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Topic: Paintings You Like
Posted By: Guests
Subject: Paintings You Like
Date Posted: 27-May-2006 at 03:35
Please post paintings you like in this thread.You may wish to explain them too Wink.
 
OVERSEAS GUESTS {Nicolas Roerich}
 
 
 



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Posted By: red clay
Date Posted: 27-May-2006 at 11:08
 
 


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"Arguing with someone who hates you or your ideas, is like playing chess with a pigeon. No matter what move you make, your opponent will walk all over the board and scramble the pieces".
Unknown.


Posted By: ulrich von hutten
Date Posted: 27-May-2006 at 11:19
                     jhangora ki keer


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Posted By: TURKOGLU_
Date Posted: 31-May-2006 at 08:19
 
 
http://www.dinosaur.org/celdinos/disdkrentzcreek.jpg -
 
 
HeartHeartHeart
 
 
http://www.castlegallery.co.uk/artists/paintings/walker_andrew/13.jpg -  


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While in custody,Mr.Koksun Selim jumped out of a small window of a rest room on the 6th floor of Suwon Immigration Control Office last February 27 at around 4 a.m.
MigrantOK Phillipines 2006. 4 No.9


Posted By: red clay
Date Posted: 03-Jun-2006 at 19:30
 
Mary Cassatt-   Boating on the pond
 
 
James Whistler- Thames in ice


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"Arguing with someone who hates you or your ideas, is like playing chess with a pigeon. No matter what move you make, your opponent will walk all over the board and scramble the pieces".
Unknown.


Posted By: red clay
Date Posted: 03-Jun-2006 at 20:29
 
N C Wyeth- Brandywine Studio
 
 
 
N C Wyeth- Illustration for Last of the Mohicans


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"Arguing with someone who hates you or your ideas, is like playing chess with a pigeon. No matter what move you make, your opponent will walk all over the board and scramble the pieces".
Unknown.


Posted By: TURKOGLU_
Date Posted: 04-Jun-2006 at 00:34

http://www.lenaemmertz.com/images/bredearth.jpg -


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While in custody,Mr.Koksun Selim jumped out of a small window of a rest room on the 6th floor of Suwon Immigration Control Office last February 27 at around 4 a.m.
MigrantOK Phillipines 2006. 4 No.9


Posted By: Frederick Roger
Date Posted: 04-Jun-2006 at 05:29

Las Meninas by Velasquez - Absolutely wicked and psychedelic for the time!

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/velazquez/velazquez.meninas.jpg - http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/velazquez/velazquez.meninas.jpg


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Posted By: ulrich von hutten
Date Posted: 04-Jun-2006 at 07:38
hieronymus bosch - tabletop of the seven sense
 
This painting was intended to be displayed lying flat. With its banderoles containing biblical inscriptions and the four circular scenes set into a dark background in the corners, the format recalls designs of stained glass windows. It has been pointed out that the four scenes in the corners show the Last Four Things:

  • Death
  • Last Judgement
  • Hell
  • Heaven


  • In the center is the Resurrected Christ and the Seven Deadly Sins are graphically shown around him in the shape of a mirror. The tabletop was presumably used by its owner as an object of contemplation and reflection upon human - and personal - sinfullness. The seven sins are:

  • Ira (Anger)--> a woman restrains her angry, drunken husband
  • Superbia (Pride)--> a woman admires herself in a mirror held by a devil disguised as a servant
  • Luxuria (Lust)--> a young man & woman flirt, as they eat & drink while a jester entertains
  • Accidia (Sloth)--> a man dozes in front of a fire while a nun reminds him of his religious duty
  • Gula (Gluttony)--> a fat man and his fat child eat while a thin man drinks
  • Avarcia (Avarice)--> shows a corrupt judge taking a bribe
  • Invida (Envy)--> a bourgeois looks longingly at a wealthy aristocrat, envying his lifestyle
  •  


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    Posted By: xi_tujue
    Date Posted: 04-Jun-2006 at 08:05


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    I rather be a nomadic barbarian than a sedentary savage


    Posted By: Zagros
    Date Posted: 04-Jun-2006 at 08:31
    http://www.farshchianart.com/fa/html/onlineart.htm - http://www.farshchianart.com/fa/html/onlineart.htm
     
    By Ostad Mahmoud Farshchian.


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    Posted By: red clay
    Date Posted: 04-Jun-2006 at 08:33
    Who was the artist who did the portrait, 4th image from top? Xi Tujue, the style is familiar.

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    "Arguing with someone who hates you or your ideas, is like playing chess with a pigeon. No matter what move you make, your opponent will walk all over the board and scramble the pieces".
    Unknown.


    Posted By: red clay
    Date Posted: 04-Jun-2006 at 08:50
    Zagros- have to confess I was unfamiliar with Farshchian's work, It's very good, seems to me he was heavily influenced by Art Nouveau movement 1880-1915. 

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    "Arguing with someone who hates you or your ideas, is like playing chess with a pigeon. No matter what move you make, your opponent will walk all over the board and scramble the pieces".
    Unknown.


    Posted By: xi_tujue
    Date Posted: 04-Jun-2006 at 08:53
    Originally posted by red clay

    Who was the artist who did the portrait, 4th image from top? Xi Tujue, the style is familiar.
     
     
    GÉRICAULT, Théodore
    c. 1820
    Black chalk and watercolour
    Musée du Louvre, Paris
    you mean that one man right?


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    I rather be a nomadic barbarian than a sedentary savage


    Posted By: Zagros
    Date Posted: 04-Jun-2006 at 09:02
    Originally posted by red clay

    Zagros- have to confess I was unfamiliar with Farshchian's work, It's very good, seems to me he was heavily influenced by Art Nouveau movement 1880-1915. 
     
    Thos epaintings are remeniscent of Safavid era works, whcih were inspired by earlier Sassanid works which had some sort of connection to China.


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    Posted By: Mosquito
    Date Posted: 04-Jun-2006 at 09:37
    hieronymus bosch: The garden of earthly delight - fragment:


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    "I am a pure-blooded Polish nobleman, without a single drop of bad blood, certainly not German blood" - Friedrich Nietzsche


    Posted By: ulrich von hutten
    Date Posted: 04-Jun-2006 at 09:50
    http://www.ewf.uni-erlangen.de/intern/dekanat/fanfare2.htm - http://www.ewf.uni-erlangen.de/intern/dekanat/fanfare2.htm  please click on fanfare
    today ,the second time( see da vinci code) mosquito and me have the same taste.....it's the begining of a great freindship

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    Posted By: red clay
    Date Posted: 04-Jun-2006 at 12:14
    Originally posted by xi_tujue

    Originally posted by red clay

    Who was the artist who did the portrait, 4th image from top? Xi Tujue, the style is familiar.
     
     
    GÉRICAULT, Théodore
    c. 1820
    Black chalk and watercolour
    Musée du Louvre, Paris
    you mean that one man right?
     
    Yes, thats the one and now I know why it's familiar. Had to study techniques and subject handling for Art History, way back when.  Gericault was one of the artists I chose.  Thanx for the reply, that would have bothered me all dayTongue


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    "Arguing with someone who hates you or your ideas, is like playing chess with a pigeon. No matter what move you make, your opponent will walk all over the board and scramble the pieces".
    Unknown.


    Posted By: red clay
    Date Posted: 04-Jun-2006 at 12:32
    Originally posted by Zagros

    Originally posted by red clay

    Zagros- have to confess I was unfamiliar with Farshchian's work, It's very good, seems to me he was heavily influenced by Art Nouveau movement 1880-1915. 
     
    Thos epaintings are remeniscent of Safavid era works, whcih were inspired by earlier Sassanid works which had some sort of connection to China.
     
     Zagros, if you can, see if you can find some links that show Safavid and sassanid work and [this evening as I have tasks assigned by "superintendent" LOL] I'll post some Art nouveau and also work by Maxfield Parish. If your interested that is, it should be interesting to do a comparison. Farshchian's use of color is more typical of safavid, but general mood is reminiscent of Art Nou.  Which could have been inspired by Sassanid, Who knows?


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    "Arguing with someone who hates you or your ideas, is like playing chess with a pigeon. No matter what move you make, your opponent will walk all over the board and scramble the pieces".
    Unknown.


    Posted By: red clay
    Date Posted: 04-Jun-2006 at 12:37
     Ummm, why is the quote missing and my reply is showing in the quote box?

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    "Arguing with someone who hates you or your ideas, is like playing chess with a pigeon. No matter what move you make, your opponent will walk all over the board and scramble the pieces".
    Unknown.


    Posted By: red clay
    Date Posted: 04-Jun-2006 at 12:50
    for Ulrich-
                        THE POTATO EATERS


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    "Arguing with someone who hates you or your ideas, is like playing chess with a pigeon. No matter what move you make, your opponent will walk all over the board and scramble the pieces".
    Unknown.


    Posted By: Zagros
    Date Posted: 04-Jun-2006 at 15:46

    Painting by Riza 'Abbasi, Isfahan, 1630

    Painting by Riza 'Abbasi, Isfahan, 1630. From the end of the 16th century, the human figure becomes more important in paintings and the subjects and treatment are sensuous. Drawings and paintings have a calligraphic quality.

    Here you go.
    http://www.art-arena.com/safavidart.htm - http://www.art-arena.com/safavidart.htm

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    Posted By: Emperor Barbarossa
    Date Posted: 04-Jun-2006 at 17:27


    The "Thin Red Line" of the 93rd Highlanders at the Battle of Balaklava against a Russian cavalry charge.


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    Posted By: Mosquito
    Date Posted: 05-Jun-2006 at 14:18
    Thisone was always one of my most favourite pictures in history altough most of people say that it is ugly and tasteless. What do you think Ulrich?
     
    David's "Death of Marat"
     


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    "I am a pure-blooded Polish nobleman, without a single drop of bad blood, certainly not German blood" - Friedrich Nietzsche


    Posted By: red clay
    Date Posted: 05-Jun-2006 at 17:35
    Alphonse mucha
     


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    "Arguing with someone who hates you or your ideas, is like playing chess with a pigeon. No matter what move you make, your opponent will walk all over the board and scramble the pieces".
    Unknown.


    Posted By: Emperor Barbarossa
    Date Posted: 05-Jun-2006 at 20:37
    I have some pictures from the Slav Epic by Alphonse Mucha.

    After the Battle of Grunwald

    After the Battle of Vitkov Hill

    Jiri z Podbrad, the First Hussite King


    The last days of Jan Komensky


    Jan Hus at Bethlehem Chapel



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    Posted By: Guests
    Date Posted: 11-Jun-2006 at 11:34
    QUEEN OF HEAVEN

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    Posted By: parthenon
    Date Posted: 25-Jul-2006 at 09:19
    Double Post.


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    After all, tomorrow is another day.:)


    Posted By: parthenon
    Date Posted: 25-Jul-2006 at 09:25
    People Going To The Market In Qing Ming Festival,
    by Zhang Zeduan, Song Dynasty, China.
    Now it is in the Palace Museum in Beijing.
     

    (528.7*24.8cm)


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    After all, tomorrow is another day.:)


    Posted By: parthenon
    Date Posted: 25-Jul-2006 at 09:30
     Zhu Da, also Ba Da Shan Ren,a Qing Dynasty Painter's
    paintings. He is unique in his styles.
     
    The Lotus
     
     
     
     
    Mountains and Rivers Series


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    After all, tomorrow is another day.:)


    Posted By: Aelfgifu
    Date Posted: 25-Jul-2006 at 09:37


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    Women hold their councils of war in kitchens: the knives are there, and the cups of coffee, and the towels to dry the tears.


    Posted By: Jagatai Khan
    Date Posted: 25-Jul-2006 at 11:17
    xi_tujue, what does your first picture depict?

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    Posted By: flyingzone
    Date Posted: 25-Jul-2006 at 15:22

    I don't know much about art but IMHO, M.C. Escher and René Magritte should be considered to be among the most intelligent and provocative artists of our times.

    Works by M.C. Escher

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Hand_with_Reflecting_Sphere.jpg">Hand with Reflecting Sphere %28Self-Portrait in Spherical Mirror%29, 1935.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:DrawingHands.jpg">Drawing Hands, 1948.
     
     
     
    Works by René Magritte
     
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:MagrittePipe.jpg">"This is not a pipe." The Betrayal Of Images %28La trahison des images%29 %281928–1929%29
     
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Magritte_TheSonOfMan.jpg">René Magritte. The Son of Man, 1964, oil painting, private collection.


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    Posted By: ulrich von hutten
    Date Posted: 25-Jul-2006 at 16:01
    Originally posted by flyingzone

    I don't know much about art but IMHO, M.C. Escher and René Magritte should be considered to be among the most intelligent and provocative artists of our times.

    Works by M.C. Escher

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Hand_with_Reflecting_Sphere.jpg">Hand with Reflecting Sphere %28Self-Portrait in Spherical Mirror%29, 1935.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:DrawingHands.jpg">Drawing Hands, 1948.
     
     
     
    Works by René Magritte
     
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:MagrittePipe.jpg">"This is not a pipe." The Betrayal Of Images %28La trahison des images%29 %281928–1929%29
     
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Magritte_TheSonOfMan.jpg">René Magritte. The Son of Man, 1964, oil painting, private collection.
    i do like escher as well..........


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    Posted By: parthenon
    Date Posted: 26-Jul-2006 at 09:22
    Originally posted by Zagros

    Painting by Riza 'Abbasi, Isfahan, 1630

    Painting by Riza 'Abbasi, Isfahan, 1630. From the end of the 16th century, the human figure becomes more important in paintings and the subjects and treatment are sensuous. Drawings and paintings have a calligraphic quality.

    Here you go.
    http://www.art-arena.com/safavidart.htm
     
    Let's compare this painting with those as show below, done by Tang Ying(1470-1523) , Ming Dynasty, see any similiarity?Wink 
    The one you showed us was done in 1630. All of them have a calligraphic quality.
     
     


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    After all, tomorrow is another day.:)


    Posted By: erci
    Date Posted: 29-Jul-2006 at 23:54





    Posted By: Mosquito
    Date Posted: 25-Sep-2006 at 14:18
    I guess that on the first picture Erci the pilots of flying carpets are preparing to take off. On the second picture the airport staff on the control tower is taking care for their safety in the air and shouting which direction should they fly to avoid colision with other carpets. Its a famous pictures series called "Air Arabia".
     
    Originally posted by erci






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    "I am a pure-blooded Polish nobleman, without a single drop of bad blood, certainly not German blood" - Friedrich Nietzsche


    Posted By: çok geç
    Date Posted: 25-Sep-2006 at 15:11
    beautiful painting Erci, but why those painted individuals were praying on the roof of their houses instead of inside a mosque?
    Looks like the imagination of an orientalist Approve


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    D.J. Kaufman
    Wisdom is the reward for a lifetime of listening ... when youd have preferred to talk.


    Posted By: JanusRook
    Date Posted: 25-Sep-2006 at 17:34
    Oh man me being so artsy this is a dream thread. Hmmmm.....favorites...
     
    Arnolfini Wedding by Jan van Eyck
     
    Girl with a pearl earing by Vermeer
     
     
    Le Grand Odalisque by Ingres
    And for a more modern spin H.R. Giger's Communion
    http://www.artsforge.com/gallery_new/giger/index.html">Communion


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    Economic Communist, Political Progressive, Social Conservative.

    Unless otherwise noted source is wiki.


    Posted By: Don Quixote
    Date Posted: 22-Mar-2012 at 21:25
    Makovsky - "Russian Beauty"
    http://artmundus.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/russian-beauty-makovsky.jpg


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    Posted By: Don Quixote
    Date Posted: 24-Mar-2012 at 01:23
    Aivazovsky:

    'Brig Mercury is Meeting the Russian Squadron after Victory over Two Turkish Ships' (1842)

    http://www.russianpaintings.net/articleimg/aivazovskiy/big/aivazovskiy_brig_mercury_after_victory_1848.jpg


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    Posted By: Don Quixote
    Date Posted: 25-Mar-2012 at 16:30
    Dante Gabriel Rosetti "Proserpine"
    http://ecotone.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Proserpine+Dante+Gabriel+Rossetti.jpg



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    Posted By: Sidney
    Date Posted: 25-Mar-2012 at 16:49
    Painting of Lady Gertrude Agnew (1865-1932), by John Singer Sargent (1856 - 1925) in 1892.




    Hercules and the Hydra, by John Singer Sargent in 1922-25.



    Posted By: Don Quixote
    Date Posted: 25-Mar-2012 at 18:45
    I have no idea who did this one, I stumbled upon it and the site didn't have the name of the artist



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    Posted By: Sidney
    Date Posted: 25-Mar-2012 at 18:55
    This is an Orientalist painting by Paul Trouillebert (1829-1900)called The Nude Snake-Charmer. http://www.orientalist-art.org.uk/trouillebert.html - http://www.orientalist-art.org.uk/trouillebert.html


    Posted By: Don Quixote
    Date Posted: 28-Mar-2012 at 01:36
    http://ferrebeekeeper.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/demeter_demorgan.jpg">demeter_demorgan

    Demeter Mourning Persephone (Evelyn De Morgan, 1906)

    http://ferrebeekeeper.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/demeter_demorgan.jpg



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    Posted By: Don Quixote
    Date Posted: 04-Apr-2012 at 20:40
    "Guinevere" Henry Justis Ford
    http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SrScs2CsPc8/TjcHBh4UV_I/AAAAAAAAA2g/37Z_k3CLELc/s640/guinevere.jpg

    Guinevere Rescued by La Cote Male Taile, illustration from 'A Collection of Stories from Old Fairy Tales Grimm, Andersen and Stories of King Arthur, published 1905
    Arthur Rackham:Guinevere Rescued by La Cote Male Taile, illustration from A Collection of Stories from Old Fairy Tales Grimm, Andersen and Stories of King Arthur, published 1905

    "Tristan and Isolde" by Edmund Blair-Leighton

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    Posted By: Don Quixote
    Date Posted: 18-Apr-2012 at 02:21
    I came upon this by a chance, a modern artist, Alexey Golovin:


    http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ucsME-AsFQU/S7KF2gW_1AI/AAAAAAAATcU/yq8QBesH624/s3200/Alexander+Golovin+93.jpg">


    http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ucsME-AsFQU/S7KF3P0WG5I/AAAAAAAATcc/e0mkxf0BuZU/s3200/Alexander+Golovin+90.jpg">

    http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ucsME-AsFQU/S7KF2Cx_4qI/AAAAAAAATcE/UX6yyrIofgU/s3200/Alexei+Golovin+94.jpg">



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    Posted By: Don Quixote
    Date Posted: 05-May-2012 at 21:09
    Andrew Atroshenko

    "Dance"
    a

    "Lost in Thought"
    a

    "Rebecca"
    a


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    Posted By: Ollios
    Date Posted: 06-May-2012 at 03:38
    Originally posted by Don Quixote

    Aivazovsky


    I like him too Big smile





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    Ellerin Kabe'si var,
    Benim Kabem İnsandır


    Posted By: Don Quixote
    Date Posted: 07-May-2012 at 02:11
    Yes, he is great.
    http://s.tidebuy.com/images/product/0/231/231231_1.jpg


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    Posted By: Don Quixote
    Date Posted: 07-May-2012 at 02:13
    http://conchigliadivenere.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/woman-in-green.jpg
    http://conchigliadivenere.wordpress.com/2012/01/03/krzysztof-izdebski-cruz-1966-polish/ - Krzysztof Izdebski-Cru


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    Posted By: Don Quixote
    Date Posted: 07-May-2012 at 13:49
    Halla Abdel Fatta "Secret"
    Fattah Hallah. Secret




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    Posted By: Don Quixote
    Date Posted: 07-May-2012 at 20:14
    Halla Abdel Fatta


    Fattah Hallah. Dancer
    "The Girl Spring"
    Fattah Hallah. The girl Spring

    Fattah Hallah. Dream




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    Posted By: Don Quixote
    Date Posted: 09-May-2012 at 21:12
    Ivan Slavinskii - but the Russian site I got this from doesn't post the names of the pictures





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    Posted By: Don Quixote
    Date Posted: 09-May-2012 at 21:22
    John Maler Collier
    "Lady Godiva"

    http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QpbJ0ccZfh0/T6oJi0EJLMI/AAAAAAAAYzw/8slF458_hhw/s1600/Lady+Godiva.jpg">


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    Posted By: Don Quixote
    Date Posted: 10-May-2012 at 19:24


    Mary Brewster Hazelton, Boston School -Oil painting, "La Japanaise"


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    Posted By: Don Quixote
    Date Posted: 13-May-2012 at 16:49
    "Tempus" by Ralph Heiman
    http://conchigliadivenere.wordpress.com/author/baronvontollbooth/ -

    http://conchigliadivenere.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/tempus.jpg">Tempus

     "Onyrique"
    http://conchigliadivenere.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/onirique.jpg">Onirique

    "The Mosaic Floor"
    http://conchigliadivenere.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/the-mosaic-floor.jpg">The Mosaic Floor


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    Posted By: Don Quixote
    Date Posted: 15-May-2012 at 20:37
    "Nude" by Xue Nanquin
    http://conchigliadivenere.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/nude_37.jpg">nude_37

    I like this - a naked human form, curled in a womb of the Universe.


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    Posted By: Don Quixote
    Date Posted: 24-May-2012 at 23:45
    Will Cotton:
    "Beatrice"

    "Consuming Folly"




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    Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
    Date Posted: 16-Jun-2012 at 11:28
    There's something really primal about this painting, which I like. Unfortunately I'm unaware of the artist's name, but I think it is titled Baucis and Philemon turning into a tree.



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    What a handsome figure of a dragon. No wonder I fall madly in love with the Alani Dragon now, the avatar, it's a gorgeous dragon picture.


    Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
    Date Posted: 22-Jun-2012 at 10:21
    I've just come across this artist called Gordon Napier, and I thought I would share his wonderful artistry.

    dusk mermaid

     


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    What a handsome figure of a dragon. No wonder I fall madly in love with the Alani Dragon now, the avatar, it's a gorgeous dragon picture.


    Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
    Date Posted: 22-Jun-2012 at 13:22
    Here are a few more paintings by Gordon Napier.Smile




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    What a handsome figure of a dragon. No wonder I fall madly in love with the Alani Dragon now, the avatar, it's a gorgeous dragon picture.


    Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
    Date Posted: 29-Jun-2012 at 11:25
    Again more paintings by Gordon Napier.

    the lady of shalott


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    What a handsome figure of a dragon. No wonder I fall madly in love with the Alani Dragon now, the avatar, it's a gorgeous dragon picture.


    Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
    Date Posted: 06-Aug-2012 at 23:17
    Two lovely paintings here. The first called, "Psyche opening the golden box", by John William Waterhouse, 1903, oil on canvas.

    Photo: <3 Affectionately inspired by this superb artist <3    (@) John William Waterhouse  * Psyche Opening the Golden Box   {1903 : Oil on Canvas}

    The second one is called, "Vanity", by Frank Cadogan Cowper, 1907, oil on canvas.



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    What a handsome figure of a dragon. No wonder I fall madly in love with the Alani Dragon now, the avatar, it's a gorgeous dragon picture.


    Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
    Date Posted: 09-Aug-2012 at 01:58
    Here are one or two more paintings by Frank Cadogan Cowper.

    La Belle Dame Sans Merci, 1926



    The Damsel Of The Lake, Called Nimue The Enchantress, 1924

    File:The Damsel Of The Lake, Called Nimue The Enchantress by Frank Cadogan Cowper.jpg


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    What a handsome figure of a dragon. No wonder I fall madly in love with the Alani Dragon now, the avatar, it's a gorgeous dragon picture.


    Posted By: Don Quixote
    Date Posted: 12-Aug-2012 at 04:02
    Adrienne de Boucherville, 1912. I couldn't find a copyable picture without a sign on it.
    http://www.artvalue.com/photos/auction/0/45/45702/boucherville-adrien-de-1912-fr-nu-couche-de-dos-2241771-500-500-2241771.jpg


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    Posted By: Don Quixote
    Date Posted: 12-Aug-2012 at 07:23
    Sergio Martinez - Azul
    http://conchigliadivenere.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/azul.jpg


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    Posted By: Don Quixote
    Date Posted: 12-Aug-2012 at 07:25
    Sergio Martinez
    http://conchigliadivenere.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/mas-allc3a0-del-aroma-ii.jpg

    http://conchigliadivenere.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/persuadida-por-el-amor.jpg

    http://conchigliadivenere.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/kimono.jpg


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    Posted By: Don Quixote
    Date Posted: 14-Aug-2012 at 16:08
    Giusepe Muscio
    http://conchigliadivenere.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/presa-di-coscienza.jpg


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    Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
    Date Posted: 14-Aug-2012 at 17:10
    Here is a nice collection of paintings by Rob Hefferan, titled Desire.




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    What a handsome figure of a dragon. No wonder I fall madly in love with the Alani Dragon now, the avatar, it's a gorgeous dragon picture.


    Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
    Date Posted: 24-Aug-2012 at 21:36
    My fiancée tells me she's been dreaming herself as Proserpina, with me taking some of her pomegranate, so I thought this painting by Dante Gabriel Rossetti called Proserpine would be a good painting to place on this page.   




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    What a handsome figure of a dragon. No wonder I fall madly in love with the Alani Dragon now, the avatar, it's a gorgeous dragon picture.


    Posted By: Mountain Man
    Date Posted: 25-Aug-2012 at 17:00
    What?  No Frazetta fans?  LOL




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    Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
    Date Posted: 25-Aug-2012 at 17:11
    I haven't seen these before now, but I've got to admit they have a certain charm.

    Frank Frazetta's Death Dealer I, II, III, IV, V, & VI.



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    What a handsome figure of a dragon. No wonder I fall madly in love with the Alani Dragon now, the avatar, it's a gorgeous dragon picture.


    Posted By: Don Quixote
    Date Posted: 27-Aug-2012 at 07:31
    Harold von Shmidt /1893-1982/
    http://conchigliadivenere.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/skinny-dip.jpg



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    Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
    Date Posted: 27-Aug-2012 at 08:38
    Three beautiful pieces by Melanie Delon 






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    What a handsome figure of a dragon. No wonder I fall madly in love with the Alani Dragon now, the avatar, it's a gorgeous dragon picture.


    Posted By: Don Quixote
    Date Posted: 03-Sep-2012 at 01:45
    http://conchigliadivenere.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/la-chemise-enlevc3a9e.jpg

    Jean-Baptiste Mallet /1795 – 1835/




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    Posted By: Don Quixote
    Date Posted: 06-Sep-2012 at 08:32
    http://conchigliadivenere.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/nude-by-a-stream.jpg

    "Nude by a Stream" by Joseph Tomanek /1889-1974/


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    Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
    Date Posted: 12-Sep-2012 at 23:49
    Lamia, by John William Waterhouse, 1905




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    What a handsome figure of a dragon. No wonder I fall madly in love with the Alani Dragon now, the avatar, it's a gorgeous dragon picture.


    Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
    Date Posted: 13-Sep-2012 at 01:06
    Another beautiful painting by John William Waterhouse, called Tristan and Isolde with the potion, 1916.






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    What a handsome figure of a dragon. No wonder I fall madly in love with the Alani Dragon now, the avatar, it's a gorgeous dragon picture.


    Posted By: Don Quixote
    Date Posted: 21-Oct-2012 at 09:20
    http://conchigliadivenere.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/circe.jpg
    http://conchigliadivenere.wordpress.com/author/baronvontollbooth/ -

    http://conchigliadivenere.wordpress.com/2012/10/21/george-willoughby-maynard-1843-1923-american/ - George Willoughby Maynard 1843 – 1923 - Circe





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    Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
    Date Posted: 17-Jan-2013 at 22:12
    Just found these beautiful paintings, by a Russian artist called Victor Nizovtsev.




    Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
    Date Posted: 18-Jan-2013 at 11:24
    I was lucky enough to come across a site with many artists I've not experienced before, like the one above. Here is another one.

    Kevin Beilfuss



    Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
    Date Posted: 05-Jun-2013 at 23:44

    girl with wavy hair, by Jim Warren




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    What a handsome figure of a dragon. No wonder I fall madly in love with the Alani Dragon now, the avatar, it's a gorgeous dragon picture.


    Posted By: Don Quixote
    Date Posted: 25-Jul-2013 at 03:36
    Alphonse Mucha "Reverie"
    Evening reverie (nocturnal slumber) - Alphonse Mucha


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    Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
    Date Posted: 27-Jul-2013 at 19:29
    This is called On the beach, by Harry Holland.



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    Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
    Date Posted: 30-Aug-2013 at 00:14
    Love this picture, which I found earlier while on Facebook. Along with this great picture were these words: "If we all could see the world through the eyes of a child we would see the magic in everything." Mmmmmm, I close my eyes and I imagine baby dragons. Smile

    Inside of me now there's this bit of me wanting that magic.

    OK, this picture is by an artist called Gale Franey, and it is called, Friends and Acquaintances.

    http://s1235.photobucket.com/user/The_Alani_Dragon_Rising/media/FriendsampAquaintances-Gale_Franey_zpscf7cc6fb.jpg.html">  


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    What a handsome figure of a dragon. No wonder I fall madly in love with the Alani Dragon now, the avatar, it's a gorgeous dragon picture.


    Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
    Date Posted: 22-Sep-2013 at 22:48
    Spirit Lover by Lori Higgins



    http://s1235.photobucket.com/user/The_Alani_Dragon_Rising/media/SpiritLover_zpsa8a93f07.jpg.html">

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    What a handsome figure of a dragon. No wonder I fall madly in love with the Alani Dragon now, the avatar, it's a gorgeous dragon picture.


    Posted By: Mountain Man
    Date Posted: 23-Sep-2013 at 17:53
    I'm a big fan of Doolittle:








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    Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
    Date Posted: 23-Sep-2013 at 22:32
    A Mermaid by John William Waterhouse, 1901



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    What a handsome figure of a dragon. No wonder I fall madly in love with the Alani Dragon now, the avatar, it's a gorgeous dragon picture.


    Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
    Date Posted: 28-Sep-2013 at 22:08
    Two paintings of Lamia here. First one titled Lamia, by Herbert James Draper, called simply, "Lamia". Then the second, another painting by John William Waterhouse, entitled, "Lamia and the soldier".








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    What a handsome figure of a dragon. No wonder I fall madly in love with the Alani Dragon now, the avatar, it's a gorgeous dragon picture.


    Posted By: Don Quixote
    Date Posted: 14-Nov-2013 at 22:49
    A virtual tour of 18 rooms in the National Gallery, with picture enlargement http://http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/visiting/virtualtour/#/room-43/ - http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/visiting/virtualtour/#/room-43/

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    Posted By: Don Quixote
    Date Posted: 14-Nov-2013 at 23:17

    http://s1137.photobucket.com/user/annajames5/media/crescent-cradle_zps09d75e57.jpg.html"> [/URL]
    Daniel F. Gerhartz 1965 "Crescent Cradle"

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    Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
    Date Posted: 15-Nov-2013 at 21:15
    Some lovely fantasy art fairies.
    http://s1235.photobucket.com/user/The_Alani_Dragon_Rising/media/TheLilyFairybyLuisRicardoFalero_zpsf3c71dd7.jpg.html">
    http://s1235.photobucket.com/user/The_Alani_Dragon_Rising/media/Fairy6_zps9bb00727.jpg.html">
    http://s1235.photobucket.com/user/The_Alani_Dragon_Rising/media/Fairy5_zpsb975efa1.jpg.html">
    http://s1235.photobucket.com/user/The_Alani_Dragon_Rising/media/Fairy4_zpsc28db192.jpg.html">
    http://s1235.photobucket.com/user/The_Alani_Dragon_Rising/media/Fairy3_zps4d42dce8.jpg.html">

    http://s1235.photobucket.com/user/The_Alani_Dragon_Rising/media/Fairy2_zps318c4c78.jpg.html">
    http://s1235.photobucket.com/user/The_Alani_Dragon_Rising/media/Fairy_zpsc89b5eb7.jpg.html">


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    What a handsome figure of a dragon. No wonder I fall madly in love with the Alani Dragon now, the avatar, it's a gorgeous dragon picture.


    Posted By: Toltec
    Date Posted: 17-Nov-2013 at 03:41
    hmmn, all the painting seem to be nude girls......... i wonder why


    File:The Scream.jpg




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    http://historyplanet.wordpress.com - History Planet Website
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    Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
    Date Posted: 17-Nov-2013 at 06:56
    Originally posted by Toltec

    hmmn, all the painting seem to be nude girls......... i wonder why?
    All the paintings seem to be nude girls, really Toltec? Personally, of the ones I have posted, which just happen to contain aspects of nudity, my belief is that the artists painted them that way. Smile


    (Sorry, Toltec, not something that I become uncontrollably sexually aroused over thoughts of) - The Alani Dragon Smile 


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    What a handsome figure of a dragon. No wonder I fall madly in love with the Alani Dragon now, the avatar, it's a gorgeous dragon picture.


    Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
    Date Posted: 17-Nov-2013 at 07:14
    Nice pieces, Toltec. Love Lowry, and Britain at play, and Our Town, are of the type of his that I favour. Dynamic, but also capturing an essence of the lives of the workers, and maybe at times showing bits and pieces of the lighter side. Was your choice of Munch's The Scream a commentary on the lives and conditions of the people on Lowry's paintings?

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    What a handsome figure of a dragon. No wonder I fall madly in love with the Alani Dragon now, the avatar, it's a gorgeous dragon picture.


    Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
    Date Posted: 18-Nov-2013 at 23:46
    Ophelia by Sir John Everett Millais



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    What a handsome figure of a dragon. No wonder I fall madly in love with the Alani Dragon now, the avatar, it's a gorgeous dragon picture.


    Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
    Date Posted: 19-Nov-2013 at 22:02
    A couple of paintings by the Polish artist Jaroslaw Kukowski from his Dreams collection. 
    http://s1235.photobucket.com/user/The_Alani_Dragon_Rising/media/JaroslawKukowskiTheLastBalticMermaidCatchingBirdFlu_zps2ec2c94d.jpg.html">
    http://s1235.photobucket.com/user/The_Alani_Dragon_Rising/media/fantasy_art_zpsb96bac13.jpg.html">


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    What a handsome figure of a dragon. No wonder I fall madly in love with the Alani Dragon now, the avatar, it's a gorgeous dragon picture.


    Posted By: Ollios
    Date Posted: 01-Dec-2013 at 14:08


    Turkic Goddess Umay, protector of children and who gives their soul


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    Ellerin Kabe'si var,
    Benim Kabem İnsandır



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