Tag Archives: Art

1904: The Rising Sun

Posted on September 27, 2017 by corvusfugit

Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo: Il sole (Il sole nascente) (1904) (source)

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1891: Beach

Posted on September 27, 2017 by corvusfugit

Georges Lemmen: The Beach at Heist (1891)

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1880: Rainy Moon with Steamboats

Posted on September 27, 2017 by corvusfugit

Kobayashi Kiyochika: Rainy Moon at Gohonmatsu (1880)

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1660: Peepshow

Posted on September 27, 2017 by corvusfugit

Samuel van Hoogstraten: Peepshow with Views of the Interior of a Dutch House (c. 1655-60) (source)

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1914: Wings!

Posted on September 26, 2017 by corvusfugit

Alvin Langdon Coburn: Wings! (1914)

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1927: Divine Law

Posted on September 26, 2017 by corvusfugit

Beginning in 1902, Violet Oakley spent twenty-five years painting the murals that adorn the Pennsylvania state capitol building in Harrisburg. The image above is a study for her “Divine Law” mural in the Supreme Court, part of a series illustrating … Continue reading →