Showing posts with label Classical. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Classical. Show all posts

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Diana Hunting

Diana Hunting (1899) by the French painter Guillaume Seignac (1870 - 1924). Seignac was typical for the French academic style of the Salon and produced a kind of Neo-Rococo.

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Neoclassical Nude

Girl on a fountain (1845) by the French painter Paul Delaroche (1797-1856). The whole arrangement and the artificial pose of the girl is part of a neoclassical composition, which was typical for the time.

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Diana Surprised

Diana surprised by the French painter Jules Joseph Lefebvre (1836-1911). A typical classical subject which for Lefebvre was so famous in the salon.

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Biblis

Biblis (1884) by the French academic painter William Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905).

Biblis fell in love with her twin brother Caunus, who fled from her. She followed him throughout Asia Minor until she died from exhaustion and grief.
Here can be seen a very sad girl, but she didn't look exhausted at all.

Saturday, August 8, 2009

The Delphic Oracle

The Delphic Oracle (1899) by the british painter John William Godward (1861–1922).

A nice picture, which could be sold today as "Fantasy-Art". But I doubt that the Delphic Oracle could have been a young chick like this.