Belly Dancers and Harem Girls
This is a great collection of images on harem girls and belly dancers.
Claudette Colbert in Cleopatra 1934
- Road to Enlightenment
An excellent collection of Southeast Asian Buddhist art from the Carlton Rochell gallery.
Prajnaparamita with Monks 12th Century
- DI Cavalcanti
Artist Di Cavalcanti is one of the great contributors to the development and modernization of art in Brazil.
Noemia
Female with Stairs 1929
- Eternal Egypt
Panel Portrait of a Woman 160-170 AD
The Splendors of China’s Forbidden City
The Glorious Reign of Emperor Qianlong.
Court lady 1700-22
Shiori Matsumoto (Sugar N’ Spicy)
These are great!
“Baldness” 2004
Nagasaki University Old Picture Database (MF)
This is an extensive collection of images from the Bakumatsu-Meiji Period of Japan.
Girl in Kimono in the Meiji Era
Rabotando (Cipango)
Girl at the Graveyard
STARDUST Aerogel Photos
03/22/2004
- Eve and the Identity of Women
“The story of Eve and its many misogynistic interpretations have over the centuries defined the image of woman in Western civilization.”
Lilith by John Collier 1887
- Paul Klee
Paul Klee on Art: “Art does not reproduce the visible, it makes visible.”
Senecio 1922
- The Paintings of Katherine Dinger
I like these. Here is a tutorial on how she created the pinup image below.
Pinup
- Drawings of Jim Dine
“Jim Dine is a consummate draftsman whose images of tools, large-scale nudes, self-portraits, and studies from nature and after antiquity are among the most accomplished and beautiful drawings of our time.”
Pinocchio with Clippers 2002
- Yoshitoshi Tsukioka (Plep)
“Yoshitoshi Tsukioka was the last and greatest genius of traditional ukiyo-é.”
The Strong Woman Takashima Oiko 1890
- Luca Matti (Cipango)
These intriguing images remind me a bit of the work of Escher.
La Sitta Sorda 2003
- Jeff Bohlander Illustration (Life In The Present)
These are great.
The E-Commerce Connection
- Chiura Obata (Plep)
I liked the images of California, and this beautiful print of Mono Lake in particular.
Morning at Mono Lake 1930
03/15/2004
Dolls of Innocence
This is an amazing exhibit of dolls from Japan.
Doll by Yamayoshi Yuriko
Kai Akemi
Kai Akemi’s fascinating gallery of dolls from Japan.
Spirit 1988
Vanessa Beecroft
Venessa Beecroft’s surreal doll-like photographic compositions.
From the 1996 VB18 Exhibit
Ito Shinsui
These are beautiful.
Misty Moon 1931
Hisashi Tenmyouya
Tatoo Man’s Battle 1996
Lesley Reppeteaux (Neurastenia)
The Nightmare Sisters
The Buddhist Protector: Yama Dharmaraja (Plep)
Yama Dharmaraja Mandala 1700s
Black Ships & Samurai (MF)
American Warship @1854
03/08/2004
‘Gauguin Tahiti’
NYT Article and slide show on the Gauguin exhibit currently at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
Two Tahitian Women, 1899
Indian Miniature Paintings – 1410 to 1976
From the UC Berkeley, BAM/FA Museum.
Shiva from early 1800’s
50 Years of Burrowing Gently Into Czech Culture
NYT profile of animator Zdenek Miler and a nice gallery of Krtek images.
Krtek the Mole In Outer Sapce
Visual Arts of Japan
A Georgetown University exhibit.
Sunrise by Narazaki Eisho
Lisa Uskavage
I like the intimacy of Lisa’s artwork.
Preening 2003
Richard May (Neurastenia)
Weird stuff from Russia.
The Face
Mary Ellen Mark
Twenty fascination photos of twins.
Twins
Japan Medicine Package Museum (Geisha)
These are great. [Babelfish]
Space Themes
Burpee – Cover Gallery
These are nice on the eyes.
1890 Front Cover
03/01/2004
- Minneapolis Institute of Arts
MIA has an extensive collection of over 1700 images from Asia and an interesting exhibit on the art of world religions.
Love for a Farmer’s Wife
Utamaro Kitagawa c. 1795-1796
Penitent Magdalene
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo c. 1650-65
First Call
American Posters of World War One from the collection of Roger N. Mohovich.
The Spirit of America
Stamps of Japan
Ukiyo-e print 1958
Vintage British Railway Posters
I’ll see you at Aberystwyth
Bruce Angrave, d.1983
- George Bellows at the NGA
I love the colors in the painting of the nude below.
Nude with Hexagonal Quilt, 1924
- Art of Susanne Iles
Nu Kua, Chinese Creation Goddess