The Miraculous Apparition of the Virgin to St. Louis of France

Posted on October 21, 2011 by ubu507

Ferri, Ciro
Italian (1634-1689)
Mount Holyoke

And then I see Her, whom, still in human form,

heaven honors with glory, the primal Light

whose beauty a living mind can never

hope to draw or paint or with words,

or poetry approach with sufficient praise.

 — Vittoria Colonna (1492-1547)

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drawing: The Modern Nereid, Miss F. Knapp

Posted on October 21, 2011 by ubu507

Champney, James Wells
American (1843-1903)
circa 1897

Historic Deerfield

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Wild Vibration

Posted on October 21, 2011 by ubu507

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The Virgin on the Beast

Posted on October 21, 2011 by ubu507

Goncharova, Natalia
Russian (1881-1962)
1914

Mead Art Museum at Amherst College

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Persisting 3

Posted on October 20, 2011 by ubu507

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The Topless Angel

Posted on October 19, 2011 by ubu507

Sudeikin, Sergei
Russian (1884-1946)
Mead Art Museum at Amherst College

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Underpass

Posted on October 19, 2011 by ubu507

Chicago

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The actor Nakamura Shikan II as a demon playing a samisen.

Posted on October 19, 2011 by ubu507

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Japanese (1786-1864)
ca. 1830-1840

Mead Art Museum at Amherst College

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Persisting 2

Posted on October 18, 2011 by ubu507

Persisting 2

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Anna Clark

Posted on October 18, 2011 by ubu507

 1987

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