The Sacred Feminine: June 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

William Holman Hunt (1827-1910), English - Bianca, Worthing Museum and Art Gallery, Sussex

Holman Hunt was one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite movement in English painting.

Isabella and the Pot of Basil, 187 cm × 116 cm
Indian basil (tulsi) is considered a sacred plant by Hindus.

About This Blog

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.

If you are the owner of any of the images and would like them removed please advise in a comment to the post.

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.

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Leighton Museum

Holman Hunt

Saturday, June 4, 2011

Correggio

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