Alanzoide

Compendio de arte, diseño, cosas de otra epoca, bellezas y delicias de la red.

[spirit-of-art]

Theodore Kaufmann (1814–1896), Lorelei, 1874

[vintage-treasures]

Barine, oil on canvas (1894) Edward John Poynter (British, 1836–1919) portrays Barine, the calculating beauty from the eighth ode of Horace’s second book. In Roman literature, she is a formidable femme fatale who grows more captivating with every broken promise and lie.

She is captured tearing a love letter in two. The cord securing the letter is rendered as a broken ouroboros, a snake eating its tail, symbolizing the end of what was promised to be infinite love. She wears a wreath of red roses, a traditional symbol of passion that contrasts with her detached, almost mocking expression. The painting is a primary example of High Victorian Classicism. Every element, from the cool marble column to the Barine's garment, reflects a rigorous academic approach to historical reconstruction. Through structural harmony and balanced light, Poynter connects the 19th-century viewer to the aesthetic ideals of antiquity. Loc. Private Collection (Via private sales and direct family/collector lineage). Dim. 63.5 cm H x 47 cm W (25 x 18 1/2 in.).

[1five1two]

'The Light is Coming'. Michael Malm.

[femmmeow]

Digitally edited vintage pulp cover by Femmmeow

[classicalcanvas]

Diana and Actaeon (1836) by Camille Corot

[classicalcanvas]

The Fisherman and the Syren (1858) by Frederic Leighton

[classicalcanvas]

The Storm (1880) by Pierre Auguste Cot

[classicalcanvas]

Lunar night in the Crimea (1862) by Ivan Aivazovsky

[rougeleopard]

[rosieandthemoon]

Rock Bottom by Daniel Merriam, 2022 {via}

[7pleiades7]

L'Aurore et Céphale (Aurora and Cephalus) (1810) by Pierre-Narcisse Guérin (French, 1774 – 1833), oil on canvas, 254.5 cm × 178 cm (100.2 in × 70 in), Musée du Louvre, Paris

[rosieandthemoon]

Detail from "Moonlight Landscape" by Joseph Wright(1785){info}

[classicalcanvas]

Psyché (1883) by Jules-Joseph Lefebvre

[classicalcanvas]

Fairies by the Brook (1895) by Max Pirner

[pin-striped-soup]

swiss cheese font. Holier than most other fonts.

[simena]

Amanda Lampe

[diana-andraste]

Butterfly, Tibor Csörgeö, 1939