Nocturne in Black and Gold – The Falling Rocket. (upload.wikimedia.org)
James McNeill Whistler...
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James McNeill Whistler...
Pieter Bruegel the Elder...
Francisco de Goya, Spanish, 1746-1828...
Edward Hopper...
Pollice Verso is latin for “with a turned thumb”.
Here’s the summary from the Tate Modern Art Museum (available here www.tate.org.uk/art/…/meireles-babel-t14041). I have modified some of it to read easier, and supply context....
This painting by Goya (of Saturn Eating his Son fame) came from a group of smaller paintings that Goya executed - because the topic interested him rather than commissioned. Both as a visual narrative and as a painting per se it is influenced by Goya’s keen interest in the grim fate that befell many people during his lifetime....
Unlike his Impressionist friends, Degas was an essentially urban painter, who liked to paint the enclosed spaces of stage shows, leisure activities and pleasure spots....
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/4723760...
From her website
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/4407659...
Sonja Ingrid Bata was a Swiss Canadian businesswoman, philanthropist, collector and museum founder, who initially trained as an architect....
From the The Secret life of Hydrants by illustrator Zina Saunders: "The water beast, Hydra, guarding the entrance to the Underworld in lower Manhattan awaits Hercules: “Bring it on, big guy!”...