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Edgar Ende, Die Brennende Fahne, 1934, oil on canvas, private...

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 18:32:50 -0400

Edgar Ende, Die Brennende Fahne, 1934, oil on canvas, private collection

christinephilipp: Vilhelm Hammershoi, A Girl from Behind, Half...

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 05:04:01 -0400

christinephilipp:

Vilhelm Hammershoi, A Girl from Behind, Half Length, circa 1884

distortus: Aim (aka Aym or Haborym) is a Great Duke of Hell,...

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 05:03:31 -0400

distortus:

Aim (aka Aym or Haborym) is a Great Duke of Hell, very strong, and rules over twenty-six legions of demons. He sets cities, castles and great places on fire, makes men witty in all ways, and gives true answers concerning private matters.

He is depicted as a man (handsome to some sources), but with three heads, one of a serpent, the second of a man (to some authors with two stars on his forehead), and the third of a cat to most authors, although some say of a calf, riding a viper, and carrying in his hand a lit firebrand with which he sets the requested things on fire.

narcissusskisses: Phosphorus and Hesperus Evelyn de Morgan

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 05:02:41 -0400

narcissusskisses:

Phosphorus and Hesperus Evelyn de Morgan

necroluste: Wilfried Satty.

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 05:02:36 -0400

necroluste:

Wilfried Satty.

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Tue, 30 Oct 2012 05:02:34 -0400

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Tue, 30 Oct 2012 05:01:34 -0400

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Tue, 30 Oct 2012 05:01:31 -0400

artmastered: The Bard by Benjamin West, 1778. From the...

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 05:01:27 -0400

artmastered:

The Bard by Benjamin West, 1778. From the Tate:

Thomas Gray’s poem ‘The Bard’, published in 1757, was based on the now-discredited tradition that Edward I ordered the massacre of the Welsh bards; Gray describes how the sole surviving bard stood on Snowdon and cursed king Edward before throwing himself into the Conway river beneath. It is one of the earliest literary treatments of passionate and heroic action in a wild natural setting which link the sublime with the Romantic movement. It inspired many artists, including Benjamin West, de Loutherbourg, Blake, Fuseli, Turner, and John Martin. Here, the bard holds a harp, associated with the bardic tradition and a symbol of Wales.

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Tue, 30 Oct 2012 05:01:21 -0400

nevver: Witches in the Air, Goya

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 05:01:19 -0400

nevver:

Witches in the Air, Goya