Tag Archives: Painting

1899: O ye whales and all that move on the waters bless ye the Lord

Posted on May 7, 2019 by corvusfugit

Edward Arthur Fellowes Prynne: O ye whales and all that move on the waters bless ye the Lord (1899); from the Prayer of Azariah, a passage that appears in the book of Daniel in some versions of the Christian Bible: … Continue reading →

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1828: Sala Dante

Posted on May 5, 2019 by corvusfugit

Joseph Anton Koch’s frescos of Dante’s Inferno (1825-28) decorate the Sala Dante in the Casino Massimo, a Roman Villa. Several scenes from the poem are illustrated here, including Dante and Virgil’s ride on the monster Geryon (upper right) and Count … Continue reading →

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1675: Lightning

Posted on May 4, 2019 by corvusfugit

Francisque Millet: Mountain Landscape with Lightning (c. 1675)

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1883: Quiet Seascape

Posted on May 3, 2019 by corvusfugit

William Trost Richards: Quiet Seascape (1883)

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1907: Landscape with Sign

Posted on May 2, 2019 by corvusfugit

Léon Spilliaert: Landscape with Sign, Nocturne (circa 1907)

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1943: Self-Portrait

Posted on May 1, 2019 by corvusfugit

Today is Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. Heinz Geiringer was a Jewish teenager in Amsterdam when the Nazis invaded the city in 1940. For two years, the family lived in hiding, with Heinz’s sister and mother separating from him and … Continue reading →

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1525: Dream

Posted on April 29, 2019 by corvusfugit

In the year 1525 between Wednesday and Thursday (7-8 June) after Whitsunday during the night I saw this appearance in my sleep, how many great waters fell from heaven. The first struck the earth about four miles away from me … Continue reading →

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1920: Seascape

Posted on April 28, 2019 by corvusfugit

Ludwik Cylkow: Untitled Seascape (c 1920)

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1880: Afternoon

Posted on April 28, 2019 by corvusfugit

Alfred Thompson Bricher: Afternoon, Southampton Beach; I made up the date.

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1881: Beach

Posted on April 26, 2019 by corvusfugit

F. K. M. Rehn: Beach of Bass Rocks, Gloucester, Massachusetts (1881)

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