Showing posts with label satyr. Show all posts
Showing posts with label satyr. Show all posts

Saturday, December 15, 2012

Giovanni Luigi Valesio (1583-1633)...Venus Whipping Cupid with Roses...early 17th century



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"love is not so easily chastised"

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Saturday, November 10, 2012

Dolorosa... pastel work...2012



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  "If Zeus don't charm" ~ 305x228 mm ~ pastel and pencil on paper

Goya, Francisco de...Subir y bajar...1799



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from "Los Caprichos"


Monday, October 8, 2012

Léon Bakst ... Narcisse... 1911


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Costume design for  'Narcisse' by Tcherepnin 1911 ~ watercolour


Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Austin Osman Spare... Satyr c1920


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"By turning my head involuntary... I can always see my alter ego, familiars or the gang of elementals that partly constitute my being." AOS


from Austin Osman Spare, Fallen Visionary, Refractions published by Jerusalem Press