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The Orchid Lady
Wilhelm’s (William John Charles Pitcher) illustration (The Orchid, 1899), Gustav Klimt’s painting and Gustaw Gwozdecki’s painting (Moon, 1908).
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Un chant de Noël
Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s painting (“Christmas carol”), my photo of fireworks and photo of my Christmas tree (2018).
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Lune orange
Frank Bernard Dicksee’s painting (“Portrait of Dora”) and Gustaw Gwozdecki’s painting.
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Belle de nuit
Mary L. Macomber painting (1902), my photo of fireworks, Victorian star brooch and star stud earrings (Icing stores).
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Une nuit de Décembre
Henri Fantin-Latour’s painting, Victorian crescent moon brooch, fir tree and diamond star brooch (1870). La lune pareil à un morceau de nacre, éclaire de blanc le bleu saphir du ciel. À la lueur de l’astre blanc, apparaît une passagère de la nuit, telle une ombre silencieuse. À quoi peut-elle penser? Peut être songe-t-elle à une…
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Romeo and Juliet in painting
Romeo and Juliet is a five-part tragedy written by the English playwright William Shakespeare in 1597. The story takes place in Verona, Italy. It is an impossible love between Romeo and Juliet due to a feud between their two families : The Montagues and the Capulet. The scene when Romeo confessed his love to Juliet…
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Autumn in painting (1)
« In Greek mythology, autumn began when Persephone was abducted by Hades to be the Queen of the Underworld. In distress Persephone’s mother, Demeter (the goddess of the harvest), caused all the crops on Earth to die until her daughter was allowed to return, marking spring. » Sources : Pinterest and https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/
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Une ode à la couleur au temps de l’Art Déco
Illustration of the Russian ballets designed by Leon Bakst (1910s), André Derain’s painting (Fauvism) and Santon MacDonald-Wright’s painting (Orphism).
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Fairy paintings
A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a comedy in five acts by William Shakespeare, written about 1595–96 and published in 1600. This story was depicted many times, namely by the painter John Simmons. « Theseus, duke of Athens, has conquered Hippolyta, the Amazon queen, and is about to wed her. Meanwhile, two lovers, Hermia and Lysander,…
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Pre-Raphaelite woman
Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s painting (“The salutation of Beatrice », 1869), my pattern (background) and my drawing of flower earrings.
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Se promener dans les vignes
Yves Calmejane painting (Grapevines in autumn) and fashion illustration (Costumes parisiens, 1913).
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The poetess Sappho
John William Godward’s painting (“Sappho”, 1904), my pink pattern, poem written by the Greek Antic poetess Sappho and Greek wave frise from another John William Godward’s painting (“A tryst”). .
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Cats in painting (1)
“Come, superb cat, to my amorous heart;Hold back the talons of your paws,Let me gaze into your beautiful eyesOf metal and agate”. The Cat, Charles Baudelaire Sources : https://lithub.com/15-great-cat-poems-not-written-by-cats/ and Pinterest
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In the ancient times
George Lawrence Bulleid’s painting and my pattern. George Lawrence Bulleid was a Victorian painter belonging to the academic art movement.
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Jeune fille en rose
George Lawrence Bulleid’s painting and my patterns. George Lawrence Bulleid was an English painter during the Victorian era. Antiquity (Classical times) and still-life were his favourite topics. His paintings were delicate, graceful and luminous. Source : all-art
