Selected paintings from the High Renaissance and Baroque featuring a (non-) penitent Mariam of Magdala – My younger sister, Ari, was not a Christian, but a shamanistic animist.… Read more “Several Magdalenes diversely similar”
Category: European painters
‘Trilogy of Love’ – Tarot inspired lithographs by Salvador Dalí (or whoever)
Salvador Dalí made (or possibly only authorized) this suite of lithographs in 1976, directly inspired in three of the tarot cards, all from the major arcana: Temperance… Read more “‘Trilogy of Love’ – Tarot inspired lithographs by Salvador Dalí (or whoever)”
The Many Temptations of St. Anthony the Great (II)
Martin Schöngauer and the very young Michelangelo Buonarroti One of the best depictions of the ordeals that St. Anthony Abbot went through during his retirement in the… Read more “The Many Temptations of St. Anthony the Great (II)”
The Many Temptations of St. Anthony the Great (I)
Introduction – 20th century Temptations by Salvador Dalí and Max Ernst The plights of Saint Anthony the Great (or Anthony of Egypt or Anthony Abbot) during his… Read more “The Many Temptations of St. Anthony the Great (I)”
Un tribut pictòric imaginari – L’“Ari” de Delvaux i una mena de retrat de família
Versió Catalana – [An abridged English version is here] – – La primera vegada que vaig veure “Rosine” -un oli del pintor surrealista belga Paul Delvaux, del 1968- em… Read more “Un tribut pictòric imaginari – L’“Ari” de Delvaux i una mena de retrat de família”
Three versions of Leda, a homage to early Renaissance and a moonlit departure
Glances at the work of Paul Delvaux (IV) – English Version* *[Versió Catalana just aquí] (This post continues three others you may read here (1), here (2) and… Read more “Three versions of Leda, a homage to early Renaissance and a moonlit departure”
Tres versions de Leda, un homenatge al primer Renaixement i una partença a la llum de la lluna
Mirades a l’obra de Paul Delvaux (IV) – Versió Catalana* *[English version is here] (Aquest post és continuació d’uns altres que podeu llegir aquí (1) , aquí (2) … Read more “Tres versions de Leda, un homenatge al primer Renaixement i una partença a la llum de la lluna”
A Pictorial Tribute – Delvaux’s “Ari”, and a sort of family portrait
– – The first time I watched “Rosine” –an oil by the Belgian surrealist painter Paul Delvaux, from 1968– I said to myself “this tall, slim girl… Read more “A Pictorial Tribute – Delvaux’s “Ari”, and a sort of family portrait”
The Geometry of Calvary
Glances at the work of Paul Delvaux (III) – English Version* *[Versió Catalana just aquí] (This post continues two others you may read here and here) . 7. The… Read more “The Geometry of Calvary”
La Geometria del Calvari
Mirades a l’obra de Paul Delvaux (III) – Versió Catalana* *[English Version right here] (Aquest post és la continuació d’uns altres que podeu llegir aquí i aquí)… Read more “La Geometria del Calvari”
Nus, fanals, savis abstrets i primers esquelets
Mirades a l’obra de Paul Delvaux (II) – Versió Catalana* *[English version just here] (Aquest post és la continuació d’un altre que podeu llegir aquí ) . 4. El… Read more “Nus, fanals, savis abstrets i primers esquelets”
Nudes, lampposts, abstracted scholars and first skeletons
Glances at the work of Paul Delvaux (II) – English Version* *[Versió Catalana just aquí] (This post is a continuation of another one that you may read here )… Read more “Nudes, lampposts, abstracted scholars and first skeletons”
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