Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Classical Art Paintings- Gods and Goddesses II

Cephalus and Aurora

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Cephalus and Aurora 1627-30 oil on canvas
96.5 x 130.8 cm
"Nicolas Poussin [early 1600's]  was the leading painter of the classical French Baroque style, although he spent most of his working life in Rome. /? 'His work is characterized by clarity, logic, and order, and favors line over color. /   Until the 20th century he remained a major inspiration for such classically oriented artists as Jacques-Louis David, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres and Paul Cézanne. He worked in Rome for a circle of leading collectors from there and elsewhere, except for a short period when Cardinal Richelieu ordered him back to France to serve as First Painter to the King. Most of his works are history paintings of religious or mythological subjects that very often have a large landscape element."
Cephalus and Aurora, 1627-30, oil on canvas, 96.5 x 130.8 cm

"Aurora, goddess of dawn, fell in love with the mortal Cephalus and tried to seduce him. He thought only of his wife Procris and rejected her. Poussin shows the cause of Cephalus' rejection of Aurora through the putto holding up Procris' portrait, ..."



Fine art paintings, original and classical fine styled fine art paintings, GrlFineArt by G. Linsenmayer.
Examples of classical fine art nude paintings, goddess, nudes,
examples of my own original fine art paintings.
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Tasha, as the Goddess Aphrodite, ...multimedia fine art painting.

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- Multimedia Acrylic / Oil On Paper. An original multimedia oil / acrylic painting of Tasha as Aphrodite rising from the sea, in a traditional / contemporary style. According to Homer's Iliad, she is the daughter of Zeus and Dione. The painting is a new original painting based on my own prior sketches and digital prints

Tasha, as Aphrodite, Bathing, ...

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Tasha, as Aphrodite, Bathing... ,,,

   Fine art paintings, original and classical fine styled fine art paintings, GrlFineArt by G. Linsenmayer.
   Examples of classical fine art nude paintings, goddess, nudes, and examples of my own original fine art paintings are for sale, originals and print-on-demand; look here for links...

Diana, Goddess of the hunt (see below)...




Herbert James Draper, The Gates of Dawn

"Herbert James Draper ... was an English Classicist painter whose career began in the Victorian era and extended through the first two decades of the 20th century. (lots of other nudes also...) ... Draper's most productive period began in 1894. He focused mainly on mythological themes from ancient Greece."




... fine art painting, female nude, reclining, Nikie, as the goddess Diana. The multimedia is based on my earlier acrylic oil painting; the background is based on a classical painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder, The Nymph of the Spring, The Latin inscription warns, "I am the nymph of the sacred spring. Do not disturb my sleep. I am resting.". In Roman mythology, Diana (lt. "heavenly" or "divine") was the goddess of the hunt, the moon and childbirth, being associated with wild animals and woodland...
18" x 12", $450


FINE ART FEMALE NUDE NIKIE GODDESS DIANA STANDING MULTIMEDIA PAINTING

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 - semi-abstract...
 

Fine art painting, "semi-abstract design shown here", female nude standing, nikie, as the goddess Diana, standing. The background was taken from "Diana as the Huntress", by Giampietrino, probably Giovanni Pietro Rizzoli , early/mid 1500's.

Female Nude Painting Nikie Weeki Wachee Florida

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Digital fine art work, an image of a female nude, reclining. ... original fine art computer-generated image, nikie, weeki wachee florida, in a traditional-modern contemporary style.



Portrait of Nikie, Gulf Coast, Florida


Portrait of Nikie; fine art painting, acrylic/oil on paper.