Parodies
Parodies: I started out to upload some samples from this wonderful contest, but the whole thing is so hilarious and funny and witty that I found it impossible to pick and choose.
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Parodies: I started out to upload some samples from this wonderful contest, but the whole thing is so hilarious and funny and witty that I found it impossible to pick and choose.
View ArticleWarka vase, Uruk: 3000 BCE, Uruk in Southern Iraq (Photo from...
Warka vase, Uruk: 3000 BCE, Uruk in Southern Iraq (Photo from pg. 61 of M. Roaf’s Cultural Atlans of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East). This vase is covered with scenes of offerings for the...
View ArticleOn The Balcony (1955-57) by Peter Blake Oil on canvas 121.3 X...
On The Balcony (1955-57) by Peter Blake Oil on canvas 121.3 X 90.8 cm (47¼ X 35¼ ins)
View Articlethishunger: billyjane: Eiffel Tower and Nude, 1947 by Maurice...
thishunger: billyjane: Eiffel Tower and Nude, 1947 by Maurice Tabard
View Articlebillyjane: just one more @ Eiffel Tower, 1939 - Gaston by Erwin...
billyjane: just one more @ Eiffel Tower, 1939 - Gaston by Erwin Blumenfeld
View ArticlePeter Lindbergh’s photo of Marion Cotillard for Christian...
Peter Lindbergh’s photo of Marion Cotillard for Christian Dior.
View ArticleThis canvas was painted during Cezanne’s “Dark...
This canvas was painted during Cezanne’s “Dark Period” (1861-70) and certainly affected by his place in Le Salon des Refuses at The Academie des Beaux Arts
View ArticleWothopedia characterizes Cezanne as a “lithograph”...
Wothopedia characterizes Cezanne as a “lithograph” among other things in the caption to this picture. Elsewhere I read that, Cezanne made 6 lithographs in all his life...
View ArticleNikola Tesla 1943 (7th January) Death Mask.
Nikola Tesla 1943 (7th January) Death Mask.
View Articlefuckyeah-arthistory: Self Portrait as Saint Sebastian - Egon...
fuckyeah-arthistory: Self Portrait as Saint Sebastian - Egon Schiele, 1914-15. Poster for Amot Gallery Exhibition.
View ArticleBorn in Toulouse to a French cabinet maker and a mother of...
Born in Toulouse to a French cabinet maker and a mother of Italian descent, Henri Martin successfully persuaded his father to permit him to become an artist. He began his career in 1877 at the...
View ArticleIt is difficult now to imagine the controversy that modern art...
It is difficult now to imagine the controversy that modern art generated in the first half of the twentieth century, but to many it was almost the end of the world, and it was creeping ever closer to...
View ArticleThe blue period began, according to Picasso, with the death of...
The blue period began, according to Picasso, with the death of his friend in 1901; “I started painting in blue when I learned of Casagemas’s death.” But I think that was a retroactive romanticization....
View ArticleMater Dolorosa’ stained glass (circa 1513-14)
Mater Dolorosa’ stained glass (circa 1513-14)
View Articlei12bent: Keith Jarrett: Shenandoah - from The Melody At Night,...
i12bent: Keith Jarrett: Shenandoah - from The Melody At Night, With You, 1999 (via flyingstargirl)
View ArticleSt Christopher; the giant carrying the Child with orb through...
St Christopher; the giant carrying the Child with orb through the water; in the background to the right stands the hermit with lantern on the shore; a fish, a mermaid and two fighting tritons are...
View Articlelamppostinterview: David Victorious, Pollaiuolo, mid 1400s
lamppostinterview: David Victorious, Pollaiuolo, mid 1400s
View ArticleMatthias Gerung , in older literature Geron...
Matthias Gerung , in older literature Geron Mathias (b. 1500 in Nördlingen , † 1570 in Lauingen [1] ) was a German painter and engraver . He was probably the son of the violinist said Matt Shoemaker...
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