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Boy Bitten By A Lizard (1594-1596) By Michelangelo Merisi Da Caravaggio (1573?-1610)

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Basin of St. Mark's Square, Venice by Antonio Canaletto (1697-1768)

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Children's Games (1560) by Pieter Bruegel The Elder (1525?-1569)

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Madame de Pompadour (c. 1758) by François Boucher (1703-1770)

There's nothing more soul-uplifting than contemplating this masterpiece while listening to an instrumental variation for recorder (flûte à bec) of John Dowland's most famous ayre "Flow My Tears" by the dutch composer Johan Jakob Van Eyck.

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Primavera (c.1478) by Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510)

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The Garden of Earthly Delights (c.1500) by Hieronymus Bosh (1450?-1516)

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Buffalo Bill (1889) by Rosa Bonheur (1822-1899)

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Newton (1795) by William Blake (1757-1827)

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The Madonna of the Meadow (c.1505) by Giovanni Bellini (1430?-1516)

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Water from "The Four Elements" (1566) by Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1527-1593)

Great World Masterpieces

The Altarpiece of San Marco (1436-45) by Fra Angelico (1387?-1455)

Starting today, and for the sake of art lovers, I will be posting everyday, I hope, at least one masterpiece from the works of various world greatest artists.

The Statue Of Jesus In Chocolate

Via BBC- A New York gallery has angered a US Catholic group with its decision to exhibit a milk chocolate sculpture of Jesus Christ. (more)

Obama As Jesus

Via Drudge- Some call it art. Other call it blasphemy. A new piece of art showing Senator Barack Obama as Jesus Christ is now on display at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. A.J. ( watch the video here)

Bab'Aziz At The Pan African Film & Arts Festival In L.A.

Nacer Khmir's movie "Bab'Aziz" or "The Prince That Contemplated His Soul", is scheduled for today's program of the 15th Annual Pan African Film & Arts Festival (Feb. 8-19, 2007) in Los Angeles, CA. The movie will be screened as well on Feb. 17 and 19, 2007.

On another side note, Ms. Emna Zghal, a talented Tunisian artist, who lives in New York, is organizing a painting exhibit at the M.Y. Arts Prospect Gallery in New York City from January 11 to February 17, 2007. The title of this Exhibit, " The Tree of My Mind" is, in fact, the same as Emna Zghal's latest artist's book, The Tree Of My Mind.

Thank You Google!

The Eyes Of Jesus

Dec. 20 - A mysterious painting of Jesus is attracting people from all over the Czech Republic.The picture shows the face of Jesus with his eyes open and closed.

Many visitors to Oldrich Klima's "Gallery of Handicrat" in Pilsen are asking if it's a trick of the light or something more spiritual. (More)

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Feu Vert Pour "Corps-Otages"?

Selon le journal tunisien Essabah (en arabe), la pièce de théâtre, "Corps-otages" (Khamsoun), de Jalila Baccar et Fadhel Jaibi devrait très prochainement être présentée au grand public tunisien. (lire la suite)