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Tag Archives: Painting
1897: Jersey Shore
William Trost Richards: On the New Jersey Shore (1897)
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Tagged 1890's, 19th Century, Art, Painting, Seascapes, USA, William Trost Richards
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1974: Iconography
Annibale Carracci: Christ Crowned with Thorns (16th Century) Phil Roman, director: It’s the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown (1974)
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Tagged 16th Century, 1970's, Animals, Annibale Carracci, Art, Birds, Christianity, Comic Strips, Dogs, Italy, Latino/as/x, Mammals, Painting, Phil Roman, Television, USA
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1968: Title Unknown
Anne Gill: [Title Unknown] (1968)
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Tagged 1960's, 20th Century, Anne Gill, Art, Landscapes, Painting, Trees, Women
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2017: The Creation of God
Harmonia Rosales: The Creation of God (2017); artist’s website here.
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Tagged 2010's, 21st Century, African-Americans, Art, Christianity, Harmonia Rosales, Latino/as/x, Painting, Women
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1895: A Park at Night
József Rippl-Rónai: Un parc la nuit (1895)
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Tagged 1890's, 19th Century, Art, Hungary, József Rippl-Rónai, Landscapes, Painting, Trees
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600 BC: How Can Someone Not Be Hurt and Hurt Again
πῶϲ κε δή τιϲ οὐ θαμέω̣ϲ̣ἄϲαιτ̣ο, Κύπρι, δέϲπ̣ ̣ο̣ιν̣ ̣’, ὄττινα [δ]η̣ ̀ φιλ̣́ ̣[ηϲι,] [κωὐ] θέλοι μάλιϲτα πάθα̣ν̣χ̣άλ̣[αϲϲαι;] [ποῖ]ον ἔχηϲθα [νῶν] ϲά̣ λοιϲί μ’ ἀλεμά̣τω̣ ̣ϲ̣ δ̣αιϲ̣̈́ δ̣ ̣[ην [ἰμέ]ρω⟨ι⟩ λύ{ι}̣ ϲαντι γ̣όν’ ωμε-̣ [x [ ̣ ̣ ̣] … Continue reading
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Tagged 1860's, 19th Century, 6th Century BC, 7th Century BC, Art, Diane Raynor, Great Britain, Greece, LGBTQ, Love, Painting, Poetry, Sappho, Simeon Solomon, Women
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1888: Lilies
Charles Courtney Curran: Lotus Lilies (1888)
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Tagged 1880's, 19th Century, Art, Charles Courtney Curran, Flowers, Painting, Ships & Sailing, USA, Water, Women
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1902: Vines
Paul Ranson: Vines (c. 1902)
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Tagged 1900's, 20th Century, Art, France, Landscapes, Painting, Paul Ranson
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1997: Translation / Transformation
In a 1997 essay on translation, the writer Harry Mathews cites Marcel Benabou’s version of Keats’s “A thing of beauty is a joy forever”: Ah, singe débotté, / Hisse un jouet fort et vert! It’s not quite a translation: the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1990's, 20th Century, Animals, Art, Austria, France, Gabriel von Max, Harry Mathews, John Keats, Language, Mammals, Marcel Benabou, Monkeys, Opera, OULIPO, Painting, Poetry, Translation, USA
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1899: Lake
Isaak Levitan: The Lake, Eventide (1899)
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Tagged 1890's, 19th Century, Art, Isaak Levitan, Lakes, Landscapes, Painting, Russia
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