DuckHairback
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23 Apr 2024, 4:33 pm
This painting is especially cool to me because it was a source of inspiration for Mary Shelly when she wrote Frankenstein.
Oooh I like that one too! The Nightmare by Henry Fusili. Very gothic and cool!
I came in here to post this one too. I first saw it when I started researching sleep paralysis because some people think that is what is being depicted here.
Other than that I realise I don't know many classic paintings.
23 Apr 2024, 6:08 pm
This painting is especially cool to me because it was a source of inspiration for Mary Shelly when she wrote Frankenstein.
Oooh I like that one too! The Nightmare by Henry Fusili. Very gothic and cool!
I came in here to post this one too. I first saw it when I started researching sleep paralysis because some people think that is what is being depicted here.
Other than that I realise I don't know many classic paintings.
Yeah I also think that this painting depicts a kind of incubus. Like the female succubus they were medieval demons blamed for invading dreams at night and causing night terrors and arousal in their victims as they slept.
23 Apr 2024, 6:47 pm
I prefer Impressionism over Classicism.
My favourites are Tom Thomson, and The Group of Seven (particularly Varley) 
Tom Thomson, "Sunset, Canoe Lake" (1916)
23 Apr 2024, 6:53 pm
Fairy by Sophie Jeanjambre Anderson
Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I
Portrait of Queen Mary I
23 Apr 2024, 7:11 pm
FH Varley, "Stormy Weather: Georgian Bay" (1921)
23 Apr 2024, 11:17 pm
The Birds of Joy and Sorrow by Viktor Vasnetsuv.
24 Apr 2024, 12:35 am
24 Apr 2024, 12:38 am
People aren't really a subject I care to see, and I don't understand their expressions anyway.
I know it's technically great artwork but it's never done a thing for me.
I prefer landscapes with motion.
To each their own I suppose.
Most of the paintings and artworks I like relate to mythology in some way.
24 Apr 2024, 12:47 am
24 Apr 2024, 2:06 am
Speaking of nature, I do love Japanese ukiyoe prints that depict various beautiful flowers and animals. Here's several I found on Google today. 
Some butterflies
Dragonflies
Fireflies
Red Spider Lilies
Cherry Blossoms
Red maple leaves
Lotus
Wisteria
Crane and Rising Sun
Peacock and Peonies
Ravens
Koi Fish
Snake 
24 Apr 2024, 12:46 pm
Priestess of Delphi by John Collier
Kiss of the Enchantress by Isobel Lilian Gloag.
24 Apr 2024, 4:38 pm
Titania by Fredrick Howard Michael
24 Apr 2024, 11:55 pm
Valkyrie by Peter Nicholai Arbo
Valkyrie Maiden by Howard David Johnson 
The Dahomey Warrior Women of West Africa
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Viktor Vasnetsov
La Femme Fatale by Dennis Stuchel
Two Dragons in Clouds by Kano Hogai
Virgin and The Unicorn by Domenico Zampieri
Goddess Benzaiten with Dragon by Aoigaoka Keisei
25 Apr 2024, 8:59 am
Konohanasakuya-hime
This is the Goddess of Mount Fuji. I own a copy of this that I bought when I was in Japan last year. I really need to get it framed .
26 Apr 2024, 12:39 pm
Liberty Leading the People by Eugene Delacroix
Witches Sabbath by Francisco Goya.
Witches at their Incantation by Salvator Rosa
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