Half-buried Dog (Perro Semi-hundido, in Spanish) is one of the names usually given to this painting by Francisco de Goya y Lucientes. It shows the head of… Read more “Perro Semihundido – Half-buried Dog – A disquieting work by Francisco de Goya”
Tag: Visual Arts
Two Paintings with Spirit – Samples of the feminine way in art we all have desperately needed (but banned) for centuries
Two great painters of our time; two women; two beautiful samples of their work: – 1- The Mornig After II – by Alyssa Monks, 2014 (oil on… Read more “Two Paintings with Spirit – Samples of the feminine way in art we all have desperately needed (but banned) for centuries”
Several Magdalenes diversely similar
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”
Ten months late already!
June the 13th, 2017 – August the 13th, 2016 We really ought to go back home, dearie. No kidding. But now it seems it’s me I’m missing… Read more “Ten months late already!”
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)”
The Price is Love
… It always was and still is. And you always paid lavishly! So, I am completely sure you have got now all you lacked here. Including “him”.… Read more “The Price is Love”
Views of the Fearsome Sea — The Great Oils of Winslow Homer — 1873 to 1909
– A Gallery with dates and some references —but no comments for the present, except for the very last painting. (If you like Homer, you may watch… Read more “Views of the Fearsome Sea — The Great Oils of Winslow Homer — 1873 to 1909”
Angelic Eroticism
A personal view about an Angel by Francesco Jerace One of my favourite sculptures representing overtly masculine angels is a marble group by Francesco Jerace, located in… Read more “Angelic Eroticism”
Paintings of absence and melancholy (II) – Jim Holland’s empty boats
Some views on Jim Holland’s work and some additional selected paintings: (This post is an improved and extended reblogging of an old one with the same title,… Read more “Paintings of absence and melancholy (II) – Jim Holland’s empty boats”
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 quiet exactness of dreams
Glances at the work of Paul Delvaux (I) – English Version* *[Catalan Version just here] . 1. The trains – Les trains I cannot begin this first post… Read more “The quiet exactness of dreams”
INVISIBLE FORMS 