'The Cauldron' reduction linocut by Joshua Miles (lemmy.ml)
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Not often you see an accomplished artist make such an direct and confronting self portrait.
Fat’h Ali Shah commissioned great numbers of lifesize portraits of himself and his sons, works which formed the backdrop to court ceremonies. The works, painted by Mihr 'Ali and his predecessor as court painter, Mirza Baba, portrayed Fat’h Ali Shah in his many stately roles, and were intended to show his power as a ruler...
Inspired by a haiku poem by Kawabata Bosha (1900-1941): “In the thick of the leaves / the eyes of a black cat / ominous flashes of gold”
Peter Ilsted and Vilhelm Hammershøi, together with Carl Holsøe (1863–1935), were leading artists in early 20th-century Denmark. All three artists were members of the Free Exhibitions (Den Frie Udstilling), a progressive artists association founded in 1891. They are famous for painting images of “Sunshine and Silent...
Album art for the Miles Davis album Bitches Brew.
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William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825 - 1905)...
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