Neptune’s trident has three tines, while Pluto’s is a bident with only two. Or it could be a pitchfork. How to read them in paintings.
von Stuck
Christian visions of Heaven or Paradise are usually less of a location than an array of figures. Examples from 1475-1916.
Covering the Norns, Dagr, Nótt, Ægir, Gefjon, Bragi, Iðunn, Hervör, and the Wild Hunt or Åsgårdsreien.
They fought the Greeks in one of the three major wars of ancient times, before that against Troy. Paintings by Rubens, Feuerbach, von Stuck and others.
Perception changed with photography, and we came to interpret blur, lines and other devices as indicating motion.
The stories of Samson, whose prodigious strength depended on not having his hair cut, and Mary Magdalene, who dried Christ’s feet with her hair.
Snakes and serpents in myth, legend and religion are thoroughly sinister and bad, with one curious exception. A journey across centuries of images.
More wives from Raffaela Zeppa, through Lovis Corinth’s Charlotte Berend, to Pierre Bonnard’s Marthe, plus two husbands.
The north wind, cold and harbinger of winter, who abducted an Athenian princess in so many paintings. Also one painting which could show Euros, the east wind.
Why are women sometimes shown as having very pale skin? Why did they apply cosmetics to make their faces whiter? Ask the ancient Egyptians.
