Thursday, June 8, 1978

Actaea, the Nymph of the Shore

Actaea, the Nymph of the Shore


Artist: Frederic Leighton
Date: 1868


References

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1868_Frederic_Leighton_-_Actaea.jpg
http://akorra.com/2010/03/06/top-20-beautiful-female-nude-artwork/


This image (or other media file) is in the public domain because its copyright has expired. This applies to the United States, Australia, the European Union and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 70 years.

Tuesday, June 6, 1978

The Slave Market (1866)

The Slave Market


ArtistJean-Léon Gérôme (1824–1904)
TitleFrançais : Le Marché aux esclaves
English: Slave Market
Deutsch: Der Sklavenmarkt
Dateca. 1866
TechniqueOil on canvas
Dimensions84.8 × 63.5 cm (33.39 × 25.00 in)
Current locationSterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown (Massachusetts)


http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:G%C3%A9r%C3%B4me_Jean-L%C3%A9on_The_Slave_Market.jpg

Saturday, June 3, 1978

The Birth of Venus (Alexandre, 1863)

The Birth of Venus (Alexandre, 1863)


Alexandre Cabanel, The Birth of Venus (1863), oil on canvas, 130 x 225 cm. Paris, Musée d'Orsay
Español: El nacimiento de Venus (1863).
Artist: Alexandre Cabanel (1823–1889)


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1863_Alexandre_Cabanel_-_The_Birth_of_Venus.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_art

Friday, June 2, 1978

The Remorse of Orestes (1862)

The Remorse of Orestes (or Orestes Pursued by the Furies)


Artist: William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Title: The Remorse of Orestes (or Orestes Pursued by the Furies)
Česky: Orestés pronásledovaný Erínyemi
Deutsch: Orestes wird von Furien gehetzt
Français : Les Remords d’Oreste
Português: O Remorso de Orestes
Español: El Remordimiento de Orestes
Polski: Skrucha Orestesa

Year: 1862
Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 227 x 278 cm


http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William-Adolphe_Bouguereau_(1825-1905)_-_The_Remorse_of_Orestes_(1862).jpg


This work is in the public domain in the United States, and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years or fewer.

Turkish Bath

Turkish Bath


Description: Turkish Bath by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, painted 1862.
Date: 1862
Author: Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780–1867)


http://www.wga.hu/art/i/ingres/17ingres.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ingres_Turkish_Bath.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dominique_Ingres_-_The_Turkish_Bath_(1862).jpg


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Thursday, June 1, 1978

The Odalisque (1861)


Artist: Mariano Fortuny (1838–1874)
Title: The Odalisque
Date: 1861
Medium: oil on cardboard
Dimensions: 56.9 × 81 cm (22.4 × 31.9 in)
Current location: Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
Accession number: 010691-000

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mariano_Fortuny_Odalisque.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Mattes/Favorite_files/Images/B/Arts/Paintings/2

Phryné before the Aeropagus

Phryné before the Aeropagus


Artist: Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824–1904)
Title: Phryne before the Areopagus
Date: 1861

The story tells about Alcippe , the daughter of Ares (God of War) and Aglauros. She was raped by a son of Poseidon. Ares immediately killed the rapist, and was brought on trial by the other gods. It was the first murder trial. After the facts were laid out, and they heard what happened to Alcippe, Ares was quickly aquitted. Alcippe was also called Phryne.


References

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fryne_przed_areopagiem.jpg
http://akorra.com/2010/03/06/top-20-beautiful-female-nude-artwork/


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Clothed male, nude female | Phryne | Hamburger Kunsthalle | Female nude in paintings | Ancient Greek history paintings | Jean-Léon Gérôme | 1861 paintings

Saturday, May 6, 1978

The Source (La source)

The Source (La source)


Title: The Source (La source)
Artist: Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780–1867)
Date: 1856
Technique: Oil on canvas


References

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ingres,_The_source.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Jean_Auguste_Dominique_Ingres
http://akorra.com/2010/03/06/top-20-beautiful-female-nude-artwork/


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Wednesday, May 3, 1978

Florinda (1853)

Florinda (1853)


Artist: Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805–1873)
Title: Florinda
Year: 1853
Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 178.4 x 245.7 cm

Notes: Winterhalter painted another Florinda painting in 1852


http://commons.wikimedia.org/


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Tuesday, May 2, 1978

Bathsheba (Karl Brullov)

Bathsheba (Karl Brullov)


Artist: Karl Briullov (1799–1852)
Русский: Брюллов Карл Павлович
Deutsch: Karl Pawlowitsch Brjullow



Bathsheba | Paintings of nude sitting females | Karl Briullov