Diego Velázquez Art Work

I searched for the paintings by Velázquez and found many of his works, however I was unable to find the piece called "spinets" which could possibly be because I mis-heard the name of the work. But here are a few of his other pieces:

The Love of Art

The art works of Titian:

Titian or Tiziano Vecellio was born in a small alpine village of Pieve di Cadore, where his family lived for many years. In 1498, at the age of nine or ten, Titian and his older brother Francesco were to Venice to start training as painters in the workshop of the mosaicist Sebastiano Zuccato. Though soon Titian left his workshop and began studying painting in the workshops of Gentile Bellini and Giovanni Bellini. It's said that his earliest surviving work Pope Alexander VI Presenting Jacopo Pesaro to Saint Peter(1502-1512) was influenced by Giovanni Bellini. In 1507, Titian joined the workshop of Giorgione as his assistant and three years which he spent with this amazing master, were a lasting influence on Titian to such a degree, that some works which are now thought to have been painted by Titian used to be attributed to Giorgione, and vice versa. This is the painting called "The Rape of Europe."sorry I couldn't get it any bigger :(

My Pick of the Ovid's Litter

It was a hard choice of course, but the assignment was to pick my favorite story out of the Metamorphoses of Ovid, and I did just that....Pyramus and Thisbe. This story was similar qualities to Romeo and Juliet, being as the two lovers end up killing themselves for the other one. This seems to me to be a creation story, one of the great Mythos if you ask me, about how the Mulberry Berries came to be the dark red color. It was said that in the beginning...(I can always hear Dr. Sexson's deep narrator voice sound in my head when I say that...IN THE BEGINNING)....Anyways, it was said that the berries were white. These two neighbors were head over heels for each other but were forbidden by their parents to be together, and would talk to each other through a crack in the wall their homes shared. One night they had big plans to sneak out and meet. Thisbe arrived early and ran into a lion, as she ran to hide he shawl was dropped which was found and torn to shreds leaving blood from the animal the lion had just sparagmosed. Pyramus found the Shawl and believing the lion ate his lover he blamed himself for making her come in the night and killed himself under the Mulberry, and the blood was soaked up by the roots and changed color of the berries. The tragedy must come into play at some point right?? Well here it comes.....Thisbe finds her lover already dead, prays that there bodies be buried as one, and kills herself as well, and that my folks is how the Mulberry Bush berries turned red. ....."O tree, who now shade with your branches the poor body of one, and soon will shade two, keep the marks of our death and always bear your fruit of a dark colour as a memorial of our double death......." Although this story is rather sad, I must admit that I found it funny to picture these two crazy love birds talking to their walls and asking the wall why is was so jealous, asking the wall to open its crack just a tid bit more so they could give a little kiss :)

What is a Maenad??

In Greek mythology, Maenads were female worshippers of Dionysus, the Greek god of mystery, wine and intoxication, and the Roman god Bacchus. The word literally translates as "raving ones". They were known as wild, insane women who could not be reasoned with. The mysteries of Dionysus inspired the women to ecstatic frenzy; they indulged in violence, bloodletting, sexual activity, self-intoxication, and mutilation. They were usually pictured as crowned with vine leaves, clothed in fawnskins and carrying the thyrsus and dancing like insane women..
They also were characterised as entranced women, wandering through the forests and hills. The Maenads were also known as Bassarids (or Bacchae or Bacchantes) In Euripides play, "The Bacchae", Theban Maenads murdered King Pentheus after he banned the worship of Dionysus. Dionysus, Pentheus' cousin, himself lured Pentheus to the woods, where the Maenads tore him apart. His corpse was mutilated by his own mother, Agave, who tore off his head, believing it to be that of a lion. (Wikipedia)

Saint Patrick's Day

St. Patrick's Day – Celebrating the Green
St. Patrick is believed to have driven the snakes from Ireland. Once a pagan himself, St. Patrick is one of Christianity's most widely known figures.
The modern secular holiday is based on the original Christian saint's feast day also thought to be the date of the saint's death. In 1737, Irish immigrants to the United States began observing the holiday publicly in Boston and held the first St. Patrick's Day Parade in New York City in 1766.
Today, the tradition continues with people from all walks and heritages by wearing green, eating Irish food, and attending parades. St. Patrick's Day is bursting with folklore; from the shamrock to the leprechaun and to pinching those that are not wearing green.

For This green day I went to Butte, and as sad as it may be, this was the highlight of my Spring Break. And like usual, I took pictures.

To Love a Cat!

Those who do not own animals will never know the joy they bring. I wish that every person would have an animal to love, and more importantly, have an animal to love them. I truly think that even those people out there that just do not like animals, if they had to take care of one for a week, they would fall in love, or at least gain respect for those who have fallen in love. I am a HUGE animal person. My friends and family joke about me liking animals more then humans, which I think is true because I laugh when a person gets thrown in the air from the stupid idea of a catapult...and dies...i laughed in class, I thought it was hilarious! However, the next clip in that class video was of the matador fights and plunging enormous spears into the animals until its head would disconnect....at this point I had tears running down my face, while my class mates had either no reaction, or " that is so cool!!" At any rate, I was writing this to show and tell my cat Isabella. I no longer live at home, however home is only twenty minutes away, and although my mom thinks I come home to see her, well....she is merely the cherry on top, where as seeing Izzy and food are the real reasons. Sad I know. But she is so loving, she keeps all of my secrets, and my favorite part....she knows when I need her. When ever I am sick, and haven't even told my mom yet, she comes to me and never leaves my side. She never sleeps on my bed unless I'm sick, and then she's right there on my pillow slapping her tail in my face. I had mono for five weeks, and she was always there when I woke up. I could go on and on, about her and my dog Dudley, but I believe that the pictures will do all the work for me!

Silenius....

Silenius was the oldest satyr. The satyrs were attendants to the god Dionysus. Dionysus was a Greek god of happiness. He was also called Bacchus and Iacchus. As the god Dionysus wandered east to India, his companion Silenius, a satyr, wandered into Midas’ vine gardens and fell asleep there. Peasants later discovered him mixing water in with the wine. They caught him and turned him over to Midas, but Midas treated the harmless old satyr graciously and hospitably. Dionysus rewarded Midas for his kindness with any gift he desired as Midas rashly asked for the gift of turning all he touched into gold. Dionysus reluctantly complied even as he realized the recklessness of the wish. As I am sure we have all heard this story, he quickly realizes that he can not eat or hug his daughter, and takes a bath to relieve him of the gift. I kept trying to get more info on Silenius, but everything came up attached with this story, so here ya go! And here are a few pictures!