Art

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In the autumn 1886 Claude Monet sought out rugged and barren terrain on the island of Belle-Île-en-Mer off the coast of Brittany. Centering his activity in the village of Kervilahouen on the Atlantic side of the island, he wrote to fellow Impressionist Gustave Caillebotte, “I’ve been here a month, and I’m grinding away; I’m in a magnificent region of wilderness, a tremendous heap of rocks and sea unbelievable for its colors; well, I’m very enthusiastic.” Still, Monet confessed to having trouble painting the wild ocean because he was used to painting the calmer channel waters.

In "Rocks at Belle-Île, Port-Domois," Monet depicted the grim sea beating away at the barren rocks, a theme he repeated and varied numerous times. He was sensitive to the topography of his surroundings and the need to alter his manner of looking accordingly. He wrote to his companion Alice Hoschedé, “I must make great efforts to make them [the rocks] somber, to render this sinister, tragic aspect.” He added that he felt “powerless to render the intensity” of the ocean crashing upon the rocky sentinels of the island. Yet he also recognized that he placed great demands on himself: “I’m chasing the merest sliver of color. It’s my own fault, I want to grasp the intangible.” The colors, forms, and atmosphere of this magnificent painting reveal that Monet was concerned as much with conveying turbulent emotion as with recording the appearance of a particular site.

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Top 10 funniest boobs on a god?

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No official title, has been called this in the past.

My god its a beautiful painting. The texture and light on her clothes is unbelievable. And yes that's a hookah.

Unfortunately the higher quality image would not post. This is terrible quality. Do google it for a better image

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Klimt's love for cats is legendary. One of the most beautiful portraits of Klimt shows the painter with a cat in his arms. A large number of cats were left to roam freely around the rooms of both his studios: his studio in the city center on Josefstädterstraße, which he used until 1911, and his second studio, located in the outskirts on Feldmühlgasse. Klimt was well aware that the cats caused chaos with his many sketches, and sometimes damaged them. This did not bother him in the slightest.

Arthur Roessler, an influential art writer and critic, gives a striking account of the cats' feral activity in Klimt's studio. He also talks about Klimt's relaxed response to this behavior: "Once, as I sat with Klimt and rummaged around in a heap of papers, surrounded by eight or ten meowing, purring cats, play fighting with each other, so much so that the rustling study sheets just went flying, I asked him, puzzled, why he tolerated such antics spoiling hundreds of the most beautiful drawings. With a smile, Klimt replied: 'No, my friend, even if they crumple and tear one or the other pieces of paper, it doesn't matter; they only pee on the others, and, you know, it makes the best fixing agent!'"

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Contemporary art in Pakistan was a renaissance and there were many paintings depicting villages filled with devotion.

For A Song is a gorgeous piece that celebrates music, which was another key theme in Chughtai’s work.

The browns, maroons and whites are soft on the eyes.

The blurry hue gives this painting a dream-like feel.

The curve of the bodies and straight-edged lines of the building help create a dramatic masterpiece

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In its volumetric forms rendered through contrasting areas of light and dark, this print reflects Liqun’s background in Western-style painting. The subject matter of a new kind of femininity and motherhood, however, is revolutionary. While nursing her baby, the female soldier clad in a uniform listens intently to something outside the picture frame and takes notes. As the title indicates, she is absorbed in a broadcast speech in Yan’an, the Communist power base in northwest China.

Liqun began his artistic career at the China National Art Academy in Hangzhou in 1931. By 1940, he had found his way to Yan’an, where he became an instructor at the Lu Xun Institute of Literature and Art.

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Visiting locations important during the Communist revolution was an integral part of Fu’s study tour. It was considered a crucial “education of revolution.” On October 1 (National Day), the group was in Yan’an, Shaanxi Province, Mao Zedong’s wartime headquarters. Depicted here is Zaoyuan, or the Jujube Garden, near Mao’s residence. Although Fu visited Yan’an in the fall, he chose to illustrate the site in early spring, when the pink color of the blossoms—while the ground was still white with snow—symbolized China’s coming political rebirth.

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Visiting locations important during the Communist revolution was an integral part of Fu’s study tour. It was considered a crucial “education of revolution.” On October 1 (National Day), the group was in Yan’an, Shaanxi Province, Mao Zedong’s wartime headquarters. Depicted here is Zaoyuan, or the Jujube Garden, near Mao’s residence. Although Fu visited Yan’an in the fall, he chose to illustrate the site in early spring, when the pink color of the blossoms—while the ground was still white with snow—symbolized China’s coming political rebirth.

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Balke visited the North Cape only once, in 1832, but the experience became a touchstone of his imagination for the rest of his life. The tenebrous palette and expressive brushwork seen in this moonlit view are characteristic of Balke’s mature style, which stands in contrast to the more restrained naturalism of his mentor Johan Christian Dahl. When this painting (or another version) was exhibited in Oslo in the fall of 1848, a critic wrote that it "claims our interest, both for the nature of the subject itself and the singularity of the perception of the chosen moment."

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Escobedo joined the Taller de Gráfica Popular (TGP) shortly after it was established in 1937. Founded by a group of young printmakers associated with the Mexican Communist Party and the left-wing Partido Popular (People’s Party), the TGP was engaged in numerous campaigns in support of the international popular front against fascism. Working alongside European exiles living in Mexico City and with the full approval of both the Mexican government and the Mexican Communist Party, the TGP began producing posters to advertise the activities of anti-fascist groups. Among these was Escobedo’s El Fascismo, part of a series of posters for conferences on the fascist threat organized by the Liga Pro-Cultura Alemana. It features four men from different classes and cultures linking arms in solidarity.

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This one is for my fellow anarchists. And leftists in general. Love all y'all ❤️

Thats undeniably beautiful. Geometry, shapes and patterns we've airways found beautiful. Thats what survives even in our most experimental styles.

Look at how old this is! 3500 BC, MY GODESS

Vessel in shape of sitting figure; legs out straight, holding prominent penis. Chair has four legs joined by cross bars; high arm rests; painted with diamond pattern.

This image was made at a time when the naturalism of the earlier sculptural tradition was giving way to a greater formality, as artists strove to depict enlightened beings. The elaborate hairstyle, with topknot and hair flowing behind the shoulders, suggests that the sculpture represents Maitreya, the Buddha of the future. This image was once embellished with metal elements—note the iron remains of an attachment in his left ear and the holes for affixing metal decorative elements along edge of his jeweled hair ornament.

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This is among the earliest surviving independent still lifes in European painting. It playfully refers to a celebrated but long-lost work by the fifth-century-BCE Greek painter Zeuxis, who “produced a picture of grapes so successfully represented that birds flew up to it.” This sort of classically-inspired picture appealed to erudite patrons such as Isabella d’Este (1474–1539), marchioness of Mantua, for whom we know Leonelli painted a still life in 1506; he was, in fact, compared to Zeuxis by a scholar writing in 1513.

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In a way the original cubist painting.

I love his blue series. Have previously posted one or two of these too. Search for Picasso in the community for more.