29 December, 2011

The Descent from the Cross, Rogier van der Weyden, 1435.

25 December, 2011

On This Day in History:

The Coronation of  Charlemagne, 25 December 800, Jean Fouquet

22 December, 2011


The Coronation of the Virgin, detail, Lorenzo Monaco, 1414.

Strike a Pose

Scala Regia

Constantine the Great, Bernini.
Crownprincess Marie of Romania playing with a dog
The Three Graces, Canova

Les Amoureux

Zeus, in the form of an eagle, and Ganymede

Death of the Blessed Ludovica Albertoni, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1674.
The Virgin Adoring the Host, Ingres, 1852.

Ab Ovo

The Origin of the World, Gustave Courbet, 1866.

A Look We Like

In Statuo Quo Ante



The Countess of Shrewsbury, Rubens, 1620.