Woman with a bird cage
This painting has been realised by József Rippl-Rónai in 1892. I saw it during the exhibition “Masterpieces of Budapest” at the Luxembourg museum in Paris. I was impressed by this paint : the blue and green colours, the graceful woman, the contrast between the pale skin and the dark background and the charming bird in…
Moonstone jewelry
Moonstone is a fine gemstone belonging to the silicate group and the feldspar family of minerals. Jean Claude Delamétherie discovered this stone in 1801. The moonstone is characterized by the adularescence : an optical phenomenum constiting in “a milky, bluish luster or glow originating from below the surface of the gemstone.” The moonstone is colorless…
Portrait of a young North African woman
In 1874, the Belgium orientalist painter Jean-François Portaels (1818-1895) realised this portrait. Source : http://art-magique.blogspot.fr/2011/05/jean-francois-portaels-1818-1895.html
Salomé
The painting “Salomé” was realised by Paul Antoine de la Boulaye in 1909. Salome is the daughter of Herodiade and Herod the Great (Herod I). She inspired painters like Gustave Moreau and Paul Antoine de la Boulaye. She is often represented dancing in front of her stepfather Herod Antipas to charm him. She is also…
Aquamarine jewelry
Aquamarine is the green-blue variety of the mineral Beryl (Emerald belongs also to the Beryl family of minerals). Aquamarine has generally a pastel blue colour. This gemstone can also be intense blue and blue-green.The name “aquamarine” comes from the Latin “aqua marina” meaning seawater. It is found in Brazil, Nigeria, Zambia, Pakistan, Madagascar, Vietnam and…
Smelling the bright scent of lemons while admiring the ravishing Italian majolicas
Majolica (Maiolica) is an Italian faience dating back to the Renaissance. “By the 13th century majolica ware was imported into Italy through the Isle of Majorca, headquarter of the trade between Spain and Italy. The Italians called it Maiolica, erroneously thinking it was made in Majorca”.
