Defiantly Proud

This is a reproduction of "Defiantly Proud" of 2011.  This is an image of a naked young man who by his demeanor and stance proclaims his existence as a proud man free from the judgments of society or of others. 

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Waterfall Contemplation

This is a reproduction of "Waterfall Contemplation" of 2011.  This is an intrusion on a very private moment when a young man strips himself of everything artificial and goes to a quiet place surrounded by Nature in which he can contemplate the beauties he has found and reflect upon what these may mean to him, his life and his future.

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James IV rex Scottorum

This is a tribute to my fourteen greats grandfather and a reproduction of "James IV, king of Scots" of about 1503 by an anonymous artist.  James IV was one of the most successful Stewart kings and, through his marriage to Margaret Tudor of England, led to the union of the English and Scottish monarchies which foreshadowed the creation of the United Kingdom.  He died fighting the forces of his brother-in-law Henry VIII on Flodden's Field on September 9, 1513.  The original of this painting is in the National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh.

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Waiting for Something

This is a reproduction of "Waiting for Something" of 2011 by Troy Caperton.  It is a painting symbolic of the universal yearning of youth for something more than he has ever known.  It can appear to a young man that he is naked to what may be coming down the road of life, but he yearns for it.  He waits for something.

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Naked Smile

This is a lovely 1997 image of a beautiful naked man giving a delightful smile.  This is a blast from the past, being a popular image on the internet from about fifteen years ago.  There are many reproductions of this image on the web but this one has been processed and enlarged.  If anyone knows the original photographer, please let me know and I will take further appropriate steps.  Hope you enjoy; it's one of my favorites and has been for years.

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So Very Close

This is a lovely image of two naked men in a loving tender embrace.  There are many reproductions of this image on the web but this one has been processed and enlarged.  If anyone knows the original photographer, please let me know and I will take further appropriate steps.  Hope you enjoy; its one of my favorites and has been for years.

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Beloved of Hadrian

This is a lovely image of the Farnese Antinous which is currently in the National Archeological Museum in Naples.  It is called the Antinous Farnese because of its prior location at the entrance of the Carracci Gallery in the Palazzo Farnese in Rome.  The statue was one of the myriads which were produced after the young man's death and deification in October, 130 CE.  He had been the beloved of the emperor for probably six years and the mythos of the young god was that he had laid down his earthly life as a sacrifice to the Olympians to save the life of his lover Hadrian.  The emperor in gratitude founded the city of Antinopolis at the site of the death and ordered the inclusion of Antinous into the ranks of the gods.

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Academic Study of a Nude Male

This is a reproduction of "Academic Study of a Male Nude" of 1821 by Eugene Delacroix.  The drawing was executed in black, white and red chalk and the artist was twenty-three when he drew this.  Delacroix had been born at Saint-Maurice near Paris and his biological father may have been the French statesman Talleyrand.  Orphaned at sixteen, he studied formally at two lyceums and 1815 began studying the style of Jacques-Louis David.  A commission four years later shows the influence of Raphael yet Delacroix was swept up in the rage for Romanticism which erupted in France in 1819.  Delacroix became a leading proponent of the style.  This masterpiece is 44.8 cm wide and 57.8 cm high and is in a private collection. 

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Four Naked Men

This is a reproduction of "Four Naked Men" of about 1505 by Pietro Perugino.  This is a reproduction of an iconic image of four near naked men in contrasting poses, curving and angular.  The artist was probably from Perugia in Umbria and was probably about fifty-five years old when he created this work.  He was at the height of his career at this time maintaining studios in Perugia and Florence while also receiving commissions in Rome.  He was rivaled in his later years by Michelangelo and his pupil, Raphael.  He died of the plague in 1523 in Fontignano, a frazione of Perugia.  This High Renaissance masterpiece is 52 cm wide and 71 cm high and is in the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh. 

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Tree Trunk Sunning

This is a reproduction of "Tree Trunk Sunning" of 2011.  This is an image of a naked young man deep in the primeval forest taking a moment to rest full-length on a large tree trunk in the process of returning to the forest floor. 

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Hot Summer Day

This is a reproduction of "Hot Summer Day" by Henry Scott Tuke of 1885.  The artist was a native of Cornwall who died in 1929 at the age of seventy-one years. This picture is quite demonstrative of his famous focus. His twin abiding loves were the sea and boys. This caused quite a stir in Victorian and Edwardian England, but he was nonetheless a member of the Royal Academy. This painting was created in the artist's studio in Falmouth.  This masterpiece is in a private collection.

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The Run Home

This is a reproduction of "The Run Home" by Henry Scott Tuke of 1902.  The artist was a native of Cornwall who died in 1929 at the age of seventy-one years. This picture is quite demonstrative of his famous focus. His twin abiding loves were the sea and boys. This caused quite a stir in Victorian and Edwardian England, but he was nonetheless a member of the Royal Academy. This painting was created in the artist's studio in Falmouth.  This masterpiece is in a private collection.

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Fisher Boys, Falmouth

This is a reproduction of "Fisher Boys, Falmouth" by Henry Scott Tuke of 1886.  The artist was a native of Cornwall who died in 1929 at the age of seventy-one years. This picture is quite demonstrative of his famous focus. His twin abiding loves were the sea and boys. This caused quite a stir in Victorian and Edwardian England, but he was nonetheless a member of the Royal Academy. This painting was created in the artist's studio in Falmouth.  It is currently in a Private Collection.

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The Midday Rest, Sailors Yarning

This is a reproduction of "The Midday Rest, Sailors Yarning" by Henry Scott Tuke of 1906.  The artist was a native of Cornwall who died in 1929 at the age of seventy-one years. This picture is quite demonstrative of his famous focus. His twin abiding loves were the sea and boys. This caused quite a stir in Victorian and Edwardian England, but he was nonetheless a member of the Royal Academy. This painting was created in the artist's studio in Falmouth.

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Lover of the Sun

This is a reproduction of "Lover of the Sun" by Henry Scott Tuke of 1923.  The artist was a native of Cornwall who died in 1929 at the age of seventy-one years. This picture is quite demonstrative of his famous focus. His twin abiding loves were the sea and boys. This caused quite a stir in Victorian and Edwardian England, but he was nonetheless a member of the Royal Academy. This painting was created in the artist's studio in Falmouth.

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Stretching on the Seashore

A reproduction of "Stretching on the Seashore" of 2012. This is an image inspired by the work of Henry Scott Tuke, the late Victorian artist whose work focused on the sea and young men.

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Boys Bathing of 1912

A reproduction of "Boys Bathing" of 1912 by Henry Scott Tuke. This is a wonderful image of young men cavorting on the coast of the English Channel near Falmouth. The artist was a native of Yorkshire who died in 1929 at the age of seventy-one years. His twin abiding loves were the sea and boys. This caused quite a stir in Victorian and Edwardian England, but he was nonetheless a member of the Royal Academy.

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Ignudo Number Eight of 1511

This is one of the works of the Frescoes in the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo Buonarroti, who died in Rome in 1564 at the age of 89 years, was commissioned by Pope Julius II della Rovere in 1508 to repaint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel which had been frescoed earlier by Piero Matteo d’Amelia with a star-spangled sky. The masterwork was completed between 1508 and 1512.

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Ignudo Number Eight of 1511

This is one of the works of the Frescoes in the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo Buonarroti, who died in Rome in 1564 at the age of 89 years, was commissioned by Pope Julius II della Rovere in 1508 to repaint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel which had been frescoed earlier by Piero Matteo d’Amelia with a star-spangled sky. The masterwork was completed between 1508 and 1512.

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Ignudo Number One of 1511

This is one of the works of the Frescoes in the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo Buonarroti, who died in Rome in 1564 at the age of 89 years, was commissioned by Pope Julius II della Rovere in 1508 to repaint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel which had been frescoed earlier by Piero Matteo d’Amelia with a star-spangled sky. The masterwork was completed between 1508 and 1512.

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Ignudo Number Four of 1511

This is one of the works of the Frescoes in the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo Buonarroti, who died in Rome in 1564 at the age of 89 years, was commissioned by Pope Julius II della Rovere in 1508 to repaint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel which had been frescoed earlier by Piero Matteo d’Amelia with a star-spangled sky. The masterwork was completed between 1508 and 1512.

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Ignudo Number Seven of 1511

This is one of the works of the Frescoes in the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo Buonarroti, who died in Rome in 1564 at the age of 89 years, was commissioned by Pope Julius II della Rovere in 1508 to repaint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel which had been frescoed earlier by Piero Matteo d’Amelia with a star-spangled sky. The masterwork was completed between 1508 and 1512.

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Ignudo Number Five of 1511

This is one of the works of the Frescoes in the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo Buonarroti, who died in Rome in 1564 at the age of 89 years, was commissioned by Pope Julius II della Rovere in 1508 to repaint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel which had been frescoed earlier by Piero Matteo d’Amelia with a star-spangled sky. The masterwork was completed between 1508 and 1512.

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Ignudo Number Three of 1511

This is one of the works of the Frescoes in the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo Buonarroti, who died in Rome in 1564 at the age of 89 years, was commissioned by Pope Julius II della Rovere in 1508 to repaint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel which had been frescoed earlier by Piero Matteo d’Amelia with a star-spangled sky. The masterwork was completed between 1508 and 1512.

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Ignudo Number Two of 1511

This is one of the works of the Frescoes in the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo Buonarroti, who died in Rome in 1564 at the age of 89 years, was commissioned by Pope Julius II della Rovere in 1508 to repaint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel which had been frescoed earlier by Piero Matteo d’Amelia with a star-spangled sky. The masterwork was completed between 1508 and 1512.

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Ignudo Number Seven of 1509

This is one of the works of the Frescoes in the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo Buonarroti, who died in Rome in 1564 at the age of 89 years, was commissioned by Pope Julius II della Rovere in 1508 to repaint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel which had been frescoed earlier by Piero Matteo d’Amelia with a star-spangled sky. The masterwork was completed between 1508 and 1512.

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Ignudo Number Six of 1509

This is one of the works of the Frescoes in the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo Buonarroti, who died in Rome in 1564 at the age of 89 years, was commissioned by Pope Julius II della Rovere in 1508 to repaint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel which had been frescoed earlier by Piero Matteo d’Amelia with a star-spangled sky. The masterwork was completed between 1508 and 1512.

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Ignudo Number Four of 1510

This is one of the works of the Frescoes in the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo Buonarroti, who died in Rome in 1564 at the age of 89 years, was commissioned by Pope Julius II della Rovere in 1508 to repaint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel which had been frescoed earlier by Piero Matteo d’Amelia with a star-spangled sky. The masterwork was completed between 1508 and 1512.

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Ignudo Number Three of 1510

This is one of the works of the Frescoes in the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo Buonarroti, who died in Rome in 1564 at the age of 89 years, was commissioned by Pope Julius II della Rovere in 1508 to repaint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel which had been frescoed earlier by Piero Matteo d’Amelia with a star-spangled sky. The masterwork was completed between 1508 and 1512.

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Ignudo Number Two of 1510

This is one of the works of the Frescoes in the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo Buonarroti, who died in Rome in 1564 at the age of 89 years, was commissioned by Pope Julius II della Rovere in 1508 to repaint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel which had been frescoed earlier by Piero Matteo d’Amelia with a star-spangled sky. The masterwork was completed between 1508 and 1512.

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Ignudo Number One of 1510

This is one of the works of the Frescoes in the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo Buonarroti, who died in Rome in 1564 at the age of 89 years, was commissioned by Pope Julius II della Rovere in 1508 to repaint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel which had been frescoed earlier by Piero Matteo d’Amelia with a star-spangled sky. The masterwork was completed between 1508 and 1512.

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Ignudo Number Five of 1509

This is one of the works of the Frescoes in the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo Buonarroti, who died in Rome in 1564 at the age of 89 years, was commissioned by Pope Julius II della Rovere in 1508 to repaint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel which had been frescoed earlier by Piero Matteo d’Amelia with a star-spangled sky. The masterwork was completed between 1508 and 1512.

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Ignudo Number Four of 1509

This is one of the works of the Frescoes in the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo Buonarroti, who died in Rome in 1564 at the age of 89 years, was commissioned by Pope Julius II della Rovere in 1508 to repaint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel which had been frescoed earlier by Piero Matteo d’Amelia with a star-spangled sky. The masterwork was completed between 1508 and 1512.

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Ignudo Number Three of 1509

This is one of the works of the Frescoes in the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo Buonarroti, who died in Rome in 1564 at the age of 89 years, was commissioned by Pope Julius II della Rovere in 1508 to repaint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel which had been frescoed earlier by Piero Matteo d’Amelia with a star-spangled sky. The masterwork was completed between 1508 and 1512.

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Ignudo Number Two of 1509

This is one of the works of the Frescoes in the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo Buonarroti, who died in Rome in 1564 at the age of 89 years, was commissioned by Pope Julius II della Rovere in 1508 to repaint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel which had been frescoed earlier by Piero Matteo d’Amelia with a star-spangled sky. The masterwork was completed between 1508 and 1512.

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Ignudo Number One of 1509

This is one of the works of the Frescoes in the Sistine Chapel.   Michelangelo Buonarroti, who died in Rome in 1564 at the age of 89 years, was commissioned by Pope Julius II della Rovere in 1508 to repaint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel which had been frescoed earlier by Piero Matteo d’Amelia with a star-spangled sky. The masterwork was completed between 1508 and 1512.

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photo Drei Männer in der Landschaft

This is a reproduction of "Three Men in the Landscape" of 1874 by Hans von Marées.  This lovely, almost idyllic scene was created when the artist was thirty-seven years old.  He studied at the Berlin Academy and moved to Munich in 1857.  He served in the Franco-Prussian War after which he spent most of his remaining years in Italy.  He painted the walls of the Naples Zoological Institute in 1873 and was in Florence in 1874.  He died in Rome on June 5, 1887.  The original of this masterpiece is in the Museum Kinst Palast in Dusseldorf, Germany.

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Alone and Pondering

This is a reproduction of "Alone and Pondering" of 2011.  The painting is inspired by the longing to know the future that bedevils all of us.  How many of us have stood by a window looking out into space attempting to see the future that will never materialize in space.

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Behind the Shield

This is a reproduction of "Behind the Shield" of 2011.  The painting is inspired by the Ancient Greek warrior class known as the hoplite.  These citizen-soldiers arose in about 700 BCE when the emphasis in Greek warfare shifted away from aristocratic heroism to the more disciplined use of the phalanx by regular citizens of the city.  In many cities the development of hoplites (from the Greek hoplon, shield) led to the rise of democracy.  This image is a tribute to the sacrifices of the common citizen on behalf of his hearth and home. 

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Nude on a Bed, 2011

This is a reproduction of "Nude on a Bed" by Troy Caperton of 2011. This is a classically inspired image of a young man sitting in bed; a fantasy image for all those who appreciate the male form.

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Boys Bathing of 1898

This is a reproduction of "Boys Bathing" by Henry Scott Tuke of 1898. This work was also entitled "In the Morning Sun". The artist was a native of Cornwall who died in 1929 at the age of seventy-one years. This picture is quite demonstrative of his famous focus. His twin abiding loves were the sea and boys. This caused quite a stir in Victorian and Edwardian England, but he was nonetheless a member of the Royal Academy. This painting was created in the artist's studio in Falmouth.

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Warrior with Shield

This is a reproduction of " Warrior with Shield" of 1808 by Jean Eugene Charles Alberti.  Alberti was a native of Maastrict in the Netherlands and studied in Amsterdam where he had lived since 1783.  He moved to Paris where he studied under the Neoclassical Master David.  He became of pensioner of Louis Bonaparte, king of Holland, and studied in Rome and made his home in Paris.  He left there in 1843 and nothing more is known of his activities; he was sixty-six years old when he disappeared.  The original of this masterpiece is in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam and is 72.5 cm wide and 91.5cm high.

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Warrior with Drawn Sword

This is a reproduction of " Warrior with Drawn Sword" of 1808 by Jean Eugene Charles Alberti.  Alberti was a native of Maastrict in the Netherlands and studied in Amsterdam where he had lived since 1783.  He moved to Paris where he studied under the Neoclassical Master David.  He became of pensioner of Louis Bonaparte, king of Holland, and studied in Rome and made his home in Paris.  He left there in 1843 and nothing more is known of his activities; he was sixty-six years old when he disappeared.  The original of this masterpiece is in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam and is 73 cm wide and 92.5cm high.

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Sunworshipper

This is a reproduction of "Sunworshipper" by Henry Scott Tuke of 1904.  This work was also entitled "In the Morning Sun".  The artist was a native of Cornwall who died in 1929 at the age of seventy-one years. This picture is quite demonstrative of his famous focus.  His twin abiding loves were the sea and boys. This caused quite a stir in Victorian and Edwardian England, but he was nonetheless a member of the Royal Academy.  This painting was created in the artist's studio in Falmouth.

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Boy on a Beach, 1912

This is a reproduction of "Boy on a Beach" by Henry Scott Tuke of 1912.  The artist was a native of Cornwall who died in 1929 at the age of seventy-one years. This picture is quite demonstrative of his famous focus.  His twin abiding loves were the sea and boys. This caused quite a stir in Victorian and Edwardian England, but he was nonetheless a member of the Royal Academy.  This painting was created in the artist's studio in Falmouth, Cornwall, England.

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Samuel Under a Tree

This is a reproduction of "Samuel Under a Tree" by Henry Scott Tuke.  The artist was a native of Cornwall who died in 1929 at the age of seventy-one years. This picture was completed in the year of his death. His twin abiding loves were the sea and boys. This caused quite a stir in Victorian and Edwardian England, but he was nonetheless a member of the Royal Academy.  This painting was created either in Jamaica or based on memories from his visit there.

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Gleaming Waters

This is a reproduction of "Gleaming Waters" by Henry Scott Tuke of 1910.  The artist was a native of Cornwall who died in 1929 at the age of seventy-one years. This picture was completed in the year of his death. His twin abiding loves were the sea and boys. This caused quite a stir in Victorian and Edwardian England, but he was nonetheless a member of the Royal Academy.

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Found on the Beach, 2011

This is a reproduction of "Found on the Beach" of 2011.  Who is this young man found alone and naked on the beach on South Padre Island?  Seriously, if anyone knows the name of this model, I'd appreciate your letting me know.

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Friends, Troy Caperton, 2008

A reproduction of "Friends" of 2008. Abstract depiction of two male friends.

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Modern Wrestlers, 2009

A reproduction of "Wrestlers" of 2009. This is an attempt to capture the close muscular competition that is the essence of wrestling.

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