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Jan 3 2011
Jason Charming the Dragon by Salvator Rosa, 1664
Baroque / Greco-Roman / Italian / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
This Italian baroque masterpiece by Salvator Rosa was created in Italy sometime around 1664. It depicts Jason using the potions of Medusa to lull the dragon into a vulnerable catharsis that will enable the hero to gain the golden fleece. It is currently in the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
Jan 2 2011
Douleur d’amour, William Adolphe Bouguereau, 1899
Academician / Bouguereau / French / Greco-Roman / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a wonderful work of the Neo-Classical Master Bougereau which he entitled, Douleur d’amour. The artist suffered the death of four of his five children and this wonderful work may reflect his grief as his son was suffering from what became a fatal case of tuberculosis.
Jan 1 2011
Nuptials of Cupid and Psyche, Pelagio Palagi, 1808
Greco-Roman / Italian / Neoclassical / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
This masterpiece was created in 1808, the Neoclassical work of Pelagio Palagi. The Italian artist died in 1860 in Turin, Italy when he was eighty-four years old. This oil on canvas is now displayed in the Institute of Art in Detroit, Michigan.
Dec 17 2010
Poem to Prometheus by Troy Caperton, 2010
American / Caperton / Greco-Roman / Inspirational prints / Neoclassical / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
A reproduction of Troy Caperton’s work, “Poem to Prometheus”, a devotional work that combines an image of the eagle sent to torment Prometheus for his having given Fire to mankind in defiance of the deathless gods.
I will sing of the sacrifice of Prometheus,
Holy Forethought who suffered for aeons
For bringing to feeble Man the gift of Fire
Which warms us all on every frozen night.
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