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Happy Catholic (Free subscription) | 15/09/2008
William-Adolphe Bouguereau (French, 1825-1905), Pietà, 1876 Behold, this child is destined for the fall and rise of many is Israel and for a sign that shall be contradicted. And your own soul a sword shall pierce, that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed. Luke 2:34-35 Any mother suffers when their child suffers. It is like a sword piercing their heart. However, Mary was no ordinary mother...
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The Goat Rope (Free subscription) | 26/08/2008
Homer and His Guide, by William-Adolphe Bouguereau, courtesy of wikipedia. The guide, by the way, was a goat herder. The theme at Goat Rope these days is the Odyssey of Homer, along with links and comments about current events. If this is your first visit and you like this kind of thing, please click on earlier posts. Back in the proverbial day, stories like the Odyssey weren't read, they were heard...
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American Artist (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
Anthony Panzera comments on William-Adolphe Bouguereau's A Girl in Peasant Costume, Seated, Arms Folded, Holding a Ball of Wool and Knitting Needles in her Right Hand.
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tinyways (Free subscription) | 28/06/2008
From Wikipedia: William-Adolphe Bouguereau (November 30, 1825 – August 19, 1905) was a French academic painter. Bouguereau was a staunch traditionalist whose realistic genre paintings and mythological themes were modern interpretations of Classical subjects with a heavy emphasis on the female human body. Although he created an idealized world, his almost photo-realistic style was popular with rich...
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Roman Catholic Blog (Free subscription) | 15/05/2008
Dante and Virgil in Hell by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1850) Here's the story: California Supreme Court Overturns Homosexual "Marriage" Ban Quote: The California Supreme Court has overturned a ban on gay marriage, paving the way for California to become the second...
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frogsmoke.com (Free subscription) | 01/05/2008
Welcome to the world's largest virtual museum of photoshopped masterpieces by French painter William-Adolphe Bouguereau. On Bouguereau Remastered you will discover artwork that never ceases to amaze you. In more than 100 galleries and 500 images, the planet's most talented digital artists take over where Bouguereau left off — over a century ago. On Bouguereau Remastered [...]
