‘A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte’ by George Seurat hangs in Nan Flanagan’s office. (Blu Ray 1.01)
Sookie wears a nightshirt with an image of ‘L’Amour et Psyché, enfants by William-Adolphe Bouguereau the night she meets Bill. (1.01)
Dawn’s bondage scene with Jason is an allusion to the myth of Aurora and Tithonus and specifically to Francesco de Mura’s depiction of it. (1.03)
Lafayette has a whole collection of sacred art. (1.03)
It includes several versions of the the Our Lady of Guadalupe.
A poster by Adolfo Hohenstein of the original production of La Bohème hangs in Eric’s office s1 and 2. (1.11)
A bronze of Silenus, the god of drunkeness, sits on Eric’s bookcase. (1.11) H/T Marie Rollande
The Silenus statuette from Pompeii is holding up a circular support which at one time may have held a lamp or a goblet.
To the left of the bookcase is a lithograph of a lion tamer. (1.11)
“Grande Odalisque‘ by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres hangs over Tara’s bed. An odalisque was a female slave in an Ottoman harem.
Maryann has a pair of Dutch still life paintings. (1.12)
Are they by Rachel Ruysch?
Lorena and Bill had a very similar painting in the 1930s.
A Pre-dynastic Egyptian fertility goddess from the Brooklyn Museum was the inspiration for Maryann’s ‘Bird Lady’ statue.
The ‘Last Supper’ has migrated from a side wall to over the bar.
The Last Supper also hangs from Lafayette’s mantle.
The s3 cast photo is a recreation of Da Vincini’s masterpiece. (H/T Gigi)
The marble bust of Diana in his office originally belonged to Maryann.
Russell’s palace in Jackson, Mississippi is actually Longwood Plantation in Natchez. (s3)
Praxiteles bust of Hermes is in the palace. (s3)
This appears to be a painting of Janissaries with an overlay of Greek and Ottoman grease wrestling to symbolize the Ottoman victory over the Greeks during the Fall of Constantinople. (s3)
Boucher’s ‘Cupid and Venus,’ painted for Madame de Pompadour’s bathroom, hangs in Talbot and Russell’s living room.
Ulfric’s crown is based on a Norse boars helmet. The band is inspired by the cross pieces and the eyebrow ridge is very similar to the original.
A few more of Lafayette’s images came into view s3 including an image of the Carmelite nun, St. Theresa of Liseux, “The Little Flower of Jesus.” by Charles Brosseron Chambers.
At the Jackson Art Museum the land stands between the Native American and conquistador bronzes. The painting is in the romantic style of the Hudson River School. (3.11)
