Paintings Inspired by Love and Lust
Love has inspired artists since the days when they drew on cave walls with wooly mammoth blood. Van Gogh even cut off his ear for one lucky lady.
Le Printemps by Pierre Auguste Cot Apparently Pierre Auguste was a popular name in 19th century France, but that's beside the point. Cot painted in a style known as Beaux Arts Classicism. Beaux Arts Classicism is a type of ornate painting style, inspired by ancient art. It's named after L'ecole de Beaux Arts (the school of fine arts) in Paris, where Cot studied painting. The title of this painting, Le Printemps, is French for The Spring.
Le Printemps by Pierre Auguste Cot Apparently Pierre Auguste was a popular name in 19th century France, but that's beside the point. Cot painted in a style known as Beaux Arts Classicism. Beaux Arts Classicism is a type of ornate painting style, inspired by ancient art. It's named after L'ecole de Beaux Arts (the school of fine arts) in Paris, where Cot studied painting. The title of this painting, Le Printemps, is French for The Spring.
Munier
Emile Munier also painted in the Beaux Arts Classic style. Emile Munier became well known for his paintings of children and cherubs. A "putto" is a winged child - like an angel or cherub. How cute is this.
Emile Munier also painted in the Beaux Arts Classic style. Emile Munier became well known for his paintings of children and cherubs. A "putto" is a winged child - like an angel or cherub. How cute is this.
Venus and Sailor by Salvador Dali Salvador Dali is famous for his bizarre, fantastical, surrealist paintings. He described his style as "concrete irrationality." Whatever you call it, Dali's paintings are beautiful, but most definitely whacked-out.The Venus and Sailor is actually among Dali's more tame paintings.
Allegory of Gluttony and Lust
It is a Hieronymus Bosch painting made sometime between 1490 and 1500. It is currently in the Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven, Connecticut. In this painting there's more about Gluttony than Lust
It is a Hieronymus Bosch painting made sometime between 1490 and 1500. It is currently in the Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven, Connecticut. In this painting there's more about Gluttony than Lust
