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John Augustus Knapp
J. Augustus Knapp (25 December 1853 - 10 March 1938) was an American artist best known for his esoteric paintings featured in Manly P. Hall, Manly Palmer Hall's ''The Secret Teachings of All Ages''. John Augustus was the son of John Knapp and Margaret Wente, and brother to a sister, Annie, and a half-sister Louisa. He was born in Newport, Ohio (Washington County), Newport, Ohio. Knapp was a student at the McMicken School of Design in Cincinnati in 1871 when his work gained the attention of ''The Art Review'' magazine, which commented that he and three of his fellow students were “prominent examples of talent which persistent effort has developed in a remarkable degree.” When he was twenty-one years old, he exhibited a painting titled ''Uncle Sam'' at the Cincinnati Industrial Exposition of 1874, offering it for sale at $25. By 1877, Knapp had a studio at Pike's Opera House (Cincinnati), Pike's Opera House, Cincinnati. His earliest employment was at Russell Morgan Lithography (l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermes Trismegistus By J
Hermes (; grc-gre, wikt:Ἑρμῆς, Ἑρμῆς) is an Olympian deity in ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, mythology. Hermes is considered the herald of the gods. He is also considered the protector of human heralds, travellers, thieves, merchants, and orators. He is able to move quickly and freely between the worlds of the mortal and the divine, aided by his winged sandals. Hermes plays the role of the psychopomp or "soul guide"—a conductor of souls into the Underworld, afterlife. In myth, Hermes functions as the emissary and messenger of the gods, and is often presented as the son of Zeus and Maia, the Pleiades (Greek mythology), Pleiad. Hermes is regarded as "the divine trickster," about which the ''Homeric Hymn, Homeric Hymn to Hermes'' offers the most well-known account. His attributes and symbols include the herma, the rooster, the tortoise, wallet, satchel or pouch, talaria (winged sandals), and winged helmet or simple petasos, as well as the palm tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
