The Art Thread

[LadyOfMystery]

This thread hasn't been updated in awhile, and since I haven't been around in awhile I thought I'd ask if anyone has any favorite types of art or paintings?

I'm really loving these:

(Monet)

(george from etsy)
Is this not the cutest?!

 

[LadyOfMystery]

I wish I could draw, I was not passed that gene, but I'm envious of those who can:

 

[Hawthorne]

So Bathshe′ba went to the king into his chamber (now the king was very old, and Ab′ishag the Shu′nammite was ministering to the king). Bathshe′ba bowed and did obeisance to the king, and the king said, "What do you desire?"
-- 1 Kings 1:15f.

Julia Margaret Cameron - Study of King David, 1866.


The Bride has entered The pleasant and desirable garden, And there reposes to her heart's content; Her neck reclining On the sweet arms of the Beloved.
-- from The Spiritual Canticle by St. John of the Cross.

Edward Burne-Jones - Love Among the Ruins, 1873.