#shield oils

[shieldlubes]

How Does Synthetic Engine Oils Increase Fuel Economy?

Synthetic engine oils are transforming vehicle maintenance by providing exceptional benefits for fuel efficiency and engine performance. In our latest blog, we explore how these oils reduce friction, boost high-temperature stability, and extend oil change intervals for a cleaner, more efficient engine. Dive into the blog now and discover why synthetic oils are essential for better fuel economy and long-term savings!

[monsterhunterthings]

Open question: What Monster Hunter memes/in-jokes do you still remember/use?

Why do I ask? Well, because I'm listening to Monster Music on shuffle, and at some point, I tune back to the BGM and my brain went "oh, this is Steve's theme." it took me a moment to remember this creature's real name was Seregios.

[artandthebible]

St. Michael Expelling Lucifer and the Rebel Angels

Artist: Workshop of Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)

Date: c. 1622

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain

Description

This episode of the archangel Michael, a figure referred to in the Book of Daniel, is to be found in the Revelation of Saint John. This text narrates the battle in the sky between Saint Michael and his angels and the Devil with his legions of rebel angels. In the end “that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan” was cast out of Heaven onto the earth, as were his rebel angels.

[mythologypaintings]

Mars Being Disarmed by Venus

Artist: Jacques-Louis David (French, 1748–1825)

Date: 1824

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium

Description

Mars Being Disarmed by Venus is the last painting produced by the French artist Jacques-Louis David. He began it in 1822 (aged 73) during his exile in Brussels and completed it three years later, before dying in an accident in 1825. The work combines idealization with elements of realism. Specifically, David integrated the idealized forms of mythological painting with a realist attention to detail. This combination of two seemingly incompatible principles also plays an important role in the themes of the painting, most notably in its treatment of masculinity and femininity.

David sent the painting from Brussels for exhibition in Paris, where Romanticism was ascendant in the Salon of 1824. The painting initially received a muted response from critics, but over time its reputation has grown. It is now displayed in the Oldmasters Museum (part of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium) in Brussels.

[allegorypaintings]

Allegory of Peace and War

Artist: Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (Italian, 1708–1787)

Date: 1776

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States

Description

Pompeo Batoni’s grand portraits and numerous religious and historical commissions established him as the leading Roman painter of his day. He painted Peace and War on his own initiative, without a commission, attracting critical praise for the work’s graceful invention. It combines elements of Rococo softness and eroticism with the newly fashionable Neoclassical style. War, represented by the god Mars, is restrained by a personification of peace, who bears an olive branch.

[evany-star]

whatever. go my oil pastels

[royalty-nobility]

Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland (ca. 1641-1709)

Artist: Sir Peter Lely (Dutch, 1618-80)

Date: c. 1663-1665

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Royal Collection Trust, United Kingdom

Description

This picture forms one of the ‘Windsor Beauties’ series, a set of eleven portraits of celebrated women at the Restoration court painted by Sir Peter Lely. The series was commissioned by Anne Hyde, Duchess of York, probably around 1662-5.

Pepys recorded on 21 August 1668 that he ‘did first see the Duke of York’s room of pictures of some Maids of Honour, done by Lilly: Good, but not like.’ By describing the pictures as ‘not like’ Pepys is alluding to the often noted opinion that Lely flattered his subjects, and gave each portrait a similar languorous and ‘sleepy eyed’ air, said to have been influenced by the features of the noted court beauty Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland. Contrary to Pepys’s assertion, only one of the sitters, Frances Teresa Stuart, actually held the position of Maid of Honour in the Royal Household. Some of the others were noted courtesans, while others were respected members of the nobility.

Barbara Villiers was Charles II’s principal mistress between 1660 and 1670 and the most powerful woman at court until she was supplanted by Louise de Kéroualle.

[galleryofart]

The Spartan Mother

Artist: Louis Jean François Lagrenée (French 1725-1805)

Date: 1770 (signed and dated)

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: National Trust Collections, United Kingdom

Description

This elegant classical scene is a celebration of manly virtue in a domestic setting. When the paint was exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1771, the source of its subject matter was identified as Plutarch's Life of Lycurgus (75 AD), in which a Spartan matron sends her son off to war with the gift of a shield. She is seen here commanding him either to return the shield to her in victory, or with his corpse laid across it.

[portrait-paintings]

John Eardley Wilmot

Artist: Benjamin West (American-born British, 1738–1820)

Date: 1812

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

John Eardley Wilmot

Sir John Eardley Wilmot PC SL (16 August 1709 – 5 February 1792), was an English judge, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas from 1766 to 1771.

[daily-arty]

Medusa

Caravaggio, 1597

Oil on canvas mounted on wood, 60 x 55 cm, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy

[funsizedcrow]

im gonna be honest i think the pouch/item check thing in skyward sword is dumb. its a magic bag of holding ohh this little medallion cant fit shut up

[tchaikovsgay]

me, knowing full well i live in an urban apartment with street parking and no garage: i should buy a lift for my car

[giorgiaink]

Happy birthday to Adrianne Palicki!

This is a mixed media portrait. I used mostly oil pastels but her eyes are colored with pencils and there are some white acrylic touch ups.

[Don't repost please, I'm on other socials too you can reshare my own post if you want, that'd be appreciated giorgiaink]

[zantedeschia-praesul]

"CAN YOU STOP POPPING FOR FIVE FUCKIN SECONDS WE'RE TRYING TO COOK DINNER HERE!"

Yells Izuminokami, holding a huge metal lid like a shield, at the pot of boiling oil frying some of their batter-coated squids for dinner.

[mythologypaintings]

Venus and Mars Warned by Mercury

Artist: Bartholomeus Spranger (Flemish, 1546-1611)

Date: c. 1586-1587

Medium: Oil painting

Collection: Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, Austria

Description

"Venus and Mars, Warned by Mercury" depicts the Roman gods Venus (goddess of love), Mars (god of war), and Mercury (messenger god), where Mercury is interrupting a passionate embrace between Venus and Mars, effectively warning them of the dangers of their unchecked desire and the potential for conflict it could bring.

[allegorypaintings]

Allegory of Virtue Triumphing over Vice

Artist: Filippo Pedrini (Italian, 1763-1856)

Date: 1794

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Private collection