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“If you could say it in words, there’d be no reason to paint.”
Edward Hopper, who was born on this day in 1882, was a painter and printmaker who is recognized for his important role in shaping realist paintings in twentieth-century America. https://t.co/cpoxRdyim6
(1/2) "A century from now, your own story may be another verse… and who knows how much truth it will hold?"
#DragonAge #comic
Sven Svensson but he's got long golden hair. 16th century minstrels go wild for all the songs they could write
#HenryStickmin
vastra-haran (celestial stripping), 19th century - displayed at the national museum in new delhi
Excellent online talk by @jmosscurator @TheFanMuseum about Huguenot fan-makers active in 17th & 18th century London and exciting mapping project recording 300 workers, including the #chassereau family. @Huguenots_E1 @huguenotmuseum @HuguenotLibrary
Journey of the Barong Tagalog, Addendum Part 11.3: 19th Century English Artist Illustrations of Life in the Philippines
Charles Wirgman (1832-1891) was an artist, cartoonist, journalist and art professor of British nationality and Swedish ancestry. He spent the greater part of
English School, early 18th Century
Portrait of a lady, as Diana, with Cupid, both full-length, and a couple of hounds, in a landscape
@wenyilain I'm Asayano, and I draw fictional 19th century people, and sometimes commissions! I'd be glad to have some more mutuals to interact with!
Folks that are cool in their own ways:
@Moleh_sunflower
@CasusBelliGrey
@BeeffyC
“Queen of Westie” 2021
Commissioned Watercolor illustration on 10x15cm Canson Montval 300gsm cold pressed paper.
Inspired by Alexandra of Denmark Queen of the United Kingdom Costume 19th Century.
#RoyalPets #Pets #Dogs #Watercolor #ArtistOnTwitter #Illustration #Victorian
Triumphant Achilles
Exciting image from the 19th century of the Greek Hero of the #Trojan War, Triumphant #Achilles, https://t.co/9ctXiriSop
The next generation of opportunity.
Throughout the 20th century, #Cleveland powered the American economy as a key #transportation and manufacturing hub. Now, the city is pioneering a new era of growth and opportunity at the epicenter of a transportation revolution.
"Undine" - one of the best loved books of the 19th century.
Adapted from the works of Paracelcus & the original tale of 'Melusine', the water spirit, who loved a knight & married to gain a human soul.
Must watch: the beautiful Irish film 'Ondine'.
#FairyTaleTuesday
Louis Philippe I: #KingoftheFrench From 1830 to 1848 - Born on 6 October 1773, Louis Philippe became King of the French from 1830 to 1848. He was the son of Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans and ... https://t.co/03eIUlAQdQ #19thc #19thcentury
One of the more prominent figures is the Black sailor who watches over the violent scene. The historian Louis P. Masur called this sailor “one of the most important representations of a black person in all of eighteenth-century Western art”.
More here: https://t.co/QxaR9Sx69a
Several scholars have traced the debts that Copley owes to previous artworks, in terms of composition, anatomy, and metaphorical import. Watson is pictured with a similar body and posture (though rotated and semi-submerged) to the Borghese Gladiator (from the third century BCE).