City Lit Art Historyさんのイラストまとめ

We're bad art historians for forgetting Maria Sibylla Marien's birthday yesterday (2 April, 1657). So, here is her watercolour & gouache botanical study of a tulip, myrtle branches and seashells. For more on her art & science join us online on 22 May: https://t.co/Dv5ISQxnLO

Curious about what role animals play in the art of the Renaissance? Their symbolism, their science, their beauty?

Join us for a short course on Animals in Renaissance Art with @UmbrianArt, starting 6 March https://t.co/cIQH12Yjve

Studying animals was part of Renaissance curiosity - understanding the intricacies of the natural world was key to artists like Leonardo who seemed to like cats, a lot. Here he is coming to understand physicality of cats by drawing.

Two Women Dancing (1928) by Jeanne Mammen for today's #OnlineArtExchange in celebration of LBGTQ+ History Month. Mammen's watercolours are sensitive & intimate, showing the beauty & glamour of 1920s Nollendorf, a Berlin neighbourhood, still at heart of the LBGTQ+ community today.

Feeling a bit like spring today in London. It reminds us of this gorgeous painting of Paradise (1445) by the 15th c Sienese painter Giovanni di Paolo.

There are so many bunnies 🐇🐰

In a world filled with turmoil, sometimes we need to turn to magic. Join us for an exploration of magic & the occult in modern art, part of our Friday Lates series 18 November (online).

🌐https://t.co/NpFpTrQqwL
📷 Hilma af Klint, Tree of Knowledge, No. 1 (detail), 1913-15

For today's #OnlineArtExchange we have to show this Turner watercolour of Venice's Grand Canal (August, 1840) @Tate. Because really, how many people paint water better than Turner?

Turner visited Venice three times; what kept him coming back?

To find out join us Wednesday, 12 October for our next online Lunchtime Lecture: The Lure of Venice, art on the Grand Tour w/
@sarah_____j

Join here: https://t.co/kORNBkjHau
📷 Turner, The Grand Canal, 1840

It is the birthday of artist Jacob Lawrence (#otd 1917). His iconic series on the Haitian revolutionary hero Toussaint L'Ouverture is one of his best known works.
Learn more about the artist and the series in this online exhibition: https://t.co/R4ZQpRdcjt

It's Jean-Honoré Fragonard's birthday #botd in 1732. 'The Swing' @WallaceMuseum was a commission handed to Fragonard by another artist who thought the subject was indecent. It's now his most celebrated painting and viewed as a masterpiece of the rococo style.