Annonavi Barocco: 2014

Tuesday, December 30, 2014

lionofchaeronea: Justice and Peace, Corrado Giaquinto, 1st half...

Justice and Peace, Corrado Giaquinto, 1st half of 18th century

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"God did not create…evil; but he left to human beings, as to angels, freedom in everything. Thus..."

“God did not create…evil; but he left to human beings, as to angels, freedom in everything. Thus through their freedom some rise to the highest good, others rush headlong into the depths of evil. But you, man, why do you reject your freedom?

Why this reluctance to have to make an effort, to toil, to fight, to become the artificer of your own salvation? ‘My Father is working still,’ it is written, ‘and I am working’ (John 5.17).

Are you then reluctant to work, you who were created in order to create positively?”

- Origen (via onancientpaths)

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Monday, December 29, 2014

trismegistus7: Triumph of Christ - by Ernst...

trismegistus7:

Triumph of Christ - by Ernst Fuchs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_seals

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"At last may our sorrows part at world’s end, Blest sanctuary, sole light a candle – A torch!..."

“At last may our sorrows part at world’s end,

Blest sanctuary, sole light a candle –

A torch! Draweth I sight from another

More noble, warmth in hands enchained and soft,

Breath from your breath and Love’s pact made witness;

Foorsook I once was to bleak shadow’s doom,

Spirit! Now rest on the bosom of Truth.”

- Pour le vainquerer de la vérité, by Rubene

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Henry Scott Tuke (1858–1929) The Promise 1888

Henry Scott Tuke (1858–1929)

The Promise

1888

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Sunday, December 28, 2014

lionofchaeronea: Dune Landscape, Nicolaes Hals, 2nd half of...

lionofchaeronea:

Dune Landscape, Nicolaes Hals, 2nd half of 17th century

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Saturday, December 27, 2014

lionofchaeronea: Allegory of the Vanity of Earthly Things,...

lionofchaeronea:

Allegory of the Vanity of Earthly Things, unknown French artist, ca. 1630

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"A modéstia é caminho para a santidade, mas para ser santo é preciso ser humilde."

“A modéstia é caminho para a santidade, mas para ser santo é preciso ser humilde.”

- (via sancta-dei-genetrix)

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Friday, December 26, 2014

templeofapelles: La Dame à la Licorne, series Medieval...

templeofapelles:

La Dame à la Licorne, series

Medieval tapestry, Flanders

c. 1495-1505

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"To ripening earth, she beams down on terra firma With vigor, she illuminates that on the ground And..."

“To ripening earth, she beams down on terra firma

With vigor, she illuminates that on the ground

And to the heavens revealed they look out

To infinity, to the unconquerable and eternal,

Reaching out to the celestial spheres

That gazes down upon the blazing world.”

- Sol Invictus, by Rubene

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Gerard van Honthorst (1590–1656) Merry Company 1623

Gerard van Honthorst (1590–1656)

Merry Company

1623

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Thursday, December 25, 2014

lionofchaeronea: Elijah in the Desert, Washington Allston,...

lionofchaeronea:

Elijah in the Desert, Washington Allston, 1818

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"Those things which we neither desire, nor hate, we are said to contemn; CONTEMPT being nothing else..."

“Those things which we neither desire, nor hate, we are said to contemn; CONTEMPT being nothing else but an immobility.”

- Leviathan, by Thomas Hobbes

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Corrado Giaquinto (1703–1765) A Sorceress 1750 until 1752

Corrado Giaquinto (1703–1765)

A Sorceress

1750 until 1752

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Wednesday, December 24, 2014

"But Fate will be gentle to our journey And Atlas will fare us heavens serene, Our youth, ennobled by..."

“But Fate will be gentle to our journey

And Atlas will fare us heavens serene,

Our youth, ennobled by time eternal

Deigns us safe passage, Fortune’s approval,

‘Nec plus ultra’ be damned, the ancients scorned;

Only candor defines unknown from true,

A happiness flowing from wells unbarred.”

- Pour le vainquerer de la vérité, by Rubene

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magictransistor: Das Wunderzeichenbuch (The Book of Miracles)...

magictransistor:

Das Wunderzeichenbuch (The Book of Miracles) Augsburg, ca. 1552.

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Monday, December 22, 2014

"Adeus meu amor, não me espere. Porque eu já vou me embora pro reino que esconde os tesouros de minha..."

“Adeus meu amor, não me espere. Porque eu já vou me embora pro reino que esconde os tesouros de minha senhora.”

- Conto de Areia - Clara Nunes

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Monday, December 15, 2014

A sarabande that luxuriates harmony like no other.

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Tuesday, November 11, 2014

centuriespast: GOTHIC SCULPTOR, GermanThe King of the World and...

centuriespast:

GOTHIC SCULPTOR, German

The King of the World and the Foolish Virgins

1280-1300

Stone

Cathedral, Strasbourg

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cordisartis: St Peter Enthroned with Saints 1516 Cima da...

cordisartis:

St Peter Enthroned with Saints

1516

Cima da Conegliano

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Monday, November 10, 2014

cordisartis: Prayer without end 1656 Nicolaes Maes

cordisartis:

Prayer without end

1656

Nicolaes Maes

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orthodoxyandanimals: "One must also in the name of truth be...

orthodoxyandanimals:

"One must also in the name of truth be bold enough to affirm that the Cause of all things, through the beauty, goodness and profusion of His intense love for everything, goes out of Himself in His providential care for the whole of creation. By means of the supra-essential power of ecstasy, and spell-bound as it were by goodness, love and longing, He relinquishes His utter transcendence in order to dwell in all things while yet remaining within Himself." - St Maximus the Confessor

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"Men lose their high aspirations as they lose their intellectual tastes, because they have not time..."

“Men lose their high aspirations as they lose their intellectual tastes, because they have not time or opportunity for indulging them.”

- Utilitarianism, by John Stuart Mill

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Sunday, November 9, 2014

theraccolta: Reliquary bust of Charlemagne, Aachen Cathedral

theraccolta:

Reliquary bust of Charlemagne, Aachen Cathedral

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Photo

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"Capacity for nobler feelings is in most natures a very tender plant, easily killed, not only by..."

“Capacity for nobler feelings is in most natures a very tender plant, easily killed, not only by hostile influences, but by the mere want of sustenance; and in the majority of young persons it speedily dies away if the occupations to which their position in life has devoted them, and the the society into which it has thrown them, are not favorable to keeping that higher capacity in exercise.”

- Utilitarianism, by John Stuart Mill

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the-seraphic-book-of-eloy: Americque By Jan Van Kessel “The...

the-seraphic-book-of-eloy:

Americque By Jan Van Kessel “The Elder” (1626-1679), Dutch Brazil.

"It contains two Brazilian figures based on the paintings of Brazilian ‘Tapuya’ Indians made by the Dutch painter Albert Eckhout in 1641-43, a third Ameridian figure in the foreground, wearing a headdress and a skirt of red feathers, and various fauna and flora taken from Piso and Markgraf’s Historiae rerum naturalium Brasiliae, Yet the scene is not fully American either; it includes a set of Javanese gamelan gongs, Japanese armor and arms, and shells wich are either Indo-Pacific or pantropical.” - Peter Mason

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Saturday, November 8, 2014

Jacques-Louis David (1748–1825) The Farewell of Telemachus and...

Jacques-Louis David (1748–1825)

The Farewell of Telemachus and Eucharis

1818

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Luca Giordano (1634 - 1705) Allegory of Magnanimity 1670

Luca Giordano (1634 - 1705)

Allegory of Magnanimity

1670

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Friday, November 7, 2014

"Those who have begun to learn link words together but do not yet know their meaning; for the words..."

“Those who have begun to learn link words together but do not yet know their meaning; for the words must be integral parts of our nature [literally: they must grow with us]. But this takes time.”

- Aristotle (via onancientpaths)

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last-of-the-romans: Temple of Dionysus in Jordan

last-of-the-romans:

Temple of Dionysus in Jordan

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theuniversemocksme: Liber antiphonarium de toto anni circulo a...

theuniversemocksme:

Liber antiphonarium de toto anni circulo a festivitate sancti Aciscli usque in finem - details

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Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Matteo da Milano (Italian, active 1492 - 1523) Saint John the...

Matteo da Milano (Italian, active 1492 - 1523)

Saint John the Baptist

1520

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Jan Lievens (Dutch, 1607 - 1674) Prince Charles Louis of the...

Jan Lievens (Dutch, 1607 - 1674)

Prince Charles Louis of the Palatinate with his Tutor Wolrad von Plessen in Historical Dress

1631

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Jean Bourdichon (1457 - 1521) (French) Bathsheba Bathing 1498 -...

Jean Bourdichon (1457 - 1521) (French)

Bathsheba Bathing

1498 - 1499

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Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Dosso Dossi (1490 - 1542) (Italian) Mythological Scene 1524

Dosso Dossi (1490 - 1542) (Italian)

Mythological Scene

1524

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Simon Bening (circa 1483/1484–1561) Decorated Text Page 1525 -...

Simon Bening (circa 1483/1484–1561)

Decorated Text Page

1525 - 1530

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Franco dei Russi (1453 - 1482) (Italian) Adoration of the Magi...

Franco dei Russi (1453 - 1482) (Italian)

Adoration of the Magi

1470s

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Monday, October 13, 2014

Savoldo, Giovanni Girolamo (1480 - 1548) Shepherd with a...

Savoldo, Giovanni Girolamo (1480 - 1548)

Shepherd with a Flute

1525

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Sunday, October 5, 2014

Circle of Antonis Mor van Dashorst (1517 - 1577) Portrait of a...

Circle of Antonis Mor van Dashorst (1517 - 1577)

Portrait of a Man in Armor

1558

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You have an unusual expressive collection, which I will reblog :).

Thanks, your blog has quite a unique array of posts as well :)

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Titian (1490–1576) The Penitent Magdalene 1555 - 1565

Titian (1490–1576)

The Penitent Magdalene

1555 - 1565

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"Words, once they’ve broken away from your pen, might as well go, like orphan urchins, where..."

“Words, once they’ve broken away from your pen, might as well go, like orphan urchins, where they will- they have their own fate.”

- Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky, Shtempel: Moskva

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Coëtivy Master (Henri de Vulcop?) (French, active about 1450 -...

Coëtivy Master (Henri de Vulcop?) (French, active about 1450 - 1485) Philosophy Presenting the Seven Liberal Arts to Boethius

About 1460 - 1470

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Saturday, October 4, 2014

Master of the St. Bartholomew Altarpiece (1470 - 1510)...

Master of the St. Bartholomew Altarpiece (1470 - 1510) (Netherlandish)

The Meeting of the Three Kings with David and Isaiah

Before 1480

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Vicente López y Portaña (Spanish, 1772 - 1850) Saint Sebastian...

Vicente López y Portaña (Spanish, 1772 - 1850)

Saint Sebastian Tended by Saint Irene

1795 - 1800

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"You see, there are moments when perfection itself appears in a hand or in a face, in some nuance on..."

“You see, there are moments when perfection itself appears in a hand or in a face, in some nuance on the flanks of a hill or on the sea’s surface, moments when your heart is paralyzed before the miracle of beauty. I saw something ancient, because I knew I was not seeing something beautiful, but beauty itself, like the holy thought of God. I was discovering that perfection even glimpsing it once, and once holy, was something light and lovely.”

- Umberto Eco, Baudolino

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