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alfonsinalfonsina: René Magritte - Les Bijoux Indiscrets (1963)
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thisblueboy: Hagesandros, Athenedoros and Polydoros, Laocoon and his sons (also known as Laocoon Group), copy after an Hellenistic original from ca.200 BC., Early First Century B.C.E., Vatican Museums
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Paris 226 Rue St Denis
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Salvador Dali, Woman With a Head of Roses, 1935.
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snowce: Andrew Wyeth, Geraniums, 1960
124 ♥
thebeginwith: Vanitas - either by, or by a follower of, Jacopo Ligozzi (1550-1627) via Eloge de l’Art
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velvetsroses: Le Complexe D’Adonis 
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cavetocanvas: Maurice Denis, Child with Blue Pants, 1897 From the Musée d’Orsay: his painting portrays Noëlle, the painter’s eldest daughter, born 30 June 1896, in the arms of Marthe, Denis’ first wife. The painter was very fond of the theme of maternity and he celebrated it on the birth of his first three children, Jean-Paul (1894), Noëlle, then Bernadette (1899).The scene is notable for its rigorous composition and the subtlety of the colours: a blue palette with, in counterpoint, the grey of the faces, the dull yellow of Marthe’s hair, the lemon yellow of the window on the right and of the frame on the wall. In the frame is an engraving after Botticelli’s La Vierge à l’Enfant et Saint Jean Baptiste, in the Louvre since 1824, which confers an almost holy atmosphere to this family scene. Denis, who dedicated some of his work to religious painting, admired Italian Primitive and Renaissance art. He particularly admired Botticelli appreciating the serene harmony and soft lighting. Here he displays his deep Christian commitment and the enduring nature of family values.Both Realist and Symbolist, intimist and decorative, this painting with its simplified outlines, without depth, is similar to the paintings of his contemporary Vuillard. It is an example of the Nabis’ experiments, remaining close to the purity of Primitive art, and rejecting the traditional rules of painting.
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Dali
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poboh: Rough Sea, 1881, Claude Monet.
777 ♥
thisblueboy: Gustave Courbet, The Giants cave from Saillon (Switzerland), 1873, Musee de Picardie, Amiens, France
5 ♥
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fckyeaharthistory: Mark Rothko - Light Red Over Black, 1957. Oil on canvas
216 ♥
welovepaintings: John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893)The Lady of ShalottOil on canvasPrivate collection ___ The subject of the dead Lady in a boat or barge floating down the river inspired Edward Robert Hughes, William A. Breakspeare, John La Farge, and John Atkinson Grimshaw. This theme interested artists because of the sensuality suggested by dead Lady’s recumbent body and the decadent attraction of the union of death and beauty, sensuality and spirituality. John Atkinson Grimshaw painted the dead Lady of Shalott floating down the river in her funeral barge after having done a similar painting, Elaine, in 1877. Both paintings convey the atmospheric stillness of the dead lady as she floats through the night. Victorianweb.org
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Dame mit Muff, Gustav Klimt, 1916
675 ♥
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