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...There were several brilliant galleries dedicated to the art of puppetry & marionettes. 1st pic is of curious 19th/early 20th century marionettes, 2nd is of 18th century examples, & 3rd pic is a theme I sensed in the painted backdrops for marionette shows 🧔🏻⚔️🧔🏻 #ITweetMuseums
...Discovered in Ostia in 1959, it's the most intact and complete example of inlaid marble decoration (opus sectile) ever found. It's beautifully presented and documented (in Italian & braille.) Surprising details include portraits, attacking lions & even octopus! #ITweetMuseums
One thing I particularly like about museums like the Galleria Doria Pamphilij, is the overabundance of detail everywhere: ceilings, odd corners (hello, St. Sebastian!), patterned decorative wall painting & sculptural curtain tie-backs. #ITweetMuseums #GalleriaDoriaPamphilj
In those moments you think the ink grossly stains your skin. Realize some stains are beautiful, some stains are hung in museums and injected under skin.
What one sees as a mistake. A thousand may see it as a masterpiece.
#ink
OBSESSION: NUDES BY #KLIMT, #SCHIELE, AND #PICASSO
@Met_Breuer NYC NY thru Oct 7, 2018 #art #museums #nude
Image: Two Reclining Nudes,1911, Egon Schiele (Austrian, Tulln 1890–1918 Vienna) Watercolor& graphite on paper. Met Museum, NYC
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Now Showing: Leo Fitzmaurice has curated a selection of portraits from the Arts Council Collection and National Museums Liverpool’s own collection @walkergallery with his choices ‘dictated by the direction in which the sitters seem to be looking’ https://t.co/mDc61yOaS2
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We are all museums of fear.
— Charles Bukowski
OCTOBER 11—Explore the ways African art in American museums influences perceptions of the art and culture of the continent—in this lecture with curators Christa Clarke and Constantine Petridis.
Free to IL residents with registration.
REGISTER—https://t.co/fOw12oto3W
I love, love, l o v e close ups of my work. I love getting up close and personal with other people’s work (as much as the museums permit 😝). The texture, the brushstrokes, the individual colors and marks. It’s all a feast for my eyes. I can’t get eno… https://t.co/1LI38XBUg0
Not only is it Heritage Open Day, with free entry to our museum, it's also #RoaldDahlDay2018! To celebrate, here are some images from our Norfolk Museums Collection related to some of Roald Dahl's most beloved books. Can you guess which books the four images relate to?
Our winter programme is now live on our website, follow the link to discover #CoalForest & an exciting family event programme that shifts with the seasons through #Autumn, #Winter and #Spring: https://t.co/vf430LVYo7 #ACEsupported #Art #Heritage #Museums #Community @Woodhorn
The Quiet of Art #women #art #artists #digitalart #museums #writing #reading #stories https://t.co/FH7crYytam
René Magritte | 1948
Depths of pleasure
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
In the aftermath of #KSIvsLoganPaul, how timely to have the painting 'T.V.' by William Roberts returned to us after being on loan to @royalacademy
Image © Estate of John David Roberts. By courtesy of the William Roberts Society (2004). Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums collection
John McKirby Duncan.1866-1945. Oedipus and the Sphinx or Force and Reason.1939. Glasgow Museums.
Post Modern ~ Established for Hanging Since 2014 https://t.co/TGGyF09FS3 5 #Pompiidou #ICABoston #NewYorkTimes #artcritic @artcritical #WashingtonPost #NewYorkTimes #TheBostonGlobe #NewYorkPost #LATimes #Christies #Museum #SFMOMA #ChicagoTribune #Museums #tatemodern
Hey science twitter, paleontologists, zoologists, museums if you are looking for a scientific illustrator and paleoartist for your next project contact me through my website https://t.co/gqNqGTCsD4 or DM me 😊😊😊 #paleoart #sciart
Historic #SciArt. Because museums didn't always get it quite right. #MusMeme
(From "Musei Leveriani explicatio, anglica et latina" (1792), in #BHLib via @SILibraries: https://t.co/3TCOeQn1UX)