Tuesday, December 2, 2008

El Greco


Magdalene

Mary Magdalene was not a reformed prostitute. There absolutely no scriptural evidence to suggest anything of the sort. The idea was dreamed up by a medieval pope who was obsessed with penitence as a means of redemption.

Joseph Heintz


Hades

Frederick, Lord Leighton,1830 -1896


Clytie

Rembrandt


Lucretia

Amrita Sher-Gill


The Swing, 1940

Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (1863 - 1923) - Spanish


Maria Coiffee d'un Chapeau, 40 x 80 cm


After the Bath


Sorolla's wife and daughters, 206 cm wide


Promenade by the Sea


Thursday, August 7, 2008

Parmigianino


Antea (detail)

Affreschi della Chiesa della Steccata - particolare
(Fresco detail)

Friday, August 1, 2008

Heads of the Virgin





Top Left - Orazio Gentileschi
Bottom Left - Botticelli, Bottom Right - Bouguereau