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Alexandre Cabanel - or Wright Barker? Waterhouse's Circe Invidiosa is one of the paintings that should be seen "live". The colors just don't come out right in photographs. Giovanni Battista Luteri Dossi Edward Burne-Jones: Circe's Wine It would be nice to have some sort of combination of these two Charles Hermans Franz von Stuck; Tilla Durieux as Circe Louis Chalon Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione ? Arthur Hacker Briton Riviere Bartholomeus Spranger John Collier Baroque bookprint John Melhuish…

Triumph of the Medici in the Clouds of Mount Olympus, 1686 / Luca Giordano

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"But what is it then that sits in my heart, that breathes so quietly, and without lungs-- that is here, here in this world, and yet not here?" --Mary Oliver, "The Leaf and the Cloud" (excerpt)

Before Madeline Miller’s hit book Circe intrigued me , I was unfamiliar with this Greek goddess. It turns out that she’s been an inspirational muse for artists through 2,500 years! In fact, browsing the evolution of her representations makes an excellent study in culture and art. It seems her beauty and power over nature and menContinue reading

Achilles hold the body of Pentheselia , the Amazon.

The figurative works of Paul Reid revive the world of ancient Greek mythology, yet render new scenes through the artist's contemporary vantage point. Though Reid's education and understanding of form owes much to the masters of yesterday, his own cinematic style comes through in each of these scenes, feeling at once elegant and casual.