Showing posts with label Allegory. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Allegory. Show all posts

Friday, January 15, 2010

Morning Allegory

Songs of the Morning is a typical Victorian nude painting, this time a kind of allegory. It’s by the British painter Henrietta Rae (1859 - 1928 ) who was a friend of Sir Frederic Leighton who became also her mentor.

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Evening Allegory

Evening Mood (1882) one of the typical allegories by the French academic painter Adolphe William Bouguereau (1825-1905).