Online nowCeanna
ceanna is a person from Isle of Man.
Likes 9,350 pages, 42 videos, 423 photos1,959 fans • Received 516 reviews
Member since Nov 13, 2005
* curious *

Favorites » Their Blog

1:29pm
Thomas Francis Dicksee - Miranda - 1871 - Collections of Fred And Sherry Ross, USA


Miranda - Thomas Francis Dicksee


Miranda


the naïve protagonist

of

William Shakespeare's romantic comedy - The Tempest


1:29pm
Henri Rousseau - Tiger in a Tropical Storm (Surprised!) - 1891 - The National Gallery, London, U.K


Surprised ! (Tiger In A Tropical Storm) - Henri Rousseau


a

masterpiece of naïve art,


the oeuvre resplendent with color, movement and drama


1:28pm
Goetze_Sigismund - The_Vision_Of_Sir_Percivales_Sister - 1902


The Vision Of Sir Percivale's Sister - Sigismund Goetze


Streamed through my cell a cold and silver beam,
And down the long beam stole the Holy Grail,
Rose-red with beatings in it, as if alive



Dindrane


the obscure fourth knight questing


The Holy Grail, she was half - sister to Sir Percival


1:10pm
The Old Plantation, ca. 1790-1800. Watercolor by unidentified artist. Original painting in Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum  Williamsburg, Virginia, USA


The Old Plantation - Artist Unknown


a

depiction of jumping the broom,


the oeuvre, the earliest example of American slave art


May 12, 2:24pm
Johannes Vermeer - Girl interrupted at her Music - 1660 - The Frick Collection, New York, USA



Girl Interrupted At Her Music - Johannes Vermeer


the


oeuvre that inspired


Susanna Kaysen's eponymous memoir - Girl Interrupted


May 12, 2:05pm
Albrecht Altdorfer - Susanna and the Elders - 1556 - Alte Pinakotek, Munich, Germany



Susanna And The Elders - Albrecht Altdorfer


Susanna's


travails turn postmodern

in

Carlisle Floyd's celebrated opera - Susannah


May 12, 2:00pm
Ludovicus Finson - Allegory of The Four Elements - 1611



Allegory Of The Four Elements - Ludovicus Finson


a

personification of the elements,


symbolizing the attributes of earth, air, fire and water


May 12, 1:53pm
Paul Delaroche - Herodias - 1843 - Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, Germany



Herodias - Paul Delaroche


Herodias


receiving the Baptist's head

in

Jules Massanet's four act opera - Hérodiade


May 9, 1:37pm
Jan Steen - Sara and Tobias' Wedding Night - 1700 - Museum Bredius, The Hague, The Netherlands.



Sarah and Tobias' Wedding Night - Jan Steen


Raphael


vanquishing the demon of lust


Ashmodai on the wedding night of Sarah and Tobias


May 9, 1:37pm
Delvaux_Paul - La Vénus endormie - The_Sleeping_Venus - 1944 - Tate Modern, London, UK



La Vénus Endormie (Sleeping Venus) - Paul Delvaux


inter arma enim silent leges


an


oeuvre in symbols portraying


anguish at the oppressive wantonness of war


Please login or join to view older archives