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Jan 19 2011
Cain Flying before the Curses of Jehovah, Fernand Cormon, 1880
Academician / French / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of the Biblical masterpiece, “Cain Flying before the Curses of Jehovah” of 1880 by Fernand Cormon. It is an imaginative depiction of the passage in Genesis which states that Cain will flee to the land of Nod in the fourth chapter of Genesis. Cormon was a Parisian who studied under Cabanel and produced this work when he was thirty-five years old. He became one of the leading French historical painters and was inducted into the Legion of Honor in this year of this production Afterwards he managed the Atelier Cormon where studied Toulouse-Latrec and Van Gogh. He died in a traffic accident at the age of seventy-nine. This masterpiece is in the Musee d’Orsay.
Jan 7 2011
First Mourning of 1888 by William Adolphe Bouguereau
Academician / Bouguereau / French / Inspirational prints / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of William Adolphe Bouguereau’s First Mourning of 1888. The French Academician chose an unusual scene, the reaction of Adam and Eve to the death of their son Abel. Abel was not only the victim of the first murder, he was the first person to experience death according to the traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The Christian also consider him the first martyr. The painting appears to avoid the drama of many depictions of death and very simply portrays the grief of the first parents. Bouguereau painted this after the death of his second son, a fact which had greater pathos to the scene. The original is at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires.
Sep 24 2010
The Sacrifice of Isaac by Gregorio Lazzarini, 1705
Baroque / Inspirational prints / Italian / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of “The Sacrifice of Isaac” of 1705 by Gregorio Lazzarini. This is an exquisite example of Baroque painting which is characterized by excessive decorative drama, exuberance and grandeur. This Venetian artist was born in 1655 and studied udner Francesco Rosa, Girolamo Forabosco and Giambattista Tiepola. He won fame in his native Venice where he remained for most of his life. He died on November 10, 1730.
Aug 2 2010
The Deluge by Francis Danby
French / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
A reproduction of Francis Danby’s work “The Deluge”. Danby is continually impressed by the helpless and insignificant place of humanity in juxtaposition to the power and awe of Nature. In this work he depicts the Biblical Flood as animals and people are about to be submerged. The sole hope is Noah’s ark in the background.
Aug 1 2010
Jacob’s Ladder, William Blake, ca. 1800
British / Inspirational prints / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
A reproduction of William Blake’s work “Jacob’s Ladder”. This work is a depiction of the story from the sixteenth chapter of Genesis. The tale has traditionally been viewed as an allegory of the connection between the immortal and the mortal. This masterwork is in the British Museum.
Jul 31 2010
The Creation of Adam, Michelangelo, 1512
Greco-Roman / Inspirational prints / Italian / Paintings (Reproductions) / Renaissance - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is one of the works of the Frescoes in the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo Buonarroti, who died in Rome in 1564 at the age of 89 years, was commissioned by Pope Julius II della Rovere in 1508 to repaint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel which had been frescoed earlier by Piero Matteo d’Amelia with a star-spangled sky. The masterwork was completed between 1508 and 1512.
Jul 30 2010
God As Architect, William Blake, 1794
British / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
This masterpiece of William Blake was created in 1794, as an illustration of his book of poetry, Europa a Prophecy. However, this work is more popularly known as the Ancient of Days. This pre-Romantic etching depicts a very Newtonian God measuring out the dimensions of his creation.
Feb 12 2010
Jacob Wrestling the Angel by Eugene Delacroix
Delacroix / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
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There are very few times in the Jewish tradition when a hero can make the statement and he has seen the Face of God. Jacob’s encounter with the angel in the 32nd chapter of Genesis is one such occasion.
“And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there. And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”
This is a reproduction of a Biblical masterpiece by Eugene Delacroix, “Jacob Wrestling the Angel”. It was painted between 1857 and 1861 and is in the church of Saint Sulpice in Paris. It is a huge work measuring over 24 feet tall and more than 16 feet wide. It is a work within a tradition as others have painted the same theme: Rembrandt in 1659 and Gustave Dore in 1855. Alexander Leloir in 1865 and Paul Gaugin in 1888 continued the tradition.
Eugene Delacroix was a leading French Romanticist of the Nineteenth Century. He began his training as a Neo-classicist in 1815 when aged seventeen. He became a sensation seven years later and in 1824 enjoyed a great success with his “Massacre at Chios”. In 1830 he produced his most famous painting, “Liberty leading the People”, which definitely sets the artist apart from Neoclassicism. The work also set Delacroix apart from other Romanticist painters in that he thought of his figures as archetypal. Therefore Liberty is personified as a female figure leading Parisians in their fight. The French government bought the painting but removed it from public view because it was deemed inflammatory. It was brought out nineteen years later by the president of the 2nd French Republic, Louis Napoleon.
Delacroix was part of a diplomatic mission to Morocco in 1832 and this experience led to his production of over a hundred paintings and provided a rich impetus for Orientalism. From 1833 to 1861 he was continually at work on large murals in the interior spaces of Salon du Roi, Palais Bourbon, Palais du Luxembourg, the church of St. Denis du Saint Sacrement, the Louvre and the Chapelle des Agnes at St. Sulpice. He was a founder of the National Society of Beaux-Arts and died shortly thereafter in 1863.
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