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Tag Archives: Painting
2015: Moon and Sea
George Dmitriev: Moon and Sea (c. 2015)
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Tagged 21st Century, Art, George Dmitriev, Painting, Russia, Seascapes, The Ocean
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1903: Along the Shore
William Trost Richards: Along the Shore (1903)
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Tagged 20th Century, Art, Painting, Seascapes, The Ocean, USA, William Trost Richards
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15th Century: The Ideal City
The Ideal City is the title given to three different paintings. The are generally referred to as The Ideal City of Urbino, The Ideal City of Baltimore, and The Ideal City of Berlin, according to where they are located—although all … Continue reading
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Tagged 15th Century, Baltimore, Berlin, Books, Cities, Cityscapes, Fra Carnevale, Francesco di Giorgio Martini, Italo Calvino, Italy, Painting, Prose, Urbino
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1934: Shadows
Hans Emmenegger: Hard Shadow Cast on Trunk (1934)
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Tagged 20th Century, Art, Hans Emmenegger, Painting, Switzerland, Trees
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1934: Self-Portrait with Pipe
Samuel Joseph Brown: Smoking My Pipe (1934)
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Tagged 20th Century, African-Americans, Painting, Portraits, Samuel Joseph Brown, USA
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1882: Ragweed and Crows
Thomas Millie Dow: Ragweed and Crows (1882)
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Tagged 19th Century, Crows, Great Britain, Painting, Scotland, Thomas Millie Dow
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1737: Anti-Depressant
It has been often related, and generally believed, that Philip V King of Spain, being seized with a total dejection of spirits, which made him refuse to be shaved, and rendered him incapable of attending council or transacting affairs … Continue reading
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Tagged 18th Century, Art, Corrado Giaquinto, Farinelli, Italy, Jean Ranc, King Philip V of Spain, Melancholy, Mental Health, Music, Opera, Painting, Spain
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1874: Night Rushed Down from Heaven
Henry Moore: Rough Weather in the Mediterranean (1874) ὣς εἰπὼν σύναγεν νεφέλας, ἐτάραξε δὲ πόντον χερσὶ τρίαιναν ἑλών: πάσας δ᾽ ὀρόθυνεν ἀέλλας παντοίων ἀνέμων, σὺν δὲ νεφέεσσι κάλυψε γαῖαν ὁμοῦ καὶ πόντον: ὀρώρει δ᾽ οὐρανόθεν νύξ. —Odyssey V, 291-294 So … Continue reading
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Tagged 19th Century, 8th Century BC, Art, Books, Great Britain, Greece, Henry Moore, Homer, Painting, Poetry, Seascapes, Ships & Sailing, Weather
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1900: Would Christ Belong to a Labor Union?
At the end of Cortland Meyer’s 1900 novel Would Christ Belong to a Labor Union? or Henry Fielding’s Dream (here), the title character—a working man and staunch trade unionist—has a dream of what it would be like to own and … Continue reading
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Tagged 19th Century, Books, Christianity, Cortland Meyer, François Lafon, France, Labor, Painting, Unions, USA
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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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