Εκόμισα εις την Τέχνη ( Vintage )

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Κωνσταντίνος Π. Καβάφης

Adolphe-William Bouguereau
1825 – 1905
La Rochelle, France

And now about the caldron sing, Like elves and
fairies in a ring, Enchanting all that you put in.
--Shakespeare



Still life, forms and images painted
on a canvass raises in the mind
of the beholder
great conceptions
it strengthens consciousness
advances praise into rapture
for the single reason that we understand
their true worth as creations
by ready mortal hands
who worked in obedience to their minds
as if transported with some fit of passion
for every stroke of the brush...

-betterthanbare

Paintings speak to
every memory...


The Conversion of St Paul, 1552  Niccolo del' Abbate 1509 - 1571 Modena, Italy


Seated Nude, 1884 Adolphe-William Bouguereau 1825 – 1905 La Rochelle, France


Biblis, 1884   Adolphe-William Bouguereau 1825 – 1905 La Rochelle, France


Labriedu Printemps  Adolphe-William Bouguereau 1825 – 1905 La Rochelle, France


Night, 1883  Adolphe-William Bouguereau 1825 – 1905 La Rochelle, France


Breakfast in the Garden 
1846 - 1884
Barletta, Italy




Allegory of Lust Agnolo Bronzino1503 - 1572Florence, Italy



Execution of the Mata Hari Oct. 15 1917
Mata Hari
Margaretha Geertruida Zelle
1876 - 1917
Leeuwarden, Holland



Fernande Barrey Painting by Pablo Picasso
Amélie Lang
1881 - 1966
Paris, France



The Harem Bath


Jean-Léon Gérôme
1824 - 1904
Vésoul, France


Pygmalion and Galatea


Jean-Léon Gérôme
1824 - 1904
Vésoul, France



Old House, 1856


Victor Hugo
1802 - 1885
Besançon, France



Study of an Eagle, 1855


Victor Hugo
1802 - 1885
Besançon, France



Nevermore, 1897


Paul Gauguin
1848 - 1903
Paris, France



Odalisque and Slave, 1839


Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
1780 - 1867
Montauban, France



Hero Finding Leander, c1892


Ferdinand Keller
1842 - 1922
Karlsruhe, Germany



A Nymph Drinking At A Spring, 1907


Ferdinand Keller
1842 - 1922
Karlsruhe, Germany



Die Musik; Music I, 1895
 

Gustave Klimt
1862 - 1918
Baumgarten, Austria



L ' Indolence 



Love's Labour Lost, 1885
 

Edwin Longsden Long
1829 - 1891
Bath, England



Mata Hari Dance of the Seven Veils 
Mata Hari
Margaretha Geertruida Zelle
1876 - 1917
Leeuwarden, Holland



Mata Hari Ornate Costume 
Mata Hari
Margaretha Geertruida Zelle
1876 - 1917
Leeuwarden, Holland



mata Seven Veils  
Margaretha Geertruida Zelle
1876 - 1917
Leeuwarden, Holland



Ornate Egyptian 



Pan and Psyche 1872 



Seven Veils  
Mata Hari
Margaretha Geertruida Zelle
1876 - 1917
Leeuwarden, Holland



Sunset at St. Charles Eragny 1891 
Camille Pissarro
1830 - 1903
St. Thomas, Virgin Islands



The beauty and butterfly 1870 
Ferdinand Keller
1842 - 1922
Karlsruhe, Germany



The Date Seller 
Edwin Longsden Long
1829 - 1891
Bath, England



The Eastern Favorite 
Edwin Longsden Long
1829 - 1891
Bath, England



The Kiss 1907
Gustave Klimt
1862 - 1918
Baumgarten, Austria



An Algerian and her Slave, 1862
 

Ange Tissier
1814 - 1876
Paris, France



Venus Jouant avec L'Amour. 



Water Carriers Of The Ganges
 

Edwin Lord Weeks
1849-1903
Boston, USA



Two Nautch Girls, Sketch
 

Edwin Lord Weeks
1849-1903
Boston, USA



Wheel of Fortune. 



Safie, One of the Three Ladies of Bagdad, 1900
 

William Clarke Wontner
1857 - 1930
London, England



Egyptian Beauty
 

William Clarke Wontner
1857 - 1930
London, England