#scene-painter

[mote-historie]

Léon Bakst, Scenery for the ballet Scheherazade, The Arabian Nights (Rimsky-Korsakov) set design, 1910.

[nothing-like-the-sun-jgr]

The Vester Voldgade in Copenhagen by night

oil on canvas, 55.5 x 39.8 cm

Paul Fischer (Danish,1860-1934)

[artemlegere]

The Siren

Artist: John William Waterhouse (English, 1849-1917)

Date: c. 1900

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Private Collection

Description

The painting depicts a siren sitting at the edge of a cliff, lyre in hand, staring down at a shipwrecked sailor floating in water, who in turn is staring up at her.

‘Oh happy seafarers are ye And surely all your ills are past, And toil upon the land and sea, Since ye are brought to us at last; But now, but now, when ye have lain Asleep with us a little while Beneath the washing of the main, How calm shall be your waking smile!’ William Morris, Life and Death of Jason, 1867

In the aftermath of a shipwreck, an exhausted survivor struggles towards the safety of the shore. He clings to an algae-clad rock without the strength to pull himself from the dark waters that surge and ebb around him. The treacherous currents and undertows threaten to pull him under the waves and almost all his strength is gone. At this moment of crisis, he is surprised by the beautiful vision of a young girl sitting on the rock above him with pearly-white skin and with lips parted in song. Her passive expression is enigmatic and whether she will help him or harm him we cannot know but we can be sure that he is spellbound by her pale beauty and magic song. Her abalone-shell harp and pearl hair decoration identify her as one of the sirens – ancient beguiling enchantresses of the ocean who lured mariners to their doom with their seductive song. The lower part of her legs, splashed by the spray of the sea, are magically transformed into the glistening fish scales and fins of a mermaid. Her hair is the auburn hue that in the nineteenth century became a potent symbol of the femme fatale. But she is not the vicious predatory sea-creature painted in continental Europe by the likes of Arnold Bocklin, Franz von Stuck or Gustave Moreau. She appears innocent of the harm her singing has caused and continues to pluck at the strings of her harp and gaze down at the drowning sailor below, as curious of him as he is of her.

[periodinteriors]

Heinrich Hansen, Interior of the Rosenburg Palace, Copenhagen, c. 1821-1890.

[mothtral]

pressure au where everything is the same but you somehow transfer painter onto an old gameboy and carry them around in your pocket—until sebastian steals painter from you bc: 1) that’s his friend 2) he wants a reason to annoy you into seeking him out (no he’s not lonely shut up)

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Kylix with a Symposion Scene.

Artist, attributed to: Gales Painter (Greek, Attic, active ca. 530–ca. 500. B.C.)

Culture: Greek, Attic

Period: Late Archaic

Medium: Terracotta, red-figure with added red

[mythologypaintings]

The Bath of Venus

Artist: Sir William Richmond (British, 1842-1921)

Date: c. 1895

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen, Scotland

Description

The beauty of the goddess Venus transcends the painting. The peach and emerald colours surrounding Venus’ body creates an almost golden glow on her skin as she steps into the water.

[preraphaelitepaintings]

The Pearl

Artist: Frederick Sandys (British, 1829–1904)

Date: 1876

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Private collection

[pintoras]

Anne Goldthwaite (American, 1869-1944): 4 Rue de Chevreuse, Paris (1908) (via Whitney Museum of American Art)

[allegorypaintings]

Allegory of Happiness

Artist: Agnolo Bronzino (Italian, 1503-1572)

Date: 1564

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy

Description

The painting was commissioned by the Prince Regent Francesco de' Medici. This complex allegory represents Happiness (in the centre) with Cupid, flanked by Justice and Prudence. At her feet are Time and Fortune, with the wheel of destiny and the enemies of peace lying humiliated on the ground.

[humanfox030]

Scenes where Hoid drops the silly act in favor of guidance

[galleryofart]

The Coffee Bearer

Artist: John Frederick Lewis (English, 1805-1876)

Date: 1857

Medium: Oil on panel

Collection: Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom

[candyinsaninh0]

[artemlegere]

Sir Launcelot and Queen Guinevere

Artist: James Archer (British, 1823-1904)

Date: n. d.

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Private Collection, USA

[periodinteriors]

François Joseph Corneille Haseleer, The Courtroom of the Burg. 't Vrije in Bruges, c. 1824-1846, oil on panel.

[artandthebible]

St. Michael Expelling Lucifer and the Rebel Angels

Artist: Workshop of Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)

Date: c. 1622

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain

Description

This episode of the archangel Michael, a figure referred to in the Book of Daniel, is to be found in the Revelation of Saint John. This text narrates the battle in the sky between Saint Michael and his angels and the Devil with his legions of rebel angels. In the end “that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan” was cast out of Heaven onto the earth, as were his rebel angels.