The Sacred Feminine: July 2009

Portrait of Freifrau von Bernus (detail)

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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.

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Friedrich Overbeck

Veit

Vermeer

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Giovanni Battista Salvi, called Sassoferrato

Pompeo Batoni,

Eustache Le Sueur

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Veronese

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