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Tag Archives: Art
1881: By the Sea
Max Klinger: By the Sea – Plate II from Intermezzos, Opus IV (1881) (source)
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Tagged 1880's, 19th Century, Art, Germany, Max Klinger, Printmaking, Seascapes, The Ocean, Women
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1889: On the Banks
Hans Thoma: On the Banks of the River Main (1889)
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Tagged 1880's, 19th Century, Art, Birds, Germany, Hans Thoma, Landscapes, Painting, Rivers, Ships & Sailing, Trees
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1857: Clouds
Gustave Le Gray: Marine, étude de nuages (1856-57)
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Tagged 1850's, 19th Century, Art, France, Gustave Le Gray, Photography, Seascapes, The Sky
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600 BC: Life / Death
Tlatilco Mask (1100-600 BC); the Tlatilco culture flourished in the Valley of Mexico between 1250 and 800 BC.
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Tagged 7th Century BC, Art, Ceramics, Death, Dualism, Life, Masks, Mexico, Native Americans, Tlatilco
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1900: Versions
Hans Thoma: Wondrous Birds (1892) W. W. Denslow: Illustration from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900)
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Tagged 1890's, 1900's, 19th Century, 20th Century, Animals, Art, Birds, Books, Drawing, Germany, Hans Thoma, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Painting, Rivers, Scarecrows, Storks, USA, W. W. Denslow
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1822: Murmurs of the Air
Despite the fact that Percy Bysshe Shelley had been expelled from Oxford University in 1811 for publishing an anonymous pamphlet called The Necessity of Atheism, this elaborate memorial was erected to the poet there in 1893. Shelly had drowned off … Continue reading
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Tagged 1820's, 1890's, Art, Atheism, Death, Edward Onslow Ford, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Poetry, Sculpture
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1890: Books
Benjamin Walter Spiers: A Bit of Old London (1890)
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Tagged 1890's, 19th Century, Art, Benjamin Walter Spiers, Books, Great Britain, London, Painting
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40,000 ya: Löwenmensch
Discovered in 1939, the Löwenmensch (“lion-human”) is an ivory figurine carved from a mammoth’s tusk. It is the oldest-known zoomorphic (animal-shaped) sculpture in the world, as well as the oldest-known example of figurative art. Historically, there has been some debate over … Continue reading
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Tagged 41st Millenium BC, Animals, Art, Cryptids, Germany, Lions, Sculpture, Women
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1927: Dancing on the Bauhaus Roof
T. Lux Feininger: [Charleston on the Bauhaus Roof] (1927); the dancer is Xanti Schawinsky and Clemens Röseler is playing the banjo.
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Tagged 1920's, 20th Century, Architecture, Art, Clemens Röseler, Dance, Germany, Music, Photography, T. Lux Feininger, USA, Xanti Schawinsky
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1876: Grove
George Inness: Pine Grove of the Barberini Villa (1876)
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Tagged 1870's, 19th Century, Art, George Inness, Italy, Landscapes, Painting, Trees, USA
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