Thursday, March 14, 2024

Melpomene - Muse of Tragedy

 

Pompeian Fresco (ca 70 AD)
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Ancient Roman (2nd C.)
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Eustache Le Sueur - The Muses Melpomene, Erato and Polyhymnia (mid 17th C.)
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Samuel van Hoogstraten (1658)
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Elisabetta Sirani (ca. 1660)
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Joshua Reynolds - David Garrick Between Tragedy and Comedy (1760)
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Nicolas Guy Brenet (2nd half 18th C.)
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Louis-Michel van Loo (1765)
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George Romney - Mrs Yates as Melpomene (1771)
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Johann Heinrich Tischbein (1771)
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Pompeo Batoni - Aleksandra Potocka as Melpomene (1779)
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Joshua Reynolds - Mrs Siddons as the Tragic Muse (1784)
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Angelica Kauffmann (study, 1790)
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Angelica Kauffmann - Tragedy and Comedy (1791)
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Robert Fagan - Euterpe and Melpomene (ca. 1794)
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Statue in Klagenfurt (ca. 1800)
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Gustave Moreau - Hésiode et la Muse (1857)
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Giuseppe Fagnani (1869)
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Paul Baudry (ca. 1870)
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Joseph Blanc (1885)
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Edward Simmons (1896)
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Giuseppe Mazzei (early 20th C.)
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Alexander Rothaug (cropped, 1911)
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Sven Lindhart (mid 20th C.)
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Yoan Leviev (2000s)
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José Luis Munoz Luque (ca. 2012)
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Alina Santana (2018)
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Leonid Ilyukhin (detail, 2018)
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Paolo Miguel Marinas (2021)
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Thursday, March 7, 2024

Helene Knoop

 

Perishableness
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Despair
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The Fox Widow
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Self Painting Session
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Woman Crying in the Summer Sun
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Despair (after Rembrandt)
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Vampire
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Family Jakobsen
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Therese
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Red Nymph
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The Nine Muses
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Calliope (Epic Poetry)
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Clio (History)
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Erato (Erotic Poetry, -> Violin)
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Euterpe (Lyric Poetry, -> Flute)
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Melpomene (Tragedy)
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Polyhymnia (Hymns)
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Terpsichore (Dance)
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Thalia (Comedy, -> Mask)
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Urania (Astronomy)

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Nefertiti
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Julie
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Self - Icon
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Self - Gold (-> Pregnant)
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Albino
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Transfiguration
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Milk (-> Breastfeeding)
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Baby Skin
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Goodnight Kisses
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Couple in the Fog
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Early Spring
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Match (-> Archer)
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Kristine
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Death of Fortune
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Truth Unveiled by Time
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Family
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A Child is Born
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Soul Resting on Shadow
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Conquers
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Keiron
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Maria Montessori
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Self Portrait with Men
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Memories
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(born 1979)
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