Discovering Historyさんのイラストまとめ

Springtime (1873) by Pierre Auguste Cot (French, 1837-1883). Met Museum of Art. #Swing

Nobelreiter [Fog Riders] (1896) by Albert Welti (Swiss, 1862-1912). #FogRiders #Mythology

Memory of a wooded island in the Baltic Sea (Oak trees by the Sea) (1834-35) by Carl Gustav Carus (German, 1789–1869). A multi-talented person - doctor, naturalist, scientist, psychologist and landscape painter.

The Crystal Ball (1902) by John William Waterhouse (England, 1849-1917). Two versions - a previous owner objected to something in the painting and had it covered up, but it has now been restored as original.

A Golden Thread (c. 1885) by John Melhuish Strudwick (England, 1849-1937). [Bottom half] The Fates spin the thread of life. Their spindles show part gold and part grey threads, the gold part will measure out the allotted span of a person's life. #Fate

Finis [The end of all things] (1887) by Maximilian Pirner (Czech, 1853-1924). National Gallery in Prague. #angels #death

Battle of Çesme at Night (1848) by Ivan Aivazovsky (1817-1900). The artist was a famous Russian marine painter. #Romanticism #SailingShips

THREE BLIND MICE is a nursery rhyme some believe refers to the horrific fate of three famous Protestants (Ridley, Latimer and Cranmer) accused of plotting against the Catholic, Queen Mary I of England ("Bloody Mary"). Burned at the Stake. #OxfordMartyrs #FolkloreThursday

The Abbey in the Oakwood (1809-10) by Caspar David Friedrich (German, 1774-1840). Skeletal trees rise above the mist - decay all around. #Romanticism #otherworldly

Départ pour le Sabbat [witches' sabbath] (1910) by Albert Joseph Pénot (French, 1862-1930). #GothicArt