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Nativity History Paintings
The Nativity is a scene from the Bible. It takes place just after Jesus is born. In some books, he gets visited by Wise Men. In others, angels and shepherds visit. The donkey becomes an impure animal because eats the hay of the baby’s bed. The cow is considered sacred because he showed due reverence. I do not know where that story came from. It is just something I remember from the Bible study I took when I was wee small. Joseph is often shown looking concerned. As for the wise men, they are named after the presents they brought....
Christmas art History
I wanted to show you some nice Christmas paintings. It is a little early for Christmas, but whatever. The first couple of paintings are by Norman Rockwell. He was quite the prolific American painter. He made front cover arts for various magazines. When you see his paintings, you see traditional Christmas. I wanted to focus on Santa Claus. There are no Nativity paintings. There are a couple of paintings with children discovering that their father is Santa Claus. Other show Santa like a true being made of flesh and blood. There is a funny painter showing a cowboy running into...
Cinderella in Art
I wanted to show you 18 lovely Cinderella paintings and illustrations. Cinderella is one of the most popular fairy tales of all time. It has been adapted into plays and movies hundreds of times. Her story has some regional variants. The most common one is about a girl whose father dies. She is then made into a servant by her stepmother. Her sisters are also mean to her. One day the King makes a ball for his Prince. He wants the Prince to finally pick a wife and settle down. Cinderella wants to go to the ball, but her sisters...
Thanksgiving Told Through 10 Artworks
I wanted to show you 10 nice thanksgiving paintings and drawings. The first artwork is a lithograph by Winslow Homer. It shows the tradition of hanging up the riffle. Thanksgiving was created after the civil war. It originally was a celebration of folks being thankful that they were not at war with one another anymore. John Schutler, Home To Thanksgiving, 1867 features a business man returning home for the holidays. It is a more traditional Thanksgiving painting. Henry Tanner’s Thankful poor shows Thanksgiving in an African American home. The old man is thankful that he is no longer slave. Yes,...
5 Female Painters You Should Know
I made a new painter blog. I wanted you to know of the works of 5 of my favorite lady painters. The first one on the list is Angelica Kauffman. She was a Swiss Neoclassical painter (1741-1807). She was a student of Sir Joshua Reynolds. She made most of her works in Britain. She started her life relatively poor. Her father taught her how to paint. As a child prodigy, she mastered painting quickly, as well as 5 languages. She made her money making portraits of nobles and Queens. She made a fancy painting of Maria Antonietta. She also made...