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June 2, 2012 2:59 am

welovepaintings:

Caravaggio (1571-1610)Medusa (Detail)Oil on canvas mounted on wood1598-159955 x 60 cm(21.65” x 23.62”)Galleria degli Uffizi (Florence, Italy)
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In Greek myth, Perseus used the severed snake-haired head of the Gorgon Medusa as a shield with which to turn his enemies to stone. By the sixteenth century Medusa was said to symbolize the triumph of reason over the senses; and this may have been why Cardinal Del Monte commissioned Caravaggio to paint Medusa as the figure on a ceremonial shield presented in 1601 to Ferdinand I de’ Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. The poet Marino claimed that it symbolized the Duke’s courage in defeating his enemies.
Web Gallery of Art

Caravaggio (1571-1610)
Medusa (Detail)
Oil on canvas mounted on wood
1598-1599
55 x 60 cm
(21.65” x 23.62”)
Galleria degli Uffizi (Florence, Italy)

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In Greek myth, Perseus used the severed snake-haired head of the Gorgon Medusa as a shield with which to turn his enemies to stone. By the sixteenth century Medusa was said to symbolize the triumph of reason over the senses; and this may have been why Cardinal Del Monte commissioned Caravaggio to paint Medusa as the figure on a ceremonial shield presented in 1601 to Ferdinand I de’ Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. The poet Marino claimed that it symbolized the Duke’s courage in defeating his enemies.

Web Gallery of Art

(Source: avengered, via yolk-of-the-sun)

May 25, 2012 6:01 am

faredisfare:

André Deymonaz, Balade d’été

May 21, 2012 6:57 pm

welovepaintings:

Thomas Kennington
Great Britain 1856-1916
Homeless 1890
oil on canvas
170.0 x 152.0 cm

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(via yolk-of-the-sun)

May 19, 2012 10:31 pm

thecricketchirps:

Korniss Dezso, Boy with Bird, 1934

May 18, 2012 2:40 pm

darksilenceinsuburbia:

Danielle Duer.

Betty Baconchop. Acrylic and ink on cradled wood panel, 8” x 10”.

The Gardener. Acrylic and ink on cradled wood panel, 16” x 16”.