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Digital image from Persian manuscript Bahram in Pavillion

This digital image is derived from a vintage art print that reproduced a small illustration from a copy of the illuminated Persian manuscript Khamsa of Nizami dated 1525. The painting Bahram in Pavalion is in the style of the famous … Continue reading

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Liberty Leading the People by Eugene Delacroix stock image

Liberty Leading the People painted by French artist Eugene Delacroix in 1830 is an image so powerful it gives me chills. This is one of the most violent Goddess images I can recall seeing. This tremendous image illustrates the rage … Continue reading

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Rococo beauty The Toilet of Venus by Francois Boucher digital image

Some people find rococo style too sappy sweet, but I’ve always been so fond of it. With blushing health, fresh flowers, playful babes, and soft fabric, this exceptional 1751 painting by French artist Francois Boucher tickles the mind and giggles … Continue reading

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High resolution digital jpeg of Two Bison from Lascaux Cave in France

Cave paintings by prehistoric people are especially marvelous. The human impulse for art predated so many things. Art came before advanced technologies. Perhaps I could say that advanced technology cannot come without art. The creative impulses of people require expression. … Continue reading

Animals, Culture, Fine Art, French, Prehistoric

Full color vintage illustration of Puss in Boots stock art

How can’t you love this full color vintage illustration of Puss in Boots from the 1930s. He’s strutting with his walking stick and not worried about any of his nine lives. I love the feathery hat and flowers at his … Continue reading

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Puss in Boots 1930s vintage black and white illustration

What could be more appropriate than a cat with a feather in his cap? This sassy vintage illustration of Puss in Boots from the 1930s is full of style. Note the flowers at his feet and the spurs on his … Continue reading

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High resolution Asian stock art Peaches on a Branch color woodcut

This 17th century Chinese color woodcut print reproduces a work of art attributed to Ko Chung-hsuan called Peaches on a Branch. The goal of the woodcut printing to was to reproduce the look of Oriental water color. The result was … Continue reading

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Mother and Child with Bird Japanese woodcut by Suzuki Harunobu high resolution stock art

This 18th century Japanese color woodcut called Mother and Child with Bird by Suzuki Harunobu is available as a royalty free high resolution image. Harunobu’s print exemplifies the poetic qualities of Japanese art. This print shows a simple scene of … Continue reading

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Beautiful Madonna and Child by Albrecht Durer high resolution stock image

Albrecht Durer is a true titan of Renaissance art. His skill is certainly a talent that deserves to survive the ages as it has. This representation of the Madonna and Child by Durer was a pen and water color done … Continue reading

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Ia Orana Maria by Paul Gauguin high resolution stock art

Available for instant download is a high resolution jpeg of the 1891 painting Ia Orana Maria by French artist Paul Gauguin. The warm colors and the uniquely composed women in the lush tropical landscape are very soothing. The art speaks … Continue reading

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