Luchy
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We are here to be eccentric, different, perhaps strange, perhaps merely to add our small piece, our little clunky, chunky selves, to the great mosaic of being. As the gods intended, we are here to become more and more ourselves.
~James Hollis
~James Hollis
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In 1819, Madrid’s Museo del Prado opened to the public, transforming a royal collection into a national museum and reshaping how European masterpieces were preserved, studied, and shared with society at large. #ArtHistory
December 15, 2025 at 5:27 PM
In 1819, Madrid’s Museo del Prado opened to the public, transforming a royal collection into a national museum and reshaping how European masterpieces were preserved, studied, and shared with society at large. #ArtHistory
Self portraits by four artists:
Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, Self-Portrait with Daughter Julie, 1789
Paula Modersohn-Becker, Self-Portrait with Hat and Veil, 1907
Amadeo Modigliani, Self Portrait, 1919
Stanley Spencer, Self-Portrait with Patricia Preece, 1937
#selfportraits #arthistory
Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, Self-Portrait with Daughter Julie, 1789
Paula Modersohn-Becker, Self-Portrait with Hat and Veil, 1907
Amadeo Modigliani, Self Portrait, 1919
Stanley Spencer, Self-Portrait with Patricia Preece, 1937
#selfportraits #arthistory
December 13, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Self portraits by four artists:
Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, Self-Portrait with Daughter Julie, 1789
Paula Modersohn-Becker, Self-Portrait with Hat and Veil, 1907
Amadeo Modigliani, Self Portrait, 1919
Stanley Spencer, Self-Portrait with Patricia Preece, 1937
#selfportraits #arthistory
Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, Self-Portrait with Daughter Julie, 1789
Paula Modersohn-Becker, Self-Portrait with Hat and Veil, 1907
Amadeo Modigliani, Self Portrait, 1919
Stanley Spencer, Self-Portrait with Patricia Preece, 1937
#selfportraits #arthistory
New York City
Piet Mondrian, 1942
“To approach the spiritual in art, one will make as little use as possible of reality, because reality is opposed to the spiritual. ”
#destijl #thestyle #neoplasticism #modernart #dutchartists #arthistory
Piet Mondrian, 1942
“To approach the spiritual in art, one will make as little use as possible of reality, because reality is opposed to the spiritual. ”
#destijl #thestyle #neoplasticism #modernart #dutchartists #arthistory
December 11, 2025 at 12:46 AM
New York City
Piet Mondrian, 1942
“To approach the spiritual in art, one will make as little use as possible of reality, because reality is opposed to the spiritual. ”
#destijl #thestyle #neoplasticism #modernart #dutchartists #arthistory
Piet Mondrian, 1942
“To approach the spiritual in art, one will make as little use as possible of reality, because reality is opposed to the spiritual. ”
#destijl #thestyle #neoplasticism #modernart #dutchartists #arthistory
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El mismo modelo para distintos personajes: Santo Tomás y el rey Melchor, de Rubens
December 4, 2025 at 1:04 PM
El mismo modelo para distintos personajes: Santo Tomás y el rey Melchor, de Rubens
Window or Wall Sign
Bruce Nauman, 1967
"My work is basically an outgrowth of the anger I feel about the human condition. The aspects of it that make me angry are our capacity for cruelty and the ability people have to ignore situations they don't like.”
#postminimalism #arthistory #conceptualart
Bruce Nauman, 1967
"My work is basically an outgrowth of the anger I feel about the human condition. The aspects of it that make me angry are our capacity for cruelty and the ability people have to ignore situations they don't like.”
#postminimalism #arthistory #conceptualart
November 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Window or Wall Sign
Bruce Nauman, 1967
"My work is basically an outgrowth of the anger I feel about the human condition. The aspects of it that make me angry are our capacity for cruelty and the ability people have to ignore situations they don't like.”
#postminimalism #arthistory #conceptualart
Bruce Nauman, 1967
"My work is basically an outgrowth of the anger I feel about the human condition. The aspects of it that make me angry are our capacity for cruelty and the ability people have to ignore situations they don't like.”
#postminimalism #arthistory #conceptualart
Woman I
Willem de Kooning, 1950-52
“I might work on a painting for a month, but it has too look like I painted it in a minute.”
#abstractexpressionism #newyorkschool #figurativepainting #modernart #arthistory
Willem de Kooning, 1950-52
“I might work on a painting for a month, but it has too look like I painted it in a minute.”
#abstractexpressionism #newyorkschool #figurativepainting #modernart #arthistory
November 21, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Woman I
Willem de Kooning, 1950-52
“I might work on a painting for a month, but it has too look like I painted it in a minute.”
#abstractexpressionism #newyorkschool #figurativepainting #modernart #arthistory
Willem de Kooning, 1950-52
“I might work on a painting for a month, but it has too look like I painted it in a minute.”
#abstractexpressionism #newyorkschool #figurativepainting #modernart #arthistory
Rosa Bonheur
—-
The Wounded Eagle, 1870
King of the Forest, 1878
El Cid, 1879
Two Horses, 1889
“…I loved to move among animals. I would study an animal and draw it in the position it took, and when it changed to another position I would draw that.”
#animalier #romanticism #womenartists #arthistory
—-
The Wounded Eagle, 1870
King of the Forest, 1878
El Cid, 1879
Two Horses, 1889
“…I loved to move among animals. I would study an animal and draw it in the position it took, and when it changed to another position I would draw that.”
#animalier #romanticism #womenartists #arthistory
November 19, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Rosa Bonheur
—-
The Wounded Eagle, 1870
King of the Forest, 1878
El Cid, 1879
Two Horses, 1889
“…I loved to move among animals. I would study an animal and draw it in the position it took, and when it changed to another position I would draw that.”
#animalier #romanticism #womenartists #arthistory
—-
The Wounded Eagle, 1870
King of the Forest, 1878
El Cid, 1879
Two Horses, 1889
“…I loved to move among animals. I would study an animal and draw it in the position it took, and when it changed to another position I would draw that.”
#animalier #romanticism #womenartists #arthistory
Paul Delvaux
The Hands, 1941
Sleeping Venus, 1944
“In my opinion [surrealism] is above all a reawakening of the poetic idea in art, the reintroduction of the subject but in a very particular sense, that of the strange and illogical.”
#surrealism #figurativepainting #femalenude #arthistory
The Hands, 1941
Sleeping Venus, 1944
“In my opinion [surrealism] is above all a reawakening of the poetic idea in art, the reintroduction of the subject but in a very particular sense, that of the strange and illogical.”
#surrealism #figurativepainting #femalenude #arthistory
November 15, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Paul Delvaux
The Hands, 1941
Sleeping Venus, 1944
“In my opinion [surrealism] is above all a reawakening of the poetic idea in art, the reintroduction of the subject but in a very particular sense, that of the strange and illogical.”
#surrealism #figurativepainting #femalenude #arthistory
The Hands, 1941
Sleeping Venus, 1944
“In my opinion [surrealism] is above all a reawakening of the poetic idea in art, the reintroduction of the subject but in a very particular sense, that of the strange and illogical.”
#surrealism #figurativepainting #femalenude #arthistory
Chaos and Nature
Andy Goldsworthy, 2007
“We often forget that we are nature. Nature is not something separate from us. So when we say that we have lost our connection to nature, we've lost our connection to ourselves.”
#environmentalart #ephemeralart #landart #photography #arthistory
Andy Goldsworthy, 2007
“We often forget that we are nature. Nature is not something separate from us. So when we say that we have lost our connection to nature, we've lost our connection to ourselves.”
#environmentalart #ephemeralart #landart #photography #arthistory
November 14, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Chaos and Nature
Andy Goldsworthy, 2007
“We often forget that we are nature. Nature is not something separate from us. So when we say that we have lost our connection to nature, we've lost our connection to ourselves.”
#environmentalart #ephemeralart #landart #photography #arthistory
Andy Goldsworthy, 2007
“We often forget that we are nature. Nature is not something separate from us. So when we say that we have lost our connection to nature, we've lost our connection to ourselves.”
#environmentalart #ephemeralart #landart #photography #arthistory
Mother as a Mountain
Anish Kapoor, 1985
"The work itself has a complete circle of meaning and counterpoint. And without your involvement as a viewer, there is no story."
#postminimalism #sculpture #newbritishart #britishartists #maleartists #installationart #arthistory
Anish Kapoor, 1985
"The work itself has a complete circle of meaning and counterpoint. And without your involvement as a viewer, there is no story."
#postminimalism #sculpture #newbritishart #britishartists #maleartists #installationart #arthistory
November 12, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Mother as a Mountain
Anish Kapoor, 1985
"The work itself has a complete circle of meaning and counterpoint. And without your involvement as a viewer, there is no story."
#postminimalism #sculpture #newbritishart #britishartists #maleartists #installationart #arthistory
Anish Kapoor, 1985
"The work itself has a complete circle of meaning and counterpoint. And without your involvement as a viewer, there is no story."
#postminimalism #sculpture #newbritishart #britishartists #maleartists #installationart #arthistory
Katsushika Hokusai
The Great Wave off Kanagawa, 1831
Thirtysix Views of Mount Fuji, 1831
Under the Mannen Bridge at Fukagawa, 1832
#edo #ukiyo-e #woodblockprints #woodblockart #japaneseartists #influentialartists #arthistory
The Great Wave off Kanagawa, 1831
Thirtysix Views of Mount Fuji, 1831
Under the Mannen Bridge at Fukagawa, 1832
#edo #ukiyo-e #woodblockprints #woodblockart #japaneseartists #influentialartists #arthistory
November 6, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Katsushika Hokusai
The Great Wave off Kanagawa, 1831
Thirtysix Views of Mount Fuji, 1831
Under the Mannen Bridge at Fukagawa, 1832
#edo #ukiyo-e #woodblockprints #woodblockart #japaneseartists #influentialartists #arthistory
The Great Wave off Kanagawa, 1831
Thirtysix Views of Mount Fuji, 1831
Under the Mannen Bridge at Fukagawa, 1832
#edo #ukiyo-e #woodblockprints #woodblockart #japaneseartists #influentialartists #arthistory
Prince
Judy Pfaff, 2021
“I think there is a nervousness in my work. It’s like a love affair with materials. I feel a need for certain things, like color, and I’ll just do anything to get the fragrance or the flavor right.”
#processart #installationart #womenartists #contemporaryart #arthistory
Judy Pfaff, 2021
“I think there is a nervousness in my work. It’s like a love affair with materials. I feel a need for certain things, like color, and I’ll just do anything to get the fragrance or the flavor right.”
#processart #installationart #womenartists #contemporaryart #arthistory
November 4, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Prince
Judy Pfaff, 2021
“I think there is a nervousness in my work. It’s like a love affair with materials. I feel a need for certain things, like color, and I’ll just do anything to get the fragrance or the flavor right.”
#processart #installationart #womenartists #contemporaryart #arthistory
Judy Pfaff, 2021
“I think there is a nervousness in my work. It’s like a love affair with materials. I feel a need for certain things, like color, and I’ll just do anything to get the fragrance or the flavor right.”
#processart #installationart #womenartists #contemporaryart #arthistory
Graciela Iturbide at ICP:
www.icp.org/exhibitions/...
“When I'm taking pictures I even forget that I have a camera. When I shoot I forget about everything. Light comes, death comes, people go in and out in costume - and it's like a play.”
#photography #anthropoetic #mexicanartists #arthistory
www.icp.org/exhibitions/...
“When I'm taking pictures I even forget that I have a camera. When I shoot I forget about everything. Light comes, death comes, people go in and out in costume - and it's like a play.”
#photography #anthropoetic #mexicanartists #arthistory
November 3, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Graciela Iturbide at ICP:
www.icp.org/exhibitions/...
“When I'm taking pictures I even forget that I have a camera. When I shoot I forget about everything. Light comes, death comes, people go in and out in costume - and it's like a play.”
#photography #anthropoetic #mexicanartists #arthistory
www.icp.org/exhibitions/...
“When I'm taking pictures I even forget that I have a camera. When I shoot I forget about everything. Light comes, death comes, people go in and out in costume - and it's like a play.”
#photography #anthropoetic #mexicanartists #arthistory
José Clemente Orozco
- Barricade, 1931
- Zapatistas, 1931
“Errors and exaggerations do not matter. What matters is boldness in thinking with a strong-pitched voice, in speaking out about things as one feels them in the moment of speaking.”
#mexicanartists #mexicanmuralism #socialrealism #arthistory
- Barricade, 1931
- Zapatistas, 1931
“Errors and exaggerations do not matter. What matters is boldness in thinking with a strong-pitched voice, in speaking out about things as one feels them in the moment of speaking.”
#mexicanartists #mexicanmuralism #socialrealism #arthistory
October 31, 2025 at 8:59 PM
José Clemente Orozco
- Barricade, 1931
- Zapatistas, 1931
“Errors and exaggerations do not matter. What matters is boldness in thinking with a strong-pitched voice, in speaking out about things as one feels them in the moment of speaking.”
#mexicanartists #mexicanmuralism #socialrealism #arthistory
- Barricade, 1931
- Zapatistas, 1931
“Errors and exaggerations do not matter. What matters is boldness in thinking with a strong-pitched voice, in speaking out about things as one feels them in the moment of speaking.”
#mexicanartists #mexicanmuralism #socialrealism #arthistory
Pierre Bonnard
- Nude Against the Light, 1908
- Nude on the Chair, 1935-1938
- Nude in the Bath and Small Dog, 1941-1946
“One always talks of surrendering to nature. There is also such a thing as surrendering to the picture.”
#nabigroup #lesnabis #postimpressionism #intimism #arthistory
- Nude Against the Light, 1908
- Nude on the Chair, 1935-1938
- Nude in the Bath and Small Dog, 1941-1946
“One always talks of surrendering to nature. There is also such a thing as surrendering to the picture.”
#nabigroup #lesnabis #postimpressionism #intimism #arthistory
October 29, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Pierre Bonnard
- Nude Against the Light, 1908
- Nude on the Chair, 1935-1938
- Nude in the Bath and Small Dog, 1941-1946
“One always talks of surrendering to nature. There is also such a thing as surrendering to the picture.”
#nabigroup #lesnabis #postimpressionism #intimism #arthistory
- Nude Against the Light, 1908
- Nude on the Chair, 1935-1938
- Nude in the Bath and Small Dog, 1941-1946
“One always talks of surrendering to nature. There is also such a thing as surrendering to the picture.”
#nabigroup #lesnabis #postimpressionism #intimism #arthistory
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A Complete Digitization of Leonardo Da Vinci’s Codex Atlanticus, the Largest Collection of His Drawings & Writings
A Complete Digitization of Leonardo Da Vinci’s Codex Atlanticus, the Largest Collection of His Drawings & Writings
No historical figure better fits the definition of “Renaissance man” than Leonardo da Vinci, but that term has become so overused as to become misleading. We use it to express mild surprise that one p...
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October 24, 2025 at 11:28 PM
A Complete Digitization of Leonardo Da Vinci’s Codex Atlanticus, the Largest Collection of His Drawings & Writings
Mäda Gertrude Primavesi
Gustav Klimt, 1912
"No part of life is so small and insignificant that it does not offer space for artistic aspirations.”
#viennasecession #artnouveau #symbolism #portraiture #austrianartists #arthistory
Gustav Klimt, 1912
"No part of life is so small and insignificant that it does not offer space for artistic aspirations.”
#viennasecession #artnouveau #symbolism #portraiture #austrianartists #arthistory
October 23, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Mäda Gertrude Primavesi
Gustav Klimt, 1912
"No part of life is so small and insignificant that it does not offer space for artistic aspirations.”
#viennasecession #artnouveau #symbolism #portraiture #austrianartists #arthistory
Gustav Klimt, 1912
"No part of life is so small and insignificant that it does not offer space for artistic aspirations.”
#viennasecession #artnouveau #symbolism #portraiture #austrianartists #arthistory
George Washington (The
Lansdowne Portrait)
Gilbert Stuart, 1796
- Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
- Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
- Honesty is the best policy.
#americanmasters #americanportraiture #rococo #romanticism #arthistory
Lansdowne Portrait)
Gilbert Stuart, 1796
- Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
- Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
- Honesty is the best policy.
#americanmasters #americanportraiture #rococo #romanticism #arthistory
October 23, 2025 at 12:15 AM
George Washington (The
Lansdowne Portrait)
Gilbert Stuart, 1796
- Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
- Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
- Honesty is the best policy.
#americanmasters #americanportraiture #rococo #romanticism #arthistory
Lansdowne Portrait)
Gilbert Stuart, 1796
- Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
- Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
- Honesty is the best policy.
#americanmasters #americanportraiture #rococo #romanticism #arthistory
Group I (Concourse)
Barbara Hepworth, 1951
“I love my blocks of marble, always piling up in the yard like a flock of sheep.”
#unitone #abstractcreation #abstractsculpture #modernism #womenartists #modernart #arthistory
Barbara Hepworth, 1951
“I love my blocks of marble, always piling up in the yard like a flock of sheep.”
#unitone #abstractcreation #abstractsculpture #modernism #womenartists #modernart #arthistory
October 20, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Group I (Concourse)
Barbara Hepworth, 1951
“I love my blocks of marble, always piling up in the yard like a flock of sheep.”
#unitone #abstractcreation #abstractsculpture #modernism #womenartists #modernart #arthistory
Barbara Hepworth, 1951
“I love my blocks of marble, always piling up in the yard like a flock of sheep.”
#unitone #abstractcreation #abstractsculpture #modernism #womenartists #modernart #arthistory
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Jungian, Edward Whitmont on the relationship between ego and Self.
October 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Jungian, Edward Whitmont on the relationship between ego and Self.
New Jersey Landscape
George Inness, 1891
“You must suggest to me reality-you can never show me reality.”
#hudsonriverschool #barbizonschool #landscapepainters #americanmasters #arthistory
George Inness, 1891
“You must suggest to me reality-you can never show me reality.”
#hudsonriverschool #barbizonschool #landscapepainters #americanmasters #arthistory
October 18, 2025 at 12:12 AM
New Jersey Landscape
George Inness, 1891
“You must suggest to me reality-you can never show me reality.”
#hudsonriverschool #barbizonschool #landscapepainters #americanmasters #arthistory
George Inness, 1891
“You must suggest to me reality-you can never show me reality.”
#hudsonriverschool #barbizonschool #landscapepainters #americanmasters #arthistory
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If a single individual devotes himself to individuation, he frequently has a positive contagious effect on people around him. It is as if a spark leaps from one to another and usually occurs when one has no intention of influencing others and often when one uses no words.~Marie-Louise von Franz
October 17, 2025 at 12:24 AM
If a single individual devotes himself to individuation, he frequently has a positive contagious effect on people around him. It is as if a spark leaps from one to another and usually occurs when one has no intention of influencing others and often when one uses no words.~Marie-Louise von Franz
M-Maybe
Roy Lichtenstein, 1965
“I'm interested in what would normally be considered the worst aspects of commercial art. I think it's the tension between what seems to be so rigid and cliched and the fact that art really can't be this way.”
#popart #modernart #americanartists #arthistory
Roy Lichtenstein, 1965
“I'm interested in what would normally be considered the worst aspects of commercial art. I think it's the tension between what seems to be so rigid and cliched and the fact that art really can't be this way.”
#popart #modernart #americanartists #arthistory
October 16, 2025 at 5:34 PM
M-Maybe
Roy Lichtenstein, 1965
“I'm interested in what would normally be considered the worst aspects of commercial art. I think it's the tension between what seems to be so rigid and cliched and the fact that art really can't be this way.”
#popart #modernart #americanartists #arthistory
Roy Lichtenstein, 1965
“I'm interested in what would normally be considered the worst aspects of commercial art. I think it's the tension between what seems to be so rigid and cliched and the fact that art really can't be this way.”
#popart #modernart #americanartists #arthistory
Parts of the Body: French Vocabulary Lesson
Larry Rivers, 1961-2
"Not one day of my life have I wasted on searching for the truth.”
#abstractexpressionism #popart #modernart #arthistory
Larry Rivers, 1961-2
"Not one day of my life have I wasted on searching for the truth.”
#abstractexpressionism #popart #modernart #arthistory
October 15, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Parts of the Body: French Vocabulary Lesson
Larry Rivers, 1961-2
"Not one day of my life have I wasted on searching for the truth.”
#abstractexpressionism #popart #modernart #arthistory
Larry Rivers, 1961-2
"Not one day of my life have I wasted on searching for the truth.”
#abstractexpressionism #popart #modernart #arthistory
Leather Boots
Marlene Dumas, 2000
"Painting has to show its method, how it becomes what it is; [it should] move back and forth from the 'illusion' to the 'gesture'".
#neoexpressionism #figurativeart
#contemporaryart #womenartists #arthistory
Marlene Dumas, 2000
"Painting has to show its method, how it becomes what it is; [it should] move back and forth from the 'illusion' to the 'gesture'".
#neoexpressionism #figurativeart
#contemporaryart #womenartists #arthistory
October 15, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Leather Boots
Marlene Dumas, 2000
"Painting has to show its method, how it becomes what it is; [it should] move back and forth from the 'illusion' to the 'gesture'".
#neoexpressionism #figurativeart
#contemporaryart #womenartists #arthistory
Marlene Dumas, 2000
"Painting has to show its method, how it becomes what it is; [it should] move back and forth from the 'illusion' to the 'gesture'".
#neoexpressionism #figurativeart
#contemporaryart #womenartists #arthistory