electricalice:

mrsbeefheart:

I fukin love 14th century art art because everyone looks so shady and suspicious of ppl around them its AMAZING

or just like they know something u dont and oh my gdfuck i cant

I believe the highest point is reached in Simone Martini’s Annunciation

and the look of absolute hatred Mary and Gabriel exchange. 

endthymes:

maria anwander, untitled. 2005; installation, sink/video—a bird‘s eye view of a person swimming is projected up from under the sink; the film is looped without a visible transition

theartofanimation:

Sam Bosma

urhajos:

Patrick Seymour

amandascurti:

Here’s my Junior Thesis! Our theme was “Kings and Queens,” and although the individual we chose did not need to be an actual monarch, we were not permitted to choose anyone fictional. The paramaters of the project dictated that it be 1) biographical and 2) span from early life to death. I chose John Lennon as my subject (King of Rock, I suppose). PRINTS HERE!

crowcrow:

Tattoo flash sheets created by Izabella Dawid Wolf.

vlajean:

art history meme. 9/9 paintings

primavera, c. 1482
sandro botticelli

The Primavera (or the Allegory of Spring) is full of allegorical meanings, whose interpretation is difficult and still uncertain. Among the many theories proposed over the last decades, the one that seems to be the most corroborated is the interpretation of the painting as the realm of Venus, sung by the ancient poets and by Poliziano (famous scholar at the court of the Medici). On the right Zephyrus (the blue faced young man) chases Flora and fecundates her with a breath. Flora turns into Spring, the elegant woman scattering her flowers over the world. Venus, in the middle, represents the “Humanitas” (the benevolence), which protects men. On the left the three Graces dance and Mercury dissipates the clouds.

Leaving out the many possible interpretations proposed by various experts, what is certain is the humanistic meaning of the work: Venus is the goodwill (the Humanitas), as she distinguishes the material (right) from the spiritual values (left). The Humanitas promotes the ideal of a positive man, confident in his abilities, and sensitive to the needs of others. (x)

opthalite:

blastedheath:

Attributed to Friedrich Gauermann (1807-1862) Study of a Tree. Oil on paper, 34.5 x 28 cm.