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Eye Candy for Today: Frederic Leighton’s Invocation

Invocation, Frederic Leighton Link is to Wikimedia Commons, original is in a private collection. Like the remarkable figure of Perseus in his interpretation of the mythological story of Perseus and Andromeda, Leighton here manages to render the figure as both solid and etherial. This is Read More …

Eye Candy for Today: Frederic Leighton’s Winding the Skein

Winding the Skein, Lord Frederic Leighton Link is to zoomable version on Google Art Project; downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons; original is in the Art Gallery of New South Wales. I think the Google Art Project version — and the downloadable version of that file Read More …

Eye Candy for Today: Frederic Leighton’s Lachrymae

Lachrymae by Frederic, Lord Leighton. In the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Click on “Fullscreen” under then image, then use zoom or download arrow. There is an image of the painting in the ornate, portal-like frame Leighton chose for it here. “Lachrymae” is latin for “tears”. Read More …

Eye Candy for Today: Leighton’s Perseus and Andromeda

Perseus and Andromeda, Frederic Leighton Link is to a zoomable version on the Google Art Project; there is a downloadable version on Wikipedia, which also has a descriptive page for the painting; the original is in the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. There is a tendency Read More …