The Sacred Feminine: October 2008

Minneapolis Institute of Art - detail

This, I think, is the Archangel Gabriel, a male figure,

but the painting from which this is a detail

is about the annunciation to the Virgin Mary.

About This Blog

A collection of some of the most beautiful depictions of the feminine in Western art throughout the ages, with a particular emphasis on the sacred feminine. Most of the works are paintings, and most in oil.

Included are some works by non-Western artists working in the Western tradition of oil technique.

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Comments and suggestions always welcome.

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Figurative art describes artwork - particularly paintings and sculptures - which are clearly derived from real object sources, and are therefore by definition representational. The term 'figurative art' is often taken to mean art which represents the human figure, or even an animal figure, and, though this is often the case, it is not necessarily so. Since the arrival of abstract art the term figurative has been used to refer to any form of modern art that retains strong references to the real world. This blog is about figurative art in the sense of the human figure, with particular emphasis on idealised representations of the feminine, or the feminine as sacred.

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Lafarge - Kuan Yin

Klimt

Indian Lady

Hans Memling - Netherlandish

Dujardin

Thomas Satterwhite Noble

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Will Wilson - American

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