The Sacred Feminine: 18th century

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Friday, March 2, 2012

Mother of the Arts

Pompeo Batoni (1708 –1787), Mercury Crowning Philosophy Mother of the Arts.
Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg.

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Portrait of an Artist

Portrait of an Artist, Circle of Angelica Kauffman, 55.3 x 45.7 cm, 18th century.
German

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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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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.

Friday, March 2, 2012

Mother of the Arts

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Portrait of an Artist

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