#Francesco Solimena

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‘Diana and Endymion’ (detail) by Francesco Solimena, c. 1705-1710.

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Maggie Moran | Hourly Rentals (Motel Open), 2023 Oil on canvas 24 x 30”

Maggie Moran | “Finders Keepers” (aka Girls Girls Girls), 2023 Oil on canvas 30” x 24”

Maggie Moran | Which Way to the Bar oil on canvas 36 x 36 in

All three paintings are from her modern renaissance series...

Here's the original - "The Calling of Saint Matthew" by Caravaggio

Here's a post about Caravaggio who was an interesting & talented jerk. Probably best known for his painting of "Medusa"

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Carlo III delle Spagne

by Francesco Solimena (Neapolitan, 1657 – 1747) oil on canvas (127 × 188 cm), c. 1707

Reggia di Capodimonte

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Francesco Solimena (Italian, 1657-1747) L'Annonciation, c.1690 Musée des beaux-arts d'Angers

"And in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God into a city of Galilee, called Nazareth, To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. And the angel being come in, said unto her: Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women” (Luke 1:26-28). -The Bible

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Diana and Endymion by Francesco Solimena (1710)

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Francesco Solimena - Jakob Und Rahel Am Brunnen

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Dogs in paintings #1

From Dido receiving Aeneas and Cupid disguised as Ascanius

by Francesco Solimena

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Francesco Solimena

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Francesco Solimena, Maria Vergine bambina con Sant'Anna e San Gioacchino (1675-80), Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte.

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Francesco Solimena   (IT, 1657 - 1747)

Diana and Endymion, 1705-10. Oil on canvas: 180 x 230 cm. Collection Walker Art Gallery [eucanthos’ edit]

In feminist theory, there is a concept known as the 'male gaze' which refers to female objectification in the visual arts repeatedly depicting women as vulnerable, desired, seductive and subjugated.

However, in Solimena's painting the elements of the male gaze are reversed.

Young and beautiful Endymion, spent his life in perpetual sleep. In some versions it was his own wish and in others Selene’s granted by Zeus (she visits her sleeping lover once every month when the new moon is not visible)

The mythological tale of Endymion is a confusing one, and not entirely clear whether all the myths relate to a single man, for Endymion was called a king, a shepherd, a hunter and an astronomer. The goddess’ identity is also blurred between Astarte, Artemis/Diana and the Moon.

Endymion's tale has resonated with people for millennia. It was taken up with vigor by Renaissance artists and the imagery of the Moon/Diana goddess visiting the eternal sleeping mortal has various executions (72 Paintings of Diana and Endymion archived in Wiki -last link-)

https://commons.mtholyoke.edu/arth310lankiewicz/sweet-dreams/selene-and-endymion/

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Francesco_Solimena_-_Diana_and_Endymion_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg

https://www.theoi.com/Heros/Endymion.html

https://www.greeklegendsandmyths.com/endymion.html

https://artuk.org/discover/stories/the-male-gaze-the-myth-of-diana-and-endymion

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Paintings_of_Diana_and_Endymion)

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Francesco Solimena - Cacciata di Eliodoro dal Tempio (Napoli - Chiesa del Gesù Nuovo)

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artemis & diana + art

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The many judgements made upon Nettles

Fire & Blood 🔥🐉

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Atribuido a Francesco Solimena - Santo en meditación

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Aurora Taking Leave of Tithonus 1704 Francesco Solimena (Italian, 1657 - 1747) On view at Getty Center, Museum East Pavilion, Gallery E103

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“Diana and Endymion”, c.1710 by Francesco Solimena (1657–1747). Italian Baroque artist. National Museums Liverpool, UK. oil on canvas