Sunday, April 29, 2012

Elegant Judith

Judith and Holofernes (1577/78) by the Italian Renaissance painter Tintoretto (1518–1594).

Monday, April 23, 2012

Poor Hagar

Abraham sending away Hagar and Ishmael by the Flemish Baroque painter Anthonis van Dyck. Hagar looks still like a seductress because she is half-naked while in the back the chaste Sarah can be seen.

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Sweet Susanna

Susanna and the Elders (1751) by the Italian painter Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (1708-1787). It’s mostly a a neoclassical painting with a strong rococo influence – i.e. the sweet surprised girl.

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Lost Paradise

Eve (1911) by the British painter John Collier (1850-1934).

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Good selling Sins

Paulette Goddard as evil pagan princess in the movie "Sins of Jezebel" from 1953. That’s how people imagined bible women in the 1950s.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Oriental Salome

Salome by the French academic painter Léon François Comerre (1850-1916). Comerre specialized also in oriental subjects as can be seen here.

Thursday, March 22, 2012

An Adventure of a Princess

Moses Found (c. 1570-75) by the Italian Renaissance painter Paolo Veronese (1529-1588).