The apparition

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Gustave Moreau – “Die Erscheinung,” or “L’Apparition.” 1875. Part of Moreau’s Salome series.

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The Apparition (detail) by James Tissot, oil on canvas, , 1885 #TheApparition #JamesTissot

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The Apparition portrays Salome who, according to the Gospels, bewitched the ruler Herod Antipas, the husband of her mother Herodiad, with her dancing. As a reward she was given the head of John the Baptist. The head of John the Baptist, with its halo, recalls a Japanese print copied by Moreau at the Palais de l'Industrie in 1869. It is also reminiscent of the famous head of Medusa, brandished by Perseus, in Benvenuto Cellini's bronze in Florence (Loggia dei Lanzi). As for the decoration of…

The Apparition starring Ashley Greene, Tom Feltone and Sebastian Stan. A story of young couple being haunted by their past parapsychology experiment. On theaters by August 24.

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