The Sacred Feminine

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Question Answered

The Answer is Bernardino Luini, a disciple of Leonardo DaVinci (See three posts back for the question). Thanks to ginamarie.

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Artemisia Gentileschi 1593-1654

The Penitent Magdalene, 66 x 51 cm

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Titian

The Virgin and Child with saints Luke and Catherine of Alexandria.

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

CD cover

This looks like a detail from an 18th century painting, probably French or Italian. Can anyone tell me who the painter is?

Saturday, December 25, 2010

There's an exhibition of Gibran's paintings at the State Library of NSW, Sydney, until the 20th of February. It's well worth a visit. There are some oils in the exhibition but most works are drawings with washes, a medium of which he was a master. Gibran was a truly deep soul in the spirit of Blake and Michelangelo.

Monday, December 20, 2010

Diana Levin

Autumn, 21 x 20 inches

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.