Vermeer

Diana and Her Companions

Frederick Arthur Bridgman

The Moroccan Girl

Apres la fete; port d’alger

On the Terrace

Jia Lu

Jia Lu (1954-) was born in China into a family of artists. She is now based in the US.
She feels strongly that beauty is the final measure of all things, and that true beauty is born of self-knowledge.

Mother Earth

Mother Earth, Jenness Cortez Perlmutter

Sleep

Alfonso Savini
George William Joy, An Eastern Girl
Pietro Antonio Rotari, Sleeping Girl
Frederic Leighton, Cymon & Iphigenia,
Flaming June

19th century painters have often been criticised for depicting women as prone, passive objects. (the Rotari looks like it's from the 18th century). There is some truth to this charge, but the energetic reds and oranges in these works provide an antidote to the subject matter.

In Hinduism, the Goddess is invoked in many different aspects, one of which is Shri Nidra (Sleep). Sleep is often devalued in the West, despite the fact that it is essential for life and creativity.

Neli Tsenova

Earth

Psyche

Psyche Opening the Golden Box, 1903, John William Waterhouse