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What is art? Some definitions
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Artist. A collection of paintings
and artist biography's including Titian, Vermeer, Magritte, Turner,
Giorgione and many more to come.
Giorgione. Giorgio Barbarelli da Castle
Franco was born in 1477 in the small town of Castelfranco Veneto,
outside Venice.
Rene Magritte. Rene Francois Ghislain
Magritte was Born in Lessines, Hainaut, Belgium in November 1898. He was
the eldest of 3 boys. His father was Leopold Magritte and his mother was
Régine Bertinchamp.
Johannes Vermeer.
Johannes Vermeer was thought
to have been born in 1632 in Delft in the Netherlands. It is Known that
he was baptized on October 31st 1632.
Vermeer
Paintings. Buy or search for Paintings by Jan
Vermeer.
J M W Turner. Joseph Mallard William
Turner (J M W Turner) was born in Maiden Lane, Covent Garden London,
England. Born to Gay Turner and Mary Marshall and Brother to Mary Ann
Turner. His father was a barber and wigmaker.
Yves Tanguy.
Raymond Georges
Yves Tanguy was born on January 5, 1900 in Paris in the Navy
Ministry where his father Felix, a retired navy captain lived and
worked as a warrant officer after spending many years in service
at sea.
Giorgione's, Sleeping Venus. The
Sleeping Venus, one of the last works of Giorgione, and one of the first
female reclining nudes in European painting of the time is of a naked
woman sleeping peacefully and oblivious to the gaze of others.
Venus of Urbino. The painting in
oils on canvas was commissioned by Guidobaldo II della Rovere, the Duke
of Urbino., a city in the Marche in Italy, southwest of Pesaro.
Famous nudes
Probably one of my most favourite artists has to be William Adolphe Bouguereau.
Who was born in
La Rochelle France on November 30th 1825.
Joseph Tomanek.
Joseph Tomanek was born on April
6th 1889 in Straznice, Czechoslovakia.
Wlliam
Bouguereau. William bourguereau was born on November 30th 1825 in La Rochelle France in
the Poitou Charente region.
Nudes.
The nudes of William Bouguereau.
Alma Parens.
The nudes of William Bouguereau
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Spring
breeze
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Zenobia.
Rhadamistus, son of King
Parsman I of Iberia (Pharasmanes), was known for his ambition, good
looks, and valor. Parsman, fearing usurpation by his son, convinced
Rhadamistus to make war upon his uncle, King Mithridates of Armenia,
Parsman’s brother, and father of Rhadamistus' wife, Zenobia.
Dante and
Virgil in hell.
Set on the banks of
the river Styx which formed the boundary between earth and the under
world. Dante is Virgil who is his guide through the nine circles of
Hell.
Idylle.
The young woman is looking lovingly at her partner who is naked at her
feet embracing her legs. The blanket that the male is sitting on along
with the expression on the young woman's face suggests that they have,
or are about to share an intimate moment.
Wounded Eros.
One shouldn't believe in all those
so-called innovations.
Faune et
Bacchante.
This painting by Bouguereau depicts a faune,
who were said to be mythalogical spirits of the untamed woodland.
Not to be mistaken for a Satyr who are totally different creatures, as
although they both pose goat like features below the waist and human
features above the waist, Satyrs were said to have human feet were as
fauns had goat like hooves.
Orestes pursued by the furies.
There are five figures clustered
in the centre, leaving the dark landscape background largely unnoticed.
A thorny vine creeps across their path in the right foreground
Bather. Baigneuse(1870)
This painting of a nude
by William Bouguereau features a beautiful young woman preparing to bathe in the
water at her feet. Her slender figure, skin tone and facial expression are
captured with a photo like quality that only Bouguereau seemed to be able to
achieve.
Nymphs et Satyrs.
Bouguereau portrays a
Satyr with four nymphs playfully dancing around him and seemingly trying to coax
him into the water to bathe.
Flore et z'ephyre.
This painting by William Bouguereau is of a
young couple. It depicts the Greek god Zephyrus the god of the west wind and
Flora the roman goddess of flowering plants, spring and to a lesser degree
fertility
After the bath.
After the bath, features a young woman standing on
the shore after taking a bath in the sea.
Youthfulness of Love. La jeunesse et l'Amour.
A young woman is crossing a stream using the rocks beneath her feet
in what appears to be a woodland.
A
soul in heaven. Une âme au ciel.
A soul in heaven the body of a young woman is being
carefully carried by angels to the gates of heaven.
Nymphaem.
Bouguereau
loved to paint the female form. There is no doubt that he was a master at it and
applied meticulous detail to his subjects.
The bather.
The Bather is of a young woman who is
sitting peacefully on her tunic which is placed over some rocks by the shore.
The birth of Venus.
La naissance de venus.Venus
the goddess of love can be seen standing in an oyster shell having emerged from
the sea as a full grown woman.
The youth of Bacchus.
Within the picture there a many characters some of which appear
familiar in other works. The centre of the work shows a group of
characters dancing, one of which by the way she is dressed appears
to be Psyché who is dancing with her arms aloft while holding the
hands of the male behind.
Biblis.
A young woman is portrayed in a wood by the side of a pool. She is
laying with her head on her arms and her body posture and facial expression
depicts sadness or remorse.
Douleur d'amour.
Pain of love. In this painting by
William Bouguereau a young woman is portrayed in a wood She is leaning on a
bunch of roses which are laying on top of an ornately carved pillar. Her head is
resting on her right arm while her left arm is resting on the roses.
Venus with Doves. This
painting of a nude by William Bouguereau titled Venus with doves. features a
beautiful young woman standing alone with doves flying about her.
Young girl defending
herself against cupid.
In this playful portrayal by
Bouguereau a young girl is
seated on a carved piece of rock below what appears to be a maple tree.
Craft Tutorials. Catagorised tutorials
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Free Craft. Free Craft for all the
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Craft supplies.
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Craft directories. These ever
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Art Kids
Craft. Full of Kids crafts for those of you who love art
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Card Search Trading cards online, Crafts, games.
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Jewellery-Beading Tutorials.
illustrated tutorial pages dedicated to teaching the basic techniques of
beading, Instructions, Detailed patterns , tutorials to help you make
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Jewellery-Beading, Supplies-Materials.
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