Tympanum of the Weltgerichtsportal at the south facade of the Frauenkirche in Esslingen am Neckar, showing the Last Judgement, in a winter day’s evening light. The portal is dated about 1400.
Around 1500, monks singing from a choral book, woodcut - Anonymous
Master of Grosslobming, St John the Evangelist (ca. 1400), KHM, Vienna.
I just reached 200 followers, and I posted only a few months ago my 100 follower milestone!
Thanks you guys! I’m setting up a queue with stuff inspired by what I am learning in Art History, so stay tuned! :-)
The Roses of Heliogabalus, 1888 - Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
Mosaic floor at the Villa Otrang, a Roman villa.
Depiction of a woman with a ringlet hairstyle, an orange chiton with black bands and rod-shaped earrings. A fayum mummy portrait of the Roman Empire.
Topless Louis XIV playing card.
YOU’RE WELCOME.
OMG LOUISSS
My art history teacher told me that look like Siegfried Sassoon.
Wat.
Preparation of a sacrifice. Marble, fragment of an architectural relief, first quarter of the 2nd century CE. From Rome, Italy.
Architectural detail in fresco of cubiculum wall from restored cubiculum, Villa of Fannius Synistor, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Lacrosse is scary and hard.
Sports in general are scary and hard.
I guess this is a sign that I am not meant for sports…
EDIT: Oh, and douchebags. Lots and lots of douchebags.
Satyr and Maenad. Roman fresco from Casa degli Epigrammi in Pompeii. Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples), inv. nr. 27705.
Fayum mummy portrait, Roman Egypt.
Alcestis and Admetus. Ancient Roman fresco (45-79 d.C.) from the House of the Tragic Poet, Pompeii, Italy.
Narva Triumphal Arch - Narva Square, Saint Petersburg
Portrait of Catherine II of Russia (1729-1796) - Aleksey Antropov
Karl Brullov - The Last Day of Pompeii
View of the city of Mykolaiv by Fedor Alexeev, 1799.
Panel, grottesca
Oh jebus, yes.
I believe in the life eternal, as promised to us by our Lord, Jesus Christ.
OH MY GOD MY TEACHER MENTIONED THIS MOVIE TO US IN ART HISTORY TODAY WTF HOW IS IT ON MY DASHBOARD I NEVER EVEN HEARD OF IT BEFORE WAT.
He must be a wizard o.o.
The Throne Room of Empress Maria Fiodorovna - Yevgraf Krendovsky
Valery Jacobi (1834-1902) Jesters at the Court of Empress Anna.
Red Square in Moscow (1801) by Fedor Alekseev
Brig “Mercury” Attacked by Two Turkish Ships - Ivan Aivazovsky
Skyline #2. (at Empire State Building 86th Floor Observatory)
Jordan staircase at the Winter Palace.
Ivan Aivazovsky - Battle of Navarino. Painted in 1846.
Because my mom immigrated here and chose to stay when she had me. We go to Brazil sometimes, but it has been a few years since I last visited. We also live in a heavily Brazilian and Portuguese community, near my grandma who doesn’t speak English.
Archway at the Winter Palace, Saint Petersburg.
WIZARDS IN THE 1920s!
OH MY GOD
WHAT EVEN DOES THE WIZARDING WORLD LOOK LIKE IN THE 20s??
WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES IN WIZARDING TECHNOLOGY/FASION FROM MUGGLE FASHION/TECHNOLOGY?
WHAT SPELLS HAVE OR HAVEN’T BEEN INVENTED?
WILL WE SEE KID VERSIONS OR FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE ORIGINAL SERIES?
I
CANNOT
WAIT
The roaring twenties, wizards style.
This is going to be amaaaazzzzinnngggg.
Slave Market with the Disappearing Bust of Voltaire by Salvador Dalí, 1940
Jacopo Coppi del Meglio - The Visitation
Apparition of a Face and Fruit Dish on a Beach - Salvador Dalí, 1938
Alessandro Allori - Portrait of Maria de’ Medici, 1555
Crucifixion (Corpus Hypercubus)- Salvador Dalí, 1954
Marin Marais - Suite A min - Prelude (by a20008137)
Hypnotic…
Paolo Veronese (1528–1588) - Saints Mark and Marcellinus being led to Martyrdom, Detail, 1565
The Face of War by Salvador Dalí, 1940
François Boucher (1703-1770), after Paolo Veronese (1528-1588) - Allegory of Wisdom and Strength: The Choice of Hercules or Hercules and Omphale.
Christ of Saint John of the Cross - Salvador Dalí, 1951
Agnolo Bronzino - Cosimo I de’ Medici in armour, 1545
Swans Reflecting Elephants - Salvador Dalí, 1937, Oil on canvas.
I think Dali’s style was at its greatest in the 30s. You can easily see the influences of the Renaissance masters, like Bosch, in his work, but you also notice how he had twisted and contorted the old standards to a new art form.
Bronzino - Allegories of the Cardinal Virtues, detail, 1540-1541
Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (Premonition of Civil War) - Salvador Dalí, 1936
Pieter de Kempener (1503–1580) - Portrait of a Lady, 1532
Younger than you think.
Morphological Echo by Salvador Dalí, 1934-36.
Jean Philippe Rameau 1733 Hippolyte et Aricie Emmanuelle Haim (by Arionia Tellus)
All I have to say is… damn.
This is just revolutionary.
OH MAH GAWD.
I GOT SIGNED UP FOR AP ART HISTORY AND ITS AMAAAAAAAZZZZZZZZZZZZZZIIIIIIIIINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG.
Its like a dream come true o.o.
Thank you for your kind words! And you don’t need to worry, I will never deactivate this blog. I put too much work into it to do so :D
Alessandro Allori - Portrait of Isabella de’ Medici (1542-1576)
The Ghost of Vermeer of Delft Which Can Be Used As a Table by Salvador Dalí, 1934.
I LOVE the eerie mood of this painting.
OMG OMG OMG.
ITS LOUIS XIV’S 375TH BIRTHDAY AHHHH.
Joyeux anniversaire à la seule et unique roi éternel, le Roi-Soleil.
Andrea del Sarto - Triumph of Caesar, 1520
Moretto da Brescia (1498–1554) - Portrait of Count Fortunato Martinengo Cesaresco
I like it! Very nice :)
The Great Metaphysician - Giorgio de Chirico, 1917
