The End of the Spanish Silver Fleet - Specialist Elaine Stainton discusses Nicholas Pocock's depiction of the 1804 Battle of Cape Santa Maria, which brought to an end Spain's annual fleet laden with treasures from the Americas. https://t.co/rCvzpdrkS9

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🔥2022 Degree Show🔥 Gallery 101 Roland Levinsky Building, Plymouth. Stage 3 Fine Art & + explore as an active agent of repair. Private view, 6-8pm, Friday, 27 May. Show on from Saturday, 28 May to Tuesday, 31 May, from 10am-6pm

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A detail of Botticelli's Venus, of course! Via ​​​​​​​​
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https://t.co/MdQ1HXeLQr

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Happy Birthday to Philippe de Montebello, former Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Portrait by Travis Simpkins
https://t.co/UjuDuBuUwV

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Astounding use of Mother Nature's art- the artist of this floor element in San Giovanni in Laterano. He must have SEEN a dove in the stone before he cut it out. Details like this bring me so close to the person living few hundred years ago.

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Today in art history (5/11): Salvador Dali was born in Figueres, Spain in 1904. He is the world's most famous Surrealist artist.

While Dali's technical skills were otherworldly, his ability to paint the subconscious mind is what made him a household name.

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🎨🦟🐜🦗🌿Schizodactylus monstrosus, a large cricket found in Asia. "The Naturalist's Miscellany" by George Shaw (1789-1813), V.18.

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Influence of Cubism, Art Movements. One of the most talked-about artistic movements of the 20th century is Cubism.

https://t.co/c9WWOTJ3mg

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Apes not your thing right now? 😃 We're looking at one of our favourite artists Georgia O'Keeffe in our discord, come hang and

https://t.co/4my46yzSCi

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Portrait of Andree, 1942, Juan Soriano​​​​​​​​
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https://t.co/k2hEue1XPH

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Kurt Wiese—who illustrated “The Story about Ping”—produced more than 300 children’s books; he earned two Caldecott Honors; he was awarded four Newbery’s; and… he was a prisoner of war during World War I.

This is our post on Wiese: https://t.co/2R3hvhntDH

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