Tag Archives: Art

1635: And Drinking Cocktails Too, Apparently

Posted on May 30, 2017 by corvusfugit

Quirin Boel: Two Monkeys Playing Backgammon (1635 – 1690) (source) “Twee apen spelen triktrak” in Dutch; “triktrak” is a nice onomatopoeia.

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1892: Ocean

Posted on May 29, 2017 by corvusfugit

David James: Seascape, Storm Breakers (1892)

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2017: May I Help You?

Posted on May 29, 2017 by corvusfugit

Anton Egorov: Impossible Interior (2107) (source)

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1890: Portrait of an Anarchist

Posted on May 26, 2017 by corvusfugit

Paul Signac’s portrait of his friend and fellow anarchist Felix Fénéon was painted in 1890, four years before Fénéon was arrested by Paris police on suspicion of participating in the bombing of a restaurant and aiding in the assassination of … Continue reading →

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1901: In the Fir Forest

Posted on May 26, 2017 by corvusfugit

Gustav Klimt: Fir Forest I (1901)

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1st Century AD: You Aren’t Even Sure What This Is at First

Posted on May 25, 2017 by corvusfugit

Statue of a Young Satyr Wearing a Theater Mask of Silenos. Roman, about 1st century A.D. Restorations by Alessandro Algardi, 1628. (source) Silenos (or Silenus) was, in Greek mythology, the tutor and companion of Dionysus, the god of wine and … Continue reading →

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1685: Lift Up Thine Eyes

Posted on May 23, 2017 by corvusfugit

The masterful trompe l’oeil frescos on the (flat) ceilings of the Church of Sant’ Ignazio di Loyola in Rome were painted by Andrea Pozzo in 1685. One depicts the apotheosis of St Ignatius—he rises up out of the ceiling into … Continue reading →

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1505: The Dog Hidden Under the Hidden Unicorn

Posted on May 22, 2017 by corvusfugit

In 1934, restoration work on this early 16th-centruy portrait by Raphael revealed that sometime in the mid-17th century, an anonymous artist had painted over it in places, transforming it into a representation of Saint Catherine of Alexandria holding a spiked … Continue reading →

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1921: Green Lightning on the Sea

Posted on May 22, 2017 by corvusfugit

Léon Spilliaert: L’éclair vert sur la mer [Green Lightning on the Sea] (1921) From a listing at Sotheby’s, although there titled L’eclair vert sur la mer—“the green eclair on the sea.”

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2016: 揺・カプリス

Posted on May 21, 2017 by corvusfugit

Sculpture by Yoshitoshi Kanemaki: 揺・カプリス [Shaking ・ Caprice] (2016) See more here.

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