The newly digitized manuscript IV F 8 (1456-1458, Bohemia) contains work by Johannes Versor Quaestiones super varios libros. We were interested in the decorated initials - thematically, their creator (probably the scribe of the manuscript) was inspired only by the letter C.

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Pieces of classical art:

The Great Wave off Kanagawa,
by Katsushika Hokusai - 1829 to 1833

Girl with a Pearl Earring,
by Johannes Vermeer - 1665

The Starry Night,
by Vincent van Gough - 1889

Takiyasha the Witch and the Skeleton Spectre,
by Utagawa Kuniyoshi - 1844 https://t.co/vQ7FUaPxRK

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Hendrik Johannes Cruijff one of the greatest players and football visionaries. “The most important part are the fans, that people going home are happy. It's their time off, and you should give them something to enjoy”

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Sebald Beham (1500–1550) was a German painter and printmaker, mainly known for his very small engravings.Buße des heiligen Johannes Chrysostomos (Washington)

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This one's pretty old, but I figured I share it here. This is the final design for my oc, Fiskerton "Fisk" Johannessen.

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Painting at Bedtime.
Girl with a Pearl Earring.
Johannes Vermeer.

This has been much imitated by people in photographs in the last few days. The painting is a particular type, peculiar to the Netherlands and a few other places, called a 'tronie', an exotic 'type'. An iconic one.

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𝓟𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓵 𝓪𝓼 𝓪 𝓥𝓮𝓻𝓶𝓮𝓮𝓻 𝓟𝓪𝓲𝓷𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰

What if the woman portrayed in the painting didn't wore a costume of a woman of the merchant class, but of a cartoon character instead? Or what if Pearl lived in the Dutch Golden Age and posed for Johannes Vermeer?

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Ahora que se ha puesto de moda imitar cuadros, os traigo una comparación flamenca accidental😂

Johannes Vermeer “La carta de amor", 1666 // Yo peinando a una amiga en un piso de alquiler en Roma en 2015

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Warum ist Johannes von altraverse eigentlich so ein »Sekiro«-Fan und warum ihr euch Manga und Artbook auf keinen Fall entgehen lassen solltet, erfahrt ihr in unser schicken Leseprobe, die es jetzt auch online gibt:
https://t.co/7upf2EzVPi
Habt ihr den Manga schon gelesen? 💙

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Juguant amb Ramon Casas i Johannes Vermeer!!

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17th C astronomer Johannes Kepler believed Mars had 2 moons, possibly influencing writer Jonathan Swift. In Gulliver's Travels (1726) he wrote: the scientists of Laputa discovered "two lesser stars, or satellites, which revolve about Mars."

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Johannesburg-based Illustrator, enjoys experimenting with various illustration techniques and his work is inspired by African short stories. More here: https://t.co/WeQrhailLi

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🐰The first known mention of an anthropomorphic, gift-giving Easter Bunny was in Dr. Johannes Richier's 1682 essay in which he referred to a German tradition of an ‘Easter Hare’ bringing Easter eggs for children

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Born in 1634: Albertine Agnes of Nassau (1634-96), daughter of Prince of Orange

Portrait by workshop of (ca. 1614-70), ca. 1665


Geschiedkundige Vereniging Oranje-Nassau

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Commission for Ganga Library Online. Nobel Laureate Johannes Stark for Physics 1919. Painted by artist Tim Tompkins from PaintHistory

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🔷 JOHANNES BRAHMS
Died on this day, in 1897

My Favorite Brahms:
Listen to the great Alexis Weissenberg in the First Brahms Piano Concerto
⤵️
https://t.co/w0jwuuCpk4

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