The muse Polyhymnia, by Philiscus of Rhodes, 3rd century B.C. In Greek mythology, the nine Muses were the patron-goddesses of the arts. They were believed to be the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, a Titan who personified memory. During the Hellenistic period, the island of Rhodes was the home of a highly developed school of sculpture founded by Lysippus, sculptor to the court of Alexander the Great. His school continued to flourish well into the period of the Roman Empire.
Two-handled jar (amphora)
- Greek, Late Archaic or Early Classical Period, about 480 B.C.
- the Flying Angel Painter,
- Museum of Fine Arts Boston
“Lovers” “ The Dream of the Poet OR The Kiss of the Muse ”
by Paul CézannePaul Cézanne The Dream of the Poet OR The Kiss of the Muse gregorystees
Courtesy of Gregorystees
Herbert Gustave SCHMALZ (1856-1935) Blind Girl of Pompei
Herbert Gustave Schmalz (1856-1935)
Born near Newcastle in 1856 to a German father, Schmalz moved to London at the age of seventeen before enrolling at the South Kensington Art School and later, the Royal Academy. After studying in Antwerp, Schmalz returned to London to establish his career.
Time spent in Jerusalem in 1890 served him well for his New Testament work in the years to follow. A mixture of Pre-Raphaelite and Victorian Neo-Classicism the paintings are effective for their atmospheric use of light in creating a mood of foreboding and sorrow.
Text from:
http://bibleillustration.blogspot.com/2008/06/herbert-gustave-schmalz-1856-1935.html
Mars and Venus
by Jacopo Palma il giovane
- Date painted: about 1590
- Oil on canvas, 132.7 x 168.4 cm
- Collection: The National Gallery, London
Pro-Palestinian protesters at Golan heights.
On this day (December 21, 1118) Thomas Becket was born
He was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 until his murder in 1170. He is venerated as a saint and martyr by both the RomanCatholic Church and the Anglican Communion. He engaged in conflict with Henry II of England over the rights and privileges of the Church and was assassinated by followers of the king in Canterbury Cathedral. Soon after the death of Thomas Becket, Pope Alexander IIIcanonized him.
image: Becket enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury from a Nottingham Alabaster in the Victoria & Albert Museum
Jugglers and Acrobats. Detail.
From: Mittelalterliches Hausbuch von Schloss Wolfegg.
For over 300 years this manuscript has been kept in the collection of the Princes of Waldburg Wolfegg at Schloss Wolfegg near Ravensburg, Germany and it is only now (1998) that it has become accessible to the public.
Édouard Manet
Portrait of Victorine Meurent (1862)
Victorine Louise Meurent (February 18, 1844 – March 17, 1927) was a French painter and a famous model for painters. Although she is now best known as the favourite model of Édouard Manet (her name remains forever associated with Manet’s masterpieces, The Luncheon on the Grass and Olympia, which include nude portrayals of her), she also was an artist in her own right, who exhibited repeatedly at the prestigious Paris Salon. In 1876 her paintings were selected for inclusion at the Salon’s juried exhibition, when Manet’s work was not.
Aysun Uğurlar (aka Kırlangıç Martin)
Contemporary Turkish painter. This is from her facebookpage.
