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#monthoftheduck2023 day 11 - Napoleon Crossing the Alps.
Inspired by the classic painting by Jacques-Louis David and dedicated to the memory of late comic artist genius, David (Dudu) Geva.
#classicart #Napoleon #arthistory #artlovers
Collector sketches
by u/Confident_Alps_7310 on r/TheOwlHouse
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Journey to Gurnegrath inspired by Luke Skywalker’s soundtrack and from our previous trips to the Swiss alps, Music always play a major part in my process wether I’m listening to it or humming the tune inside my head. It definitely helps to visualize the world of my characters.
DxC:The Kingdom on the Iron Alps.
Leo Pattern Mechanized Unit.
The guards of the Holy See, Guards of Christianity , the 189.
#OTD in 1930
‘St. Moritz’ - just the place for a winter holiday on ice
Cover of The New Yorker, January 18, 1930
Constantin Alajálov
#TheNewYorkerCover #ConstantinAlajálov #iceskating #StMoritz #Alps #SwissAlps
Jacques-Louis David, Napoleon Crossing the Alps, 1800-1801, oil on canvas, collection of Château de Malmaison, Rueil-Malmaison
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1 of 5 versions of iconic 19th c. painting, traded among monarchies/heads of state in palaces/estates across Europe/US + @bongdoe ‘s new vision 🧵⬇️ https://t.co/aqUf29Duu6
Lower Grindelwald Glacier (Bernese Alps)
1669 | 1748 | 1762 | 1775
It was the glacier reaching the lowest elevation in the Alps during the Little Ice Age (972 m asl) and the site with by far the oldest and richest pictorial documentation. 😍
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January 6, 1879, birthday of Swiss geologist Émile Argand 🎂 As an early supporter of Alfred Wegener (who will present his theory #OTD in 1912) , he used continental drift theory to explain the #Alps as overthrusted & deformed tectonic nappes ⛰️⛰️
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@Alps_Sarsis thank you so much for making me a ferocious loaf! You have no idea how much i love this! Seriously nomads make sure you checkout Alps, thue are such a sweetheart!
Now, a question, what do you think it was that damaged me to make me loose hp?
December 24, 1237, first mention of the "good silver from the Schneeberg" in a letter. Situated at 2.300m a.s.l in the Tyrolean #Alps, the "snowy mountain" was one of the most important mines in medieval times⚒️
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Barbegazi are kindly mountain spirits from the French-Swiss Alps. Their name comes from the French ‘barbe glacée’ meaning ‘frozen beard’. They wear bright white fur clothes to stay camouflaged in the snow and have long icicles hanging from their hair and beards. #FolkloreThursday
15. Napoleon Crossing the Alps by Jacques-Louis David (1801)
A portrait which speaks to the Enlightenment and to the French Revolution, to the ideals of rationality and universal rights, and to the conflicts which would accompany their progress around the world.
'Abstract Alps', 2022. Acrylic on thick edge canvas, 61 x 50cm... 🏔
#mountains #alps #alpinemountains #slalom #slopes #snow #ski #modernart #artforsale #abstract #energy #acrylic #acrylicpainting #statementpiece #jonathangrayart #trending #painting #paint
December 11, 2002, the #UN celebrating the International Year of #Mountains declares #OTD the International #MountainDay - 1911 cross-sections of the #Alps showing fold and thrust belt to explain #mountain building ➡⛰️⬅
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