Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Friday, November 11, 2011
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Contemplation
Contemplation
oil on canvas 21 in. diameter
Reposted from the blog: underpaintings
Friday, October 7, 2011
Monday, October 3, 2011
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Monday, August 22, 2011
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Attention on Sahasrara
Though the woman is walking along a path, watching the view, and probably distracted by the child accompanying her, her attention must remain on the pot she is carrying on her head.
Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi has likened this to the way our attention should always be on the Sahasrara (crown of the head), where we are connected to the Divine, even while fulfilling our daily duties, and though our attention may be assailed by distractions.
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Leighton Museum
Frederic Lord Leighton crops up a fair bit in this blog, so here's a link to a post on the blog underpaintings about the restoration of his home, now a museum.
Holman Hunt
Holman Hunt was one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite movement in English painting.
Indian basil (tulsi) is considered a sacred plant by Hindus.
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Friday, May 6, 2011
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Moretto da Brescia
Ritratto di dama in bianco, 1540 circa, detail, Washington National Gallery.
Ritratto di donna come sant'Agnese, 1540 circa, 88.5 x 71.5cm, collezione privata.
Alessandro Bonvicino (also Buonvicino) (1498 – December 22, 1554), more commonly known as Il Moretto da Brescia, was an Italian Renaissance painter of Brescia and Venice.
His works display an internal oscillation between the traditions of the Venetian and Central Italian schools. Simultaneously he looked at the form and colour of Venetian artists such as Titian and Palma Vecchio (1480–1528) whilst his classicising, sweet intensity earned him the name 'Raphael of Brescia'.
Il Moretto is stated to have been a man of great personal piety, preparing himself by prayer and fasting for any great act of sacred art, such as the painting of the Virgin-mother.
Monday, April 11, 2011
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Joan of Arc
Jeanne d' Arc (detail)
St Joan was an incarnation of the dynamic feminine divine power (called Shakti, in India) which fearlessly combats evil.
Monday, March 28, 2011
Monday, March 21, 2011
Monday, March 14, 2011
Von Amerling
Friedrich von Amerling (April 14, 1803 – January 14, 1887) was an Austro-Hungarian portrait painter in the court of Franz Josef. He was born in Vienna and was court painter between 1835 and 1880. With Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller he is one of the outstanding Austrian portrait painters of the 19th century.
The Delphic Sybil
The word sibyl comes (via Latin) from the Greek word σίβυλλα sibylla, meaning prophetess.
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Monday, March 7, 2011
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Question Answered
The Answer is Bernardino Luini, a disciple of Leonardo DaVinci (See three posts back for the question). Thanks to ginamarie.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Thursday, January 13, 2011
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