Monthly Archives: June 2011

Young Muse

Arthur Bowen Davies  1920 Indianapolis Museum of Art

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Portrait of a Lady

Artist Unknown about 1650 Indianapolis Museum of Art The more I run my eyes over the art And skill of such portraiture, The more I admire, & adore the Heavens That realize this lovely Creature, The perfection of whose every … Continue reading

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Portrait of a Milkmaid

   Follower of Greuze, Jean-Baptiste  18th Century Indianapolis Museum of Art

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An Expression of Concern

Your Viscountess is as dry, shiny and angular as a seashell. — George Sand

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Gertie

Hollywood Studios Walt Disney World

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Venus

Artist Flaxman, John  Engraver  Blake, William  Creation date  1816-1817 Indianapolis Museum of Art  

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VENUS ANADYOMENE

Manship, Paul 1924 Indianapolis Museum of Art

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Luna

Engraver  Sadeler, Jan, I Artist  Vos, Maarten de Creation date  1585  Indianapolis Museum of Art

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Noumenon 9

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Shaman’s Amulet

North America Tlingit peoples, Alaska/British Columbia ca. 1830–50 White-tailed deer antler L. 3 in. (7.6 cm) Raymond and Laura Wielgus Collection During healing rituals, a Tlingit shaman, who is both a priest and a healer, wore amulets and sometimes touched … Continue reading

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