If There Is Much In The Window There Should Be More In The Room

Monday, August 20, 2012

Vintage Raptus




Adolphe-William Bouguereau
1825 – 1905
La Rochelle, France

And now about the caldron sing, Like elves and
fairies in a ring, Enchanting all that you put in.
--Shakespeare



Still life, forms and images painted
on a canvass raises in the mind
of the beholder
great conceptions
it strengthens consciousness
advances praise into rapture
for the single reason that we understand
their true worth as creations
by ready mortal hands
who worked in obedience to their minds
as if transported with some fit of passion
for every stroke of the brush...

-betterthanbare

Paintings speak to
every memory...

 





The Conversion of St Paul, 1552 abbate006.jpg Niccolo del' Abbate 1509 - 1571 Modena, Italy
Seated Nude, 1884 boug001.jpg Adolphe-William Bouguereau 1825 – 1905 La Rochelle, France
Biblis, 1884 boug002.jpg Adolphe-William Bouguereau 1825 – 1905 La Rochelle, France
Labriedu Printemps boug003.jpg Adolphe-William Bouguereau 1825 – 1905 La Rochelle, France
Night, 1883 boug004.jpg Adolphe-William Bouguereau 1825 – 1905 La Rochelle, France
Breakfast in the Garden.jpg
Giuseppe de Nittis
1846 - 1884
Barletta, Italy

Allegory of Lust-detailbronzino003.jpgAgnolo Bronzino1503 - 1572Florence, Italy

Execution of the Mata Hari Oct. 15 1917 Fully Clothed.jpg
Mata Hari
Margaretha Geertruida Zelle
1876 - 1917
Leeuwarden, Holland

Fernande Barrey Painting by Pablo Picasso.jpg
Fernande Olivier
Amélie Lang
1881 - 1966
Paris, France

The Harem Bath
gerome001.jpg

Jean-Léon Gérôme
1824 - 1904
Vésoul, France
Pygmalion and Galatea
gerome002.jpg

Jean-Léon Gérôme
1824 - 1904
Vésoul, France

Old House, 1856
hugo003.jpg

Victor Hugo
1802 - 1885
Besançon, France

Study of an Eagle, 1855
hugo004.jpg

Victor Hugo
1802 - 1885
Besançon, France

Nevermore, 1897
img_gauguin003.jpg

Paul Gauguin
1848 - 1903
Paris, France

Odalisque and Slave, 1839
ingres005.jpg

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
1780 - 1867
Montauban, France

Hero Finding Leander, c1892
keller001.jpg

Ferdinand Keller
1842 - 1922
Karlsruhe, Germany

A Nymph Drinking At A Spring, 1907
keller005.jpg

Ferdinand Keller
1842 - 1922
Karlsruhe, Germany

Die Musik; Music I, 1895
klimt005.

Gustave Klimt
1862 - 1918
Baumgarten, Austria

L ' Indolence.jpg

Love's Labour Lost, 1885
long004.jpg

Edwin Longsden Long
1829 - 1891
Bath, England

Mata Hari Dance of the Seven Veils.jpg
Mata Hari
Margaretha Geertruida Zelle
1876 - 1917
Leeuwarden, Holland

Mata Hari Ornate Costume.jpg
Mata Hari
Margaretha Geertruida Zelle
1876 - 1917
Leeuwarden, Holland

mata Seven Veils 2.jpg
Mata Hari
Margaretha Geertruida Zelle
1876 - 1917
Leeuwarden, Holland

Ornate Egyptian 2.jpg

Pan and Psyche 1872-4.jpg

Seven Veils 3.jpg
Mata Hari
Margaretha Geertruida Zelle
1876 - 1917
Leeuwarden, Holland

Sunset at St. Charles Eragny 1891.jpg
Camille Pissarro
1830 - 1903
St. Thomas, Virgin Islands

The beauty and butterfly 1870.jpg
Ferdinand Keller
1842 - 1922
Karlsruhe, Germany

The Date Seller.jpg
Edwin Longsden Long
1829 - 1891
Bath, England

The Eastern Favorite.jpg
Edwin Longsden Long
1829 - 1891
Bath, England

The Kiss 1907
Gustave Klimt
1862 - 1918
Baumgarten, Austria

An Algerian and her Slave, 1862
tissier001.

Ange Tissier
1814 - 1876
Paris, France

Venus Jouant avec L'Amour.jpg

Water Carriers Of The Ganges
weeks003.jpg

Edwin Lord Weeks
1849-1903
Boston, USA

Two Nautch Girls, Sketch
weeks005.jpg

Edwin Lord Weeks
1849-1903
Boston, USA

Wheel of Fortune.jpg

Safie, One of the Three Ladies of Bagdad, 1900
wontner002.jpg

William Clarke Wontner
1857 - 1930
London, England

Egyptian Beauty
wontner003.jpg

William Clarke Wontner
1857 - 1930
London, England








*original post 8/4/08


  




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Saturday, August 18, 2012

Chopin / Jose Iturbi, 1945: Fantasie Impromptu, Op. 66 - Original Film Music, 10" RCA Victor LP

A Musician’s Musician 


José Iturbi has been called “A Musician’s Musician” with just cause. He was a Spanish composer, pianist, harpsichordist, performer and conductor of international acclaim.

He appeared in several Hollywood films of the 1940s, notably playing himself in the 1943 musical, Thousands Cheer, and the 1945 film, Anchors Aweigh. He was the most diversified of performing musicians, the most complete of his generation and the century! José Iturbi was recognized as the world’s most popular classical musician during the 1930’s – 1970’s.

His all-encompassing musicianship and knowledge of composition and orchestration is unsurpassed by any musician, even today. Interestingly, Iturbi was the first leading pianist to bring back an ancient custom of playing and conducting all concerti simultaneously from the piano.