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Jan 31 2011
Phidias Showing the Frieze of the Parthenon by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1868
Academician / British / Greco-Roman / Neoclassical / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of Lawrence Alma-Tadema’s “Phidias Showing the Frieze of the Parthenon to his Friends” of 1868. Phidias is the figure in the middle with Alcibiades and his lover Socrates to the sculptor’s right and Pericles and his companion Aspasia facing Phidias. Alma-Tadema was born and trained in the Netherlands and Belgium, notably at the Royal Academy in Antwerp. He moved to England in 1870 and there became very famous for his incredibly realistic depictions of ancient Rome, Greece and Egypt. He died in 1912. This masterpiece is in the Birmingham Museun and Art Gallery, England.
Jan 18 2011
Sappho and Alcaeus, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1881
British / Greco-Roman / Neoclassical / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
Sappho and Alcaeus were both on the list of the nine canonical lyric poets. He was a sixth century Before the Common Era citizen of Mytilene, the leading city of Lesbos. Tradition ascribes to him the invention of Alcaic verse as well as the position of lover of Sappho. This scene would have been on Lesbos in the court of Sappho, possibly at Kallisteia, an annual Lesbian festival.
Sir Lawrence was born in the Netherlands and educated at the Royal Academy of Antwerp. He settled in England in 1870 and became famous for this realistic portrayals of life in the Classical Era, both in Greece and in Rome. He died in 1912 at the age of seventy-six years.
Dec 27 2010
Reading from Homer, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1885
Academician / British / Greco-Roman / Neoclassical / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
This masterpiece of Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema was created in 1885. It depicts a scene from ancient Rome when three listeners are intent in listening to a reading from the Blind Bard, the founder of their religion. This work is currently in a private collection.
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