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Phosphorus and Hesperus by Evelyn De Morgan, 1889

British / Greco-Roman / Neoclassical / Paintings (Reproductions) / Pre-Raphaelite - 1 year ago - troycapc

De Morgan was a pioneering woman artist who was born in 1855.  Her work is Pre-Raphaelite and she was influenced by her uncle Roddam Stanhope and Edward Poynter.  She died in 1919 one of the most renown of women artists in the world.

Hesperus in Greek mythology was the son of Eos and Atlas and was associated with the evening star, Venus.  In its morning aspect, the planet we know as Venus was known to the Greeks as Phosphorus, the bringer of light.  In some mythological stories, these two male figures were considered to be lovers.  The original of this painting is in the De Morgan Foundation in Battersea, London.

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1700 Map of Asia by Guillaume de L’isle

French / Maps and charts / Renaissance - 1 year ago - troycapc

This wonderful map of Asia was included in Guillaume de L’isle’s World Atlas of 1700.  It incorporated many modern elements of cartography for the first time in a widely published work.  He became the first royal cartographer in 1718 and was an associate of the Academy of Science.  His maps were the most accurate available and were updated with the accounts of travelers.  He was the first cartographer to not depict California as an island.  He died in Paris in 1726.

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