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1958: Rothko / Television
Mark Rothko: No. 37/No. 19 (Slate Blue and Brown on Plum) (1958) (source) RCA Model CTC-7 (1958)
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Tagged 20th Century, Art, Mark Rothko, Painting, Technology, Television, USA
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1830: Panorama
Théodore Rousseau: Panoramic View of the Ile-de-France (c. 1830) Detail:
1920’s: Portraits
Winold Reiss: Turtle (1920) Japanese Student II (1925) Nenauaki , Queen Woman (1928) Harlem Girl I (1925)
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1627: Because Obviously
Werner van den Valckert: A Fool with a Smaller Fool in his Sleeve (1600 – 1627) (source)
1895 & 1901: Two Angels
Carlos Schwabe: Angel of Hope (1895) Mikhail Vasilevich Nesterov: The Angel of Sorrow (1900-1901)
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Tagged 19th Century, 20th Century, Angels, Art, Carlos Schwabe, Mikhail Vasilevich Nesterov, Painting, Russia, Switzerland
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450 BC: Wanting in Delicacy
Athlete with head of Lucius Verus [detail] (c. 460-450 BC); Braccio Nuovo, Vatican. (source) This portrait-statue, described in the Vatican Catalogue as heroic, is (though larger than life) perhaps as completely the opposite as one can conceive. It may be … Continue reading
2016: Land Operation
Estelle Chrétien: Opération terrestre (2016) (source)
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Tagged 21st Century, Art, Earthworks, Environment, France, Women
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1932: Island Palaces
Yoshida Hiroshi: Island Palaces in Udaipur (1932) Udaipur (1931) El Capitan, from the series The United States (1925) Glittering Sea, from the series Inland Sea (1926) Deer in Kasuga (1928)
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2009: Familia Muerta
Adrián Villar Rojas: My family dead (2009) (source)
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Tagged 21st Century, Adrián Villar Rojas, Animals, Argentina, Art, Death, Family, Sculpture, Whales
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