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Showing posts with label Paintings. Show all posts
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Monday, 9 September 2013
Saturday, 20 October 2012
Walker Art Gallery
'The Ruins of Holyrood Chapel', Louis Jacques Mand Daguerre, c.1824 - http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker/collections/19c/daguerre.aspx
'A Monkey' by George Stubbs, 1799 - http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker/collections/18c/stubbs-monkey.aspx
'Puck', Harriet Goodhue Hosmer (1856) - http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker/collections/19c/puck_hosmer.aspx
'Millie Smith', 1846, Ford Madox Brown - http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker/collections/19c/millie_smith.aspx
'A Monkey' by George Stubbs, 1799 - http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker/collections/18c/stubbs-monkey.aspx
'Puck', Harriet Goodhue Hosmer (1856) - http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker/collections/19c/puck_hosmer.aspx
'Millie Smith', 1846, Ford Madox Brown - http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker/collections/19c/millie_smith.aspx
Tuesday, 21 August 2012
The Tempest - NFS
http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/elizabeth-searle-as-miranda-103887 - Elizabeth Searle as Miranda - John Opie
http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/emma-hart-17651815-as-miranda - Emma Hart (Lady Hamilton), as Miranda - George Romney
http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/ferdinand-and-miranda-90257 - Ferdinand and Miranda (from William Shakespeare's 'The Tempest') - Frederick Richard Pickersgill
http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/prospero-and-miranda-98425 - Prospero and Miranda by Frederick Richard Pickersgill
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O124644/ferdinand-ariel-prospero-and-miranda-oil-painting-stothard-thomas/ - Ferdinand, Ariel, Prospero and Miranda (ca. 1789) - Thomas Stothard - 'An oil painting depicting Ferdinand's arrival on Prospero's island, Act I, Scene 2 of The Tempest.'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/prospero-and-miranda-149257 - Henry Thomson
http://www.bridgemanart.com/asset/181771/Waterhouse-John-William-1849-1917/Miranda-1916-oil-on-canvas - Miranda - JW Waterhouse
http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/emma-hart-17651815-as-miranda - Emma Hart (Lady Hamilton), as Miranda - George Romney
http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/ferdinand-and-miranda-90257 - Ferdinand and Miranda (from William Shakespeare's 'The Tempest') - Frederick Richard Pickersgill
http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/prospero-and-miranda-98425 - Prospero and Miranda by Frederick Richard Pickersgill
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O124644/ferdinand-ariel-prospero-and-miranda-oil-painting-stothard-thomas/ - Ferdinand, Ariel, Prospero and Miranda (ca. 1789) - Thomas Stothard - 'An oil painting depicting Ferdinand's arrival on Prospero's island, Act I, Scene 2 of The Tempest.'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/prospero-and-miranda-149257 - Henry Thomson
http://www.bridgemanart.com/asset/181771/Waterhouse-John-William-1849-1917/Miranda-1916-oil-on-canvas - Miranda - JW Waterhouse
Wednesday, 15 August 2012
Tumblr Paintings
'Mother and Child' - Frederic George Stephens - http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/stephens-mother-and-child-n04634
Flaming June (ca. 1895) - Frederic, Lord Leighton - http://www.museoarteponce.org/coleccion_gal/encounters-with-europe/2/44/1/1/
The Muse Erato at her Lyre (1895)John William Godward
Sappho (1903) - John William Godward
Flaming June (ca. 1895) - Frederic, Lord Leighton - http://www.museoarteponce.org/coleccion_gal/encounters-with-europe/2/44/1/1/
The Muse Erato at her Lyre (1895)John William Godward
Sappho (1903) - John William Godward
Fear - Marie Euphrosyne Spartali (later, Marie Spartali Stillman) - Red chalk on paper - c. 1870
Miranda - Thomas Francis Dicksee
Juliet (1877) - Thomas Francis Dicksee
Portrait of a Lady - Sir Frank Dicksee
Juliet (1877) - Thomas Francis Dicksee
Portrait of a Lady - Sir Frank Dicksee
John Singleton Copley, Venus and Cupid, c. 1779
Bartolomeo Manfredi - Allegory of the Four Seasons, 1610. Oil on canvas
William Bouguereau - Young Girl Defending Herself Against Eros, 1880. - http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails?artobj=584
Miranda (1868) - Sandys
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Hamlet and Ophelia - Compositional Study (1865) - http://www.preraphaelites.org/the-collection/1904P401/hamlet-and-ophelia-compositional-study/#related
Ophelia (1863-1864) by Arthur Hughes
In Realms of Fancy (1911) - John William Godward
The Return of Persephone (1891) - Frederic Leighton - http://www.leedsartgallery.co.uk/gallery/listings/l0033.php
The End of the Quest (1921) - Sir Frank Dicksee
In Realms of Fancy (1911) - John William Godward
The Return of Persephone (1891) - Frederic Leighton - http://www.leedsartgallery.co.uk/gallery/listings/l0033.php
The End of the Quest (1921) - Sir Frank Dicksee
Queen Eleanor 1858 Painting by Anthony Frederick Augustus Sandys - http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/art/online/?action=show_works&item=685&type=artist
Ophelia, 1861 - Thomas Francis Dicksee
Lady Tennyson on Afton Downs, Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight - Valentine Cameron Prinsep
Tuesday, 14 August 2012
Goya
'Francisco de Goya was the last of the Spanish Old Masters. He is best known for works depicting the grotesque consequences of war and the dark side of humanity.' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/artists/francisco-de-goya
Goya - http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/goya/hd_goya.htm
Born in 1746
Goya - http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/goya/hd_goya.htm
Born in 1746
This Sceptred Isle - 187/216
Gladstone's ambitions as Chancellor are thwarted by the onset of the Crimean War.
http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw02535/William-Ewart-Gladstone?LinkID=mp01789&role=sit&rNo=1 - William Ewart Gladstone - Heinrich Müller
http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw02538/William-Ewart-Gladstone?LinkID=mp01789&role=sit&rNo=14 - Gladstone - Sir John Everett Millais
http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw02541/William-Ewart-Gladstone?LinkID=mp01789&wPage=1&role=sit&rNo=39 - Alfred Edward Emslie
1854 - Crimean War
1833 - Slavery abolished throughout the Empire
1852 - Gladstone is Chancellor
Disraeli lived at No 11 Downing Street.
Disraeli doesn't give Gladstone the Chancellor's robe.
1809 - Gladstone was born
1852 - Gladstone destroys the budget speech of Disraeli.
http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw02535/William-Ewart-Gladstone?LinkID=mp01789&role=sit&rNo=1 - William Ewart Gladstone - Heinrich Müller
http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw02536/William-Ewart-Gladstone?LinkID=mp01789&role=sit&rNo=5 - William Ewart Gladstone - George Frederic Watts
http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw02538/William-Ewart-Gladstone?LinkID=mp01789&role=sit&rNo=14 - Gladstone - Sir John Everett Millais
http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw02541/William-Ewart-Gladstone?LinkID=mp01789&wPage=1&role=sit&rNo=39 - Alfred Edward Emslie
1854 - Crimean War
1833 - Slavery abolished throughout the Empire
1852 - Gladstone is Chancellor
Disraeli lived at No 11 Downing Street.
Disraeli doesn't give Gladstone the Chancellor's robe.
1809 - Gladstone was born
1852 - Gladstone destroys the budget speech of Disraeli.
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This Sceptred Isle
Monday, 13 August 2012
This Sceptred Isle - 185/216
Palmerston
The controversial politician becomes Prime Minister at the age of 71.
1855 - Earl of Aberdeen's coalition falls. Palmerstone was Home Secretary.
Palmerstone was Lord Grey and then Melbourne's Foreign Secretary.
Palmerstone was Lord John Rusell's Foreign Secretary.
Victoria called Palmerstone 'Pilgerstein'.
Victoria ends up liking Palmerstone.
Victoria loved Melbourne.
'Sidney Herbert' - http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait.php?search=ap&npgno=1639&eDate=&lDate=
Palmerstone establised an inquiry into the Crimean War (?).
1858 - Palmerstone wins the election.
http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw04848/Henry-John-Temple-3rd-Viscount-Palmerston?LinkID=mp03436&search=sas&sText=henry+temple&role=sit&rNo=8 - Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
Saturday, 28 July 2012
Friday, 20 July 2012
Thursday, 19 July 2012
Edward Coley Burne-Jones (1833 -1898)
Befuddled Puppy (1880) - http://www.leicestergalleries.com/19th-20th-century-paintings/d/befuddled-puppy/15325
Danäe and the brazen Tower - http://www.ashmolean.org/ php/makepage.php?&db= wapaintings&view=llisti&all=& arti=Burne-Jones,+Sir+Edward+ Coley&titl=&mat=&prov=&sour=& acno=&park=&strt=1&what= Search&cpos=1&s1=artist&s2= mainid&s3=&dno=25
Girl's Head Looking Down
Gudrun
Last Sleep of Arthur in Avalon - http://preraphaelitepaintings. blogspot.com/2009/03/edward- burne-jones-last-sleep-of- arthur.html
Laus Veneris
Margaret Burne-Jones
Princess Sabra Led to the Dragon
Study for the Head of Andromeda
Study of Venus for 'Pygmalion'
The Annunciation (1876) - http://www.liverpoolmuseums. org.uk/ladylever/collections/ annunciation.asp
The Beguiling of Merlin - http://www.liverpoolmuseums. org.uk/picture-of-month/ displaypicture.asp?venue=7&id= 105
The Council Chamber - (c1872 - 1892)
The Arming of Perseus
Vespertine Quies (Evening Repose) (1893) - http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?cgroupid=999999961&workid=1817
Wheel of Fortune - http://www.liverpoolmuseums. org.uk/ladylever/exhibitions/ drawings/studies/ wheeloffortune.asp
Danäe and the brazen Tower - http://www.ashmolean.org/
Girl's Head Looking Down
Gudrun
Last Sleep of Arthur in Avalon - http://preraphaelitepaintings.
Laus Veneris
Margaret Burne-Jones
Princess Sabra Led to the Dragon
Study for the Head of Andromeda
Study of Venus for 'Pygmalion'
The Annunciation (1876) - http://www.liverpoolmuseums.
The Beguiling of Merlin - http://www.liverpoolmuseums.
The Council Chamber - (c1872 - 1892)
The Arming of Perseus
Vespertine Quies (Evening Repose) (1893) - http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?cgroupid=999999961&workid=1817
Wheel of Fortune - http://www.liverpoolmuseums.
Friday, 13 July 2012
NGS
A Study of a Head (Saint Ambrose) - http://www.nationalgalleries.org/collection/artists-a-z/R/4777/artistName/Sir%20Peter%20Paul%20Rubens/recordId/5381
Jacob and Esau - http://www.nationalgalleries.org/collection/artists-a-z/R/4777/artistName/Sir%20Peter%20Paul%20Rubens/recordId/5656
The Feast of Herod - http://www.nationalgalleries.org/collection/artists-a-z/R/4777/artistName/Sir%20Peter%20Paul%20Rubens/recordId/5382
Lady Agnew of Lochnaw (1865 - 1932) - John Singer Sargeant -http://www.nationalgalleries.org/collection/artists-a-z/S/4829/artistName/John%20Singer%20Sargent/recordId/5396
Jacob and Esau - http://www.nationalgalleries.org/collection/artists-a-z/R/4777/artistName/Sir%20Peter%20Paul%20Rubens/recordId/5656
The Feast of Herod - http://www.nationalgalleries.org/collection/artists-a-z/R/4777/artistName/Sir%20Peter%20Paul%20Rubens/recordId/5382
Lady Agnew of Lochnaw (1865 - 1932) - John Singer Sargeant -http://www.nationalgalleries.org/collection/artists-a-z/S/4829/artistName/John%20Singer%20Sargent/recordId/5396
Friday, 25 May 2012
Wednesday, 28 March 2012
La Belle Liseuse (The Beautiful Reader)
http://www.bridgemanart.com/asset/87783/Comerre-Leon-Francois-1850-1916/La-Belle-Liseuse-The-Beautiful-Reader?search_context=%7B%22url%22%3A%22%5C%2Fsearch%5C%2Fartist%5C%2FComerre-Leon-Francois-1850-1916%5C%2F6818%22%2C%22num_results%22%3A%228%22%2C%22search_type%22%3A%22creator_assets%22%2C%22creator_id%22%3A%226818%22%2C%22item_index%22%3A4%7D
Comerre, Leon Francois (1850-1916)
Comerre, Leon Francois (1850-1916)
Monday, 12 March 2012
Wednesday, 7 March 2012
Friday, 2 March 2012
Diana and Callisto
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/diana-and-callisto-secured
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/titian-diana-and-callisto - Diana and Callisto
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/titian-diana-and-actaeon - Diana ad Actaeon
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/titian-the-death-of-actaeon - Death of Actaeon
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/titian-diana-and-callisto - Diana and Callisto
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/titian-diana-and-actaeon - Diana ad Actaeon
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/titian-the-death-of-actaeon - Death of Actaeon
Tuesday, 24 January 2012
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