in the painting “a group of nymphs have been surprised, while bathing in a secluded pond, by a lascivious satyr. Some of the nymphs have retreated into the shadows on the right; others, braver than their friends, are trying to dampen the satyr’s ardor by pulling him into the cold…

William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Le jour des morts (All Saints’ Day) 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Paintings from the Bible by the Old Masters, 5b

Aug 1, 2019

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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 Souls, or the Faithful Departed; that is, the souls of Christians who have died. Observing Christians typically remember deceased relatives on the day. In…

William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Indigent Family 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Paintings from the Bible by the Old Masters, 5c

Feb 23, 2019

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Traditionally, Charity was represented as a mother and children but here Bouguereau gives the theme a new twist as the mother and children are, themselves, in need of charity. A destitute family of a barefoot mother and her three young children sit huddled on the lower steps of the Church of the Madeleine, Paris. The symmetry of…

William-Adolphe Bouguereau, All Saints’ Day 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Paintings from the Bible by the Old Masters, 5b

Feb 12, 2019

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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 Souls, or the Faithful Departed; that is, the souls of Christians who have died. Observing Christians typically remember deceased relatives on the day. In…

William-Adolphe Bouguereau, First Mourning 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Paintings from the Bible by the Old Masters, 5a

Feb 12, 2019

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First Mourning; “The dead body of Abel lies across Adam’s lap in the same manner as Christ is often depicted lying across Mary’s (such as in Michaelangelo’s Pieta). Adam clutches his heart out of grief fearing it will break and Eve kneels by his side crying uncontrollably, her face buried in her hands. The image…

08 Paintings, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretations of the Bible! by The Old Masters, With Footnotes # 63

Nov 10, 2017

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in Religious Art, Uncategorized

School of Sir Anthony van Dyck Madonna and Child Oil on canvas 34 3/4 x 28 1/2 inches (88.3 x 72.5 cm) Private collection The Nursing Madonna, Virgo Lactans, or Madonna Lactans, is an iconography of the Madonna and Child in which the Virgin Mary is shown breastfeeding the infant Jesus. The depiction is mentioned by…

05 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, of the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #17

Nov 10, 2017

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