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looking at - looking after, gaze as compassion

Perhaps the real task these days is (…) to probe the ways in which the sense of ‘looking after’ someone is just as much a possibility as ‘looking at’ them in le regard, and ‘watching out for someone’...

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This image is from the Chronica Hungarorum.  János Thuróczi...

This image is from the Chronica Hungarorum.  János Thuróczi wrote the chronicle - a history of Hungary - which was printed in 1488 in Brünn.  It was also printed in Augsburg.  (This link provides...

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centuriespast: from The Mayans: Illustrated Historical Profile...

centuriespast: from The Mayans: Illustrated Historical Profile Universal Image Enterprise

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skdavis: ive been wanting a tattoo of this forever. just the...

skdavis: ive been wanting a tattoo of this forever. just the angel on my right rib. maybe one day when i have money Caravaggio: The Rest on the Flight Into Egypt

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immoraltales: Çanakkale Savaşına gönüllü giden, İstanbul Erkek...

immoraltales: Çanakkale Savaşına gönüllü giden, İstanbul Erkek Liseli öğrenciler. 50 İstanbul Lisesi son sınıf öğrencisi gönüllü olarak savaşa katılmak isterler ve birliğe katılarak Çanakkale...

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regardintemporel: Roman Vishniac - Isaac Street, Cracow, 1938

regardintemporel: Roman Vishniac - Isaac Street, Cracow, 1938

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subvert3cl: it’s deadlicious™: Mexican pulp...

subvert3cl: it’s deadlicious™: Mexican pulp art  couldn’t open the site…Would like to find more information on this.

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wine-loving-vagabond: Caravaggio: The Rest on the Flight Into...

wine-loving-vagabond: Caravaggio: The Rest on the Flight Into Egypt

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darksilenceinsuburbia: Elihu Vedder (1836-1923). Bound Angel,...

darksilenceinsuburbia: Elihu Vedder (1836-1923). Bound Angel, 1891. White chalk and black Conté crayon on bluish-green, moderately thick, slightly textured wove paper. 11 1/2 x 8 7/8 in. (29.2 x 22.5...

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amare-habeo: Gino Severini (1883 Cortona/Arezzo - 1966...

amare-habeo: Gino Severini (1883 Cortona/Arezzo - 1966 Paris)Fleurs et Masques - Les Amours d’Arlequin, 1930 via artvalue

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walkingliberty: № 5286. Dervish. 199. (Persia, 1870-s) this...

walkingliberty: № 5286. Dervish. 199. (Persia, 1870-s) this comes from ivandave’s site at flickr. He has the following note about the collection: Photos in this set were made in late 1800’ s by my...

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allaboutmary: The first apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe to...

allaboutmary: The first apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe to St Juan Diego on Tepeyac hill, 9 December 1531.The engraving appears in La estrella del norte de Mexico, aparecida al rayar el dia de la...

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Ergenekon Destani - Hersey Yalan Hersey Bombos (1975) (by...

Ergenekon Destani - Hersey Yalan Hersey Bombos (1975) (by GOLFJVC) This is meant as a joke for my compatriots…

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fornsed:   The runic alphabets are a set of...

fornsed:   The runic alphabets are a set of related alphabets using letters known as runes to write various Germanic languages before the adoption of the Latin alphabet and for specialized purposes...

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Frantisek Kupka at Guggenheim

Frantisek Kupka at Guggenheim

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thishunger: 2headedsnake: weimarart.blogspot.com   Juarez...

thishunger: 2headedsnake: weimarart.blogspot.com   Juarez Machado, Harcellement entre le 2ème et le 3ème étage, 2002   Juarez Machado was born in 1941 in the city of Joinville, in the state of Santa...

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Giorgio de Chirico’s (1888-1978) enigmatic, haunting...

Giorgio de Chirico’s (1888-1978) enigmatic, haunting paintings of deserted city squares, shadows, sleeping statues exerted an important influence on modern art. His Metaphysical works began around...

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Metaphysical Interior with Factory, 1969. Oil on canvas 64.5 x...

Metaphysical Interior with Factory, 1969. Oil on canvas 64.5 x 53.5 cm. Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico, Rome. I am not sure I agree with following, which more or less seems to be the received...

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turnofthecentury: liquidnight:William Henry Jackson “Tamasopo...

turnofthecentury: liquidnight:William Henry Jackson “Tamasopo River Canyon”, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, circa 1890s Dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. [via Shorpy]

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thishunger: yuugao: unrealityart: Picasso at the MoMA- Themes...

thishunger: yuugao: unrealityart: Picasso at the MoMA- Themes and Variations. Bacchanal with Minotaur, May 18, 1933, etching (via reblololo)

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