Ioanna Papadopoulouさんのイラストまとめ

The Wounded Montenegrin (Ranjeni Crnogorac) by Paja Jovanović, 1882

One of 4 nearly identical compositions, this #painting is the earliest and largest in size. Jovanovic didn't give name his #art believing that if the composition was strong enough, the title would be evident.

Wild Roses by Mark Senior, 1906

My mind is making up stories again. Is it just me who sees in this the crowning of the new witch? The passage of power from old to young?

#art #painting

The Rape of Persephone by John Armstrong, 1927

#art #painting

Snakewoman by Ray Harryhausen

The Naga in Harryhausen's film "The 7th Voyage of Sinbad" is a dancer with four arms and is just called the Snake Woman.

In #indian #folklore and #mythology nagas are snake human hybrid beings who can assume either form.
#FaustianFriday

Nymph and Eros by Nikolaos Gyzis, 1897

Eros in the god of love and desire in #Greek #mythology. In early accounts he is a primordial deity while in later accounts he is Aphrodite's and Ares's son.
#art #painting

Antelope and Flowering Tree (textile design) by Myrtle Florence Broome

Mostly known as an Egyptologist and her #art depicting Egyptian Rural life, Broome was a British artist who worked and experimented with various kinds of #painting.

#WomensHistoryMonth #WomensArt

Springtime by Hovhannes Mkrtich Zardarian, 1956
#SuperstitionSat

A Village Doctress Distilling Eyewater by Thomas Rowlandson

A rural medical practitioner, is shown using her own urine to create a medicine to dispel 'bad humours of the eye'. Many think this disease was cataract.

#WyrdWednesday #art

Water fairy by Harold Gaze

Harold Gaze was a New Zealand artist who settled at the 🇺🇸 and worked as an illustrator for books and the #Disney studios in the 1920s.

He has a series of water #Fairies pictures which are really lovely. Here's a few I really liked
#SwampSunday

Dressing for the Masquerade by Thomas Rowlandson

Masquerade balls have been a feature of the #carnival season since the 15th century. Full of allegorical costumes, pageants and triumphant processions.
#FaustianFriday