Monday, March 28, 2011

Monday, March 21, 2011

Greg Spalenka

A digital artwork by the US artist Greg Spalenka.

Monday, March 14, 2011

Von Amerling

Elise Kreuzberger, 1837, 57 x 45 cm

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 Goose Girl

detail

Madonna Litta

detail

Michelangelo

Sistine Chapel

The Delphic Sybil

Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel, detail


The word sibyl comes (via Latin) from the Greek word σίβυλλα sibylla, meaning prophetess.