The Sacred Feminine: July 2008

1888 - Pardon Mama, 36 x 26 inches (91.44 x 66.04 cm)

1893 Playing with the Kitten

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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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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.

Thursday, July 31, 2008

Ittenbach

Michiel Sittow

Van Cleve

Stephen Slaughter

Charles E Perugini - English

Emile Munier

August Riedel - German

Raphael

Friedrich Overbeck

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Monet

Alma-Tadema

Hammershoi

Corrado Giaquinto

Hughes - Edward Robert

Constantin Hansen 1804 -1880

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Paul de LaBoulaye - French, 1902-1961

Remnev

Monday, July 7, 2008

Evelyn DeMorgan

Godward - John William

JW Waterhouse

Pierre Auguste Cot 1837 - 1883

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Henry Lejeune

Music

Child

Luini

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