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My pick of art, 1789-1914 era. Working on a YT project, nothing to see yet.

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Jesus Carried Up by Satan to a Pinnacle of the Temple (1886-94) by James Tissot (1836-1902). KJV Matt. 4:5 - Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple.

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b. Robert Louis Stevenson (Scotland, 1850–1894). Teller of thumping good yarns. “Everyone, at some time or another, sits down to a banquet of consequences.”

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Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses (1891) by J.W. Waterhouse (UK, 1849-1917). The sorceress offers a potion to bring the legendary Greek king under her spell. One of his crewmen has already been transformed into a pig.

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Medusa by Maximilian Pirner (Czech, 1853-1924). Those who gazed upon her face would turn to stone.

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I Am Half-Sick of Shadows (1915) by J.W. Waterhouse (UK, 1849–1917). Our lady is confined in her tower, viewing the world outside only through reflections in the mirror. Note the loom shuttles look like boats, a foreshadowing of her watery death.

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Before the Storm (1918) by Andrei Nikolaevich Schilder (1861-1919). “They sicken of the calm who know the storm.”

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La Madeleine (1892) by Ramon Casas (1866-1932). Museum of Montserrat. La Madeleine experiencing shock, anger and jealousy at what she sees. We can only glimpse what it is via the reflection. And it's spoiling a good beer and cigar.

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Jesus Carried Up by Satan to a Pinnacle of the Temple (1886-94) by James Tissot (France, 1836-1902). A temptation and a challenge, passed. Brooklyn Museum.

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Luna (1903) by Karl Schweninger (1854-1903). Roman mythology.
Often presented as the female complement of the (Sol).

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Halcyone (1915) by Herbert James Draper (1863-1920). IN BRIEF: (1) Zeus destroyed her husband's ship with a thunderbolt (2) The horrified Halcyone drowned herself (3) Out of compassion the gods changed both of them into kingfishers, or "halcyon birds".

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