April 2012
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Apr 30th
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Apr 30th
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tommyshepherd-old asked: Could I nominate Dorothea Tanning for an artist of the week? I love her work so much, and I think it'd be nice to see her on here.
Apr 30th
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Apr 30th
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Apr 29th
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ARTIST OF THE WEEK: Caspar David Friedrich
1774 - 1840 This one is for all you romantics out there … Caspar David Friedrich is one of the greatest Romanticists of the entire movement. He was born in Greifswald, Germany and grew up with nine siblings, before beginning his artistic studies in 1790. The majority of his career was spent in Dresden where he painted some of his most famous pieces. Working near the end of the Romanticist...
Apr 29th
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Apr 29th
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worldsbestgirl asked: oh my god i cant believe this blog exists, thank you
Apr 29th
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Apr 28th
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Romeo and Juliet
This classic Shakespearean romantic pairing doesn’t really need an introduction. There are so many visual versions of the most famous scenes from this tragic love story, (mainly the infamous balcony meeting and the devastating death scene at the end of the play). These are some of my favourite depictions of both Romeo and Juliet, (there are some lovely paintings of Juliet on her own which I...
Apr 28th
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ART TIMELINE ... 1610
Massacre of the Innocents by Pieter Brueghel the Younger: Mannerism, Northern Renaissance Susanna and the Elders by Artemisia Gentileschi: Baroque Elevation of the Cross by Peter Paul Rubens: Baroque
Apr 27th
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Apr 27th
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Apr 27th
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Apr 27th
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Apr 26th
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Apr 26th
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Apr 26th
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY! John James Audubon
26th April 1826 Red-Breasted Merganser 1838
Apr 26th
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Apr 25th
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Bit the bullet ...
… and went back to being Art Mastered
Apr 25th
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they-drown-us-out-at-sea asked: Hi! I'm a first year art history student. I just want to say that as silly as this is, this blog is definitely an inspiration and motivation for me to keep on studying. Thank you for doing this.
Apr 25th
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Closing in on 1000 followers!
Thank you to everyone who has followed this blog :) You give me the motivation to keep posting even when I’m simultaneously slaving away for my university deadlines …
Apr 25th
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Apr 25th
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Apr 25th
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“I was the least Pop of all the Pop artists”
– Robert Indiana
Apr 25th
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Apr 24th
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Apr 24th
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Apr 24th
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Bridget Riley
24th April 1931 Archaean 1981
Apr 24th
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Willem de Kooning
24th April 1904 Woman V 1952-53
Apr 24th
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Apr 23rd
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Apr 23rd
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Apr 23rd
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY! J. M. W. Turner
23rd April 1777 Rain, Steam and Speed 1884
Apr 23rd
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Apr 22nd
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Apr 22nd
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ARTIST OF THE WEEK: Diego Velazquez
1599 - 1660 Diego Velazquez was a Spanish painter of the Baroque era, specialising in portraits of the royal and affluent. He worked during the Spanish Golden Age of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, along with Caravaggio and El Greco, (who although born in Greece worked primarily in Spain). Velazquez was born in Seville and worked in Madrid, but he also spent time in Italy...
Apr 22nd
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Apr 22nd
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Apr 21st
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Apr 21st
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“There are two things in the painter, the eye and the mind; each of them should...”
– Paul Cezanne
Apr 21st
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Apr 21st
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ART TIMELINE ... 1909
Summer Interior by Edward Hopper: American realism A Favourite Custom by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema: classicism The Equatorial Jungle by Henri Rousseau: post-impressionism, primitivism
Apr 20th
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Joan Miro
20th April 1893 The Hunter 1923-24
Apr 20th
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