Books Blog » Art http://books.elliottback.com English Literature & Linguistics Sun, 06 Sep 2009 23:57:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Salomé in Art & Painting http://books.elliottback.com/salome-in-art-painting/ http://books.elliottback.com/salome-in-art-painting/#comments Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:24:37 +0000 Elliott Back http://books.elliottback.com/?p=225 Fictional character Salomé lived in Judea between AD 14 and 71. Her Hebrew name is שלומית (Shlomit) means “peace” and was used as the typical “hello” greeting of the time. According to tradition, Salome was the stepdaughter of Herod Antipas (ruler of Judea), and danced before him on his birthday. This so delighted Herod that he promised her mother a favour, which was the beheading of John the Baptist.

Christian traditions depict her as an icon of dangerous female seductiveness, for instance depicting as erotic her dance mentioned in the New Testament, or concentrate on her lighthearted and cold foolishness that, according to the gospels, led to John the Baptist’s death.

Often the subject of fine art, below I have gathered as many examples of Salomé in painting or sculpture as possible, and arranged them chronologically. If you can think of any that I’ve missed, please leave a link in the comments!

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Salome with the head of John the Baptist (1488) Tempera on Panel by Sandro Botticelli

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Salome with the Head of John the Baptist (1515) by Titian (Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Rome)

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Salome (1515) by Cesare da Sesto

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Salome receiving the Head of John the Baptist (1527) by Bernardino Luini

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Salome (1530) Oil on Board by Lucas Cranach the Elder

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Salome (1610) Oil on Canvas by Caravaggio

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Judith with the Head of Holofernes (1613) by Christofano Allori

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Salome (1865) Oil on canvas by Pierre Bonnaud

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The Tatooed Salomé (1876), Oil by Gustave Moreau

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Salome and the Apparition of the Baptist’s Head, watercolor by Gustave Moreau

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Salome (unknown) by Gustave Moreau

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Salome (1875) in watercolor by Gustave Moreau

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Salome dancing before Herod (1876) by Gustave Moreau

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Salome in the Garden (1878) in watercolor by Gustave Moreau

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Salome (1870) by Henri-Alexandre-Georges Regnault

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Salome (1889) Oil on Canvas by Leon Herbo

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Salome (1890) by Ella Ferris Pell

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Salome (1893) in Pastels by Odilon Redon

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Salome (1897) by Alphonse Maria Mucha

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Salome (1900) Oil on Canvas by Lovis Corinth

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Salome (1906) by Franz von Stuck

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Salome (1907) by Vardges Surenyants

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Salome (1909) Oil on Canvas by Robert Henri

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Judith I / Giuditta I (Salomé) (1905) by Gustav Klimt

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Judith II / Giuditta II (Salomé) (1909) by Gustav Klimt

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Salome with the Head of St. John the Baptist (1910) Oil on Board by Adolf Frey-Moock

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Salome (1914) by Gaston Bussiere

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Salome (1923) starring Alla Nazimova

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Salome (1918) lost film starring Theda Bara

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