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deadpaint: Francesco Hayez, Meditation on the History of Italy
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theonlymagicleftisart: The 5th Dimension series is a trip through time and space, in which an alternate history of Chicago is warped by a pervasive cloud of the odd and the unusual. Taking place in the 1950’s, I create narrative imagery hearkening
thecivilwarparlor: Profile Portrait of Frederick Douglass c. 1858Daguerreotype, sixth plate, unknown makerThe Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Gift of Hallmark Cards, Inc Frederick Douglass has been called the father of the civil rights movement. He rose
xombiedirge: Superman 75th Anniversary Short Film Line-Up by Dusty Abell / Tumblr Check out the stellar animated short film, chronicling the history of the Man of Steel, HERE. If you’d like to delve a little deeper into the retrospective points
it8bit: History of The Legend of Zelda Shields (1986 to 2011) Created by Nico Vliek
archatlas: The Story of CitiesVery interesting series of articles found on The Guardian that everyone should check out. This 50-part series, each one focusing in a specific city, attempts to chart the history of the planet’s urbanization, here are
cavetocanvas: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, View of the Colosseum, 1776 From the Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History: Piranesi’s thorough familiarity with the Colosseum—he had already produced three views of this most famous of Roman ruins—and his
a) Apollo Sauroktonos, bronze, Cleveland Museum of art b) Apollo Sauroktonos (lizard-killer), 1st - 2nd century AD, roman marble copy of a bronze sculpture attributed to Praxiteles, Louvre From Wikipedia: “The bronze original of this sculpture is
Salvador Dalí (1904 -1989), Chester Dale (1958); oil on canvas. 34 15/16 x 23 3/16 in. (88.8 x 58.9 cm). Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Image © Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841 - 1919) Riding in the Bois de Boulogne (1873), oil on canvas
Charles Demuth (Lancaster, Pennsylvania 1883 - 1935), Aucassin and Nicolette, oil on canvas, 1921; Columbus Museum of Art
Yuzo Saeki (Osaka 1898 - Paris 1928), Garage, 1927-28, oil on canvas; Bridgestone Museum of Art, Tokyo
Anton Mauve (Zaandam 1838 - Arnhem 1888), A Dutch Road, c. 1880; oil on canvas, 50 x 36 cm; Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio
Thomas Eakins (Philadelphia, 1844 - 1916); Mending the net, 1881; oil on canvas, 81 x 107 cm; Philadelphia Museum of Art
Mattia Preti (also called il Cavaliere Calabrese; Taverna, Catanzaro, 1613 - Valletta, Malta, 1699); Feast of Herod, 1656-61; oil on canvas, 252 x 177 cm; Toledo Museum of Art
Charles Walter Stetson (Tiverton, Rhode Island, 1858 - Roma 1911); An Easter offering, 1896; oil on canvas, 128 x 102 cm; Spencer Museum of Art, Kansas
George Romney (Dalton in Furness 1734 - Kendal 1802); Jane Dawkes Robinson, c. 1778; oil on canvas; Indianapolis Museum of Art
Orazio Gentileschi (Pisa 1563 - London 1639), Danae, c. 1621; oil on canvas, 228 x 163 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art
Stanislas Lépine (Caen 1835 - Paris 1892); Pont de la Tournelle - Paris, 1862; oil on canvas, 55 x 40 cm; National Gallery of Art, Washington DC.
Bartholomeus Breenbergh (Deventer 1598 - Amsterdam 1657); The preaching of St. John the Baptist, 1634; oil on wood, 75 x 55 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Antoine Coypel (Paris, 1661 - 1722); Bacchus and Ariadne on the isle of Naxos, 1693; oil on canvas, 85,5 x 73 cm; Philadelphia Museum of Art
Jan Brueghel the Younger (Antwerp, 1601 - 1678) with Hendrick van Balen; An Allegory of the Four Elements, c. 1630; oil on panel, 104 x 66 cm; Tel Aviv Museum of Art
El Greco (Dominikos Theotokopoulos; Duchy of Candia 1541 - Toledo 1614); Laocoon, 1610-14; oil on canvas, 172 x 137 cm; National Museum of Art, Washington D.C.
James Tissot (Jacques-Joseph Tissot called James, Nantes 1836 - Chenecey-Bruillon 1902); The artist’s ladies, 1883-85; oil on canvas; Chrysler (FCA) Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia
John Minton (Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire, 1917 - 1957 London); The death of James Dean, 1957; oil on canvas, 122 x 183 cm; Tate collection, London
Théodore Rousseau (Paris 1812 - Barbizon 1867); Edge of the forest - Setting sun, 1845-46; oil on canvas, 62.8 x 41.2; LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
Henry Moore (Castleford 1898 - Much Hadam 1986); Reclining Figure, 1951, plaster. Henry Moore Sculpture Center, Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto)
italianartsociety:From now through May 3, 2015, the National Gallery of Art, Washington hosts Piero di Cosimo: The Poetry of Painting in Renaissance Florence. The exhibition showcases over forty of the artist’s most compelling works. With themes ranging
Paolo Veronese (Verona 1528 - Venezia 1588), Mars and Venus United by Love, c. 1570, oil on canvas, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New Yorksource: Italian Art Society
Lorenzo di Credi (Firenze 1456/60 - 1537); Ritratto di giovinetta (portrait of a young woman), ca 1490-1500; oil on wood, 40 x 58,7 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
Guercino (birth name Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, Italian, 1591-1666); Sibilla Persica (The Persian Sybil), 1647-48; oil on canvas, 117 x 96 cm; Musei Capitolini, Rome
attributed to Domenico Bramante (Italian, 1444-1514), Cristo alla colonna (Christ at the Column), 1480-90; tempera on panel, 93 x 62 cm. Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan
Francesco Squarcione (Italian, 1397-1468), Polittico de Lazara (De Lazara Altarpiece), 1449-52; tempera on panel, 150 x 220 cm; Musei Civici agli Eremitani di Padova (Padua, Italy)
Francesco del Cossa (Italian, 1436-1477), Griffoni Polyptych (central panel): Saint John the Baptist, 1473; oil on wood, 112 x 55 cm; Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan
Francesco Cairo (Italian, 1607-1665), La figlia del Faraone accoglie Mosè salvato dalle acque (The Pharaoh’s daughter receives Moses saved from water), ca. 1645, oil on canvas; Turin, Musei Reali - Galleria Sabauda
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), Small Pear Tree in Blossom (1888); oil on canvas, 73 x 46 cm; Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
Meredith Frampton (British, 1894-1984), Winifred Radfordby, 1921; oil on canvas, 89.2 x 74.6 cm; National Portrait Gallery, Londonmagic realism ante litteram
El Greco (Spanish born in Crete, 1541-1614), The penitent Mary Magdalene, 1576-78; oil on canvas, 156 x 121 cm; Szépművészeti Múzeum, Budapest
Gerrit (also Gerard) van Honthorst (Dutch, 1592-1656), Venus and Cupid, 1625; oil on canvas, 114 x 94 cm; Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem
Edward Bawden (English, 1903-1989), The Bird’s Nest, 1951; watercolour and ink on paper
Guido Reni (Italian, 1575-1642), Giuseppe con la moglie di Putifarre (Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife), about 1630; oil on canvas, 126.4 x 170 cm; The J. Paul Getty Museum
Domenico Gnoli (Italian, 1933-1970); Curl cioè ricciolo, 1965; acrylic and sand on canvas; private collection, Panama © MARZIA GNOLI, ROMA
Valentin de Boulogne (French, active in Rome, 1591-1632), Christ and the Adulteress, about 1620s; oil on canvas, 167 x 221 cm, The J. Paul Getty Museum
Alessandro Allori (Italian, 1535-1607), The Descent from the Cross, ca. 1550; oil on copperplate, 70 x 54 cm; Museo del Prado, Madrid
Domenico Gnoli (Italian, 1933-1970), Due Dormienti (Two Sleepers), 1966. Acrylic and sand on canvas, 98 x 127 cm. Fondazione Orsi“Domenico Gnoli’s last and celebrated New York show debuted in 1969 at the influential Sidney Janis Gallery. A year
Tiziano Vecellio (1488/1490 - 1576), David and Goliath, 1542-44; oil on canvas, 300 x 285 cm; Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute, Venice
Franz Xaver Fuhr (German, 1898-1973), Stadt im Licht (City in the light), about 1964-68; oil on fiberboard, 80 x 70 cm
Pietro da Cortona (Italian, 1596 - 1669), Madonna with the Child, Saint Catherine and Saint John (before 1620); oil on canvas, 140 x 210 cm; Musei Capitolini, Roma
Ludovico Carracci (Italian, 1555 - 1619)Saint Sebastian thrown into the Cloaca Maxima, 1612, Oil on canvas163.5 × 232.4 cm (64 3/8 × 91 ½ in.), 72.PA.14The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Tiziano Vecellio (Italian, circa 1488 - 1576), Violante (La bella Gatta) [Violante, the beautiful Cat], around 1510-15. Oil on poplar panel, 64,5 x 50,8 cm; Kunsthistorisches Museum (Gemäldegalerie), Vienna
Gerard van Honthorst (Dutch, 1592-1656)Satyr and Nymph, 1623Oil on canvas, 104 x 131 cm; Broere Charitable Foundation Collection
Agostino Carracci (Italian, 1557-1602), The Last Supper, 1593-94. Oil on canvas, 172 x 237 cm; Museo del Prado
Henri Harpignies (French, 1819-1916), Clair de Lune [Moonlight], 1892. Oil on canvas, 88.5 x 61 cm
Hans Holbein der Jüngere (German, 1497/1498-1543), Charles de Solier, Sieur de Morette, 1534-1535. Oil on panel, 92.5 x 75.5 cm. Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden
Sandro Botticelli (Florence, 1445-1510) The Birth of Venus, ca. 1485, detail. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence.Venus, ca. 1490. Oil on canvas, 158 x 68.5 cm. Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
Guess who painted these works of art? Any idea? The person who painted these pictures wanted to attend the Viennese academy of Fine Arts and become famous as an artist. If he had been accepted by the academy, world history would have been much different.
theladyintweed:Sir Alfred James Munnings
boxlunches: intrinnsic: speaking of art history this is Undine by Chauncey Bradley Ives. she’s at the Smithsonian. and this is her from the back that is marble, y’all. MARBLE. carved so thin you can SEE THE LIGHT THROUGH IT. i just. wow. fucking
visual-poetry: “i will not make any more boring art” by john baldessari (1971) have a look at “a brief history of john baldessari” narrated by tom waits: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU7V4GyEuXA
![Tiziano Vecellio (Italian, circa 1488 - 1576), Violante (La bella Gatta) [Violante, the beautiful Cat], around 1510-15. Oil on poplar panel, 64,5 x 50,8 cm; Kunsthistorisches Museum (Gemäldegalerie), Vienna](https://64.media.tumblr.com/08da1b1eff6d0312afcae5fcd69b6550/tumblr_pvltfyXBK21qzxzwso1_250.jpg)
![Henri Harpignies (French, 1819-1916), Clair de Lune [Moonlight], 1892. Oil on canvas, 88.5 x 61 cm](https://64.media.tumblr.com/1f9a478b44bdc68a8d52fc9f5996b8da/e7e6a50e1b84240e-1e/s500x750/daca972511bdfa3278b9534f5cf6e4074775fe23.png)
