Welcome Post: Allegory of Art by Joachim Lüchteke c.1595
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Carefully signed by the artist with the place and date of execution, this drawing was likely made as an entry in an album amicorum, or friendship album—a collection of drawn and written tributes to an individual patron or associate. The nude woman holding the brushes, palette, mahlstick, and coat of arms of the Guild of Saint Luke is an unmistakable personification of the art of painting. The meaning of the devil breathing fire on her leg is less obvious, but it may allude to the idea that art itself can be a dangerous temptation.
Welcome to Visual Arts!
I have been posting in various art communities across Lemmy recently and I've wanted to have one on an instance that I love. From now on this is where I'll be making most of my posts and would love to see more people join in!
I'll be trying to add more and more links with my posts from now to show rbe source of information and offer you resources on where to find art. May even create a post dedicated to sources later.
Similarly the most common style of posts you'll see will include:
- Single image posts with a passage to explain them.
- Multi image posts to show themes within an artists oeuvre.
- Single image posts without explanatory text if I can't add much of value.
I'll also be cross posting a fair bit to make sure more and more people are exposed to art as that is my primary desire.
Hope you all enjoy.
Sincerely, SnokenKeekaGuard.
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Hospital Triptych No. 3 by Zeng Fanzhi (1992)
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Painted the year Zeng graduated in Wuhan, the triptych borrows from the format of a Christian altarpiece to frame a hospital ward as sacred space. Patients and doctors share the same distorted faces, oversized hands reaching across a claustrophobic composition where healer and sufferer are equally exposed.
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The Earth That Remains by Firelei Báez (2025)
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The Earth That Remains by Firelei Báez (2025)
Seen at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
#ModernArt #ContemporaryArt #zeitgenössischeKunst #artcontemporain #contemporarypainting #chicago #MuseumArchive #galleries #kunst
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The Lost City by Gunther Gerszo (1948)
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The Lost City by Gunther Gerszo (1948)
Art Institute of Chicago
#GuntherGerszo #ModernArt #AbstractArt #chicago #MuseumArchive #galleries #kunst
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Untitled (Les tables de géographie réduites en un jeu de cartes) by Firelei Báez (2022)
Seen at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
#ModernArt #ContemporaryArt #zeitgenössischeKunst #artcontemporain #contemporarypainting #chicago #MuseumArchive #galleries #kunst #AnimalsInArt
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Earthly Paradise by Pierre Bonnard (1916-20)
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Earthly Paradise by Pierre Bonnard (1916-20)
Art Institute of Chicago
#AnimalsinArt #ArtHistory #ModernArt #MuseumArchive #galleries #glam #ArtMuseum
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Stamford after Brunch by John Currin (2000)
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Stamford after Brunch by John Currin (2000)
Art Institute of Chicago
Currin's style has been described as "American grotesque," which I think is apt.
#ModernArt #ArtHistory #MuseumArchive #galleries #glam #ContemporaryArt #zeitgenössischeKunst #artcontemporain #contemporarypainting #chicago #kunst
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I haven't done a deep-dive or anything, but I find his stuff both fascinating and transfixing, and... lol, there's another example upon how sometimes the most carefully-chosen words still spectacularly fail to describe the actual artwork. 😅
Oh dear.
More: (this guy really is a genius IMO)
https://duckduckgo.com/?ia=images&q=miles+johnston+art+collection&iax=images
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Virgin and Child Crowned by Angels by Colijn de Coter (1490-95)
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Virgin and Child Crowned by Angels by Colijn de Coter (1490-95)
Art Institute of Chicago
#ArtHistory #MedievalArt #religion #Christianity #MuseumArchive #glam #ArtMuseum #catholicism
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Tipu's Tiger
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https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/tipus-tiger
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipu_Sultan
You haaaave to read about Tipu Sultan and Tipu's Tiger. A vital part of studying history here for us. I must've read about him first in first grade or so.
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Frank Holl - Did You Ever Kill Anybody, Father? (1883)
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cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/8489968
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Tone tonal time (or an economy of care) by Firelei Báez (2024)
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Tone tonal time (or an economy of care) by Firelei Báez (2024)
Seen at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
#ModernArt #ContemporaryArt #surrealistart #surrealisme #surrealismo #zeitgenössischeKunst #artcontemporain #contemporarypainting #chicago #MuseumArchive #galleries #kunst
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St. Michael Slaying the Dragon by Sassoferrato (1640-50)
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St. Michael Slaying the Dragon by Sassoferrato (1640-50)
National Museum of the Marine Corps, Triangle, Virginia
#Christianity #ArtHistory #MuseumArchive #galleries #glam #AnimalsInArt #religion
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Art
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THE Lemmy community for visual arts. Paintings, sculptures, photography, architecture are all welcome amongst others.
Rules:
- Follow instance rules.
- When possible, mention artist and title.
- AI posts must be tagged as such.
- Original works are absolutely welcome. Oc tag would be appreciated.
- Conversations about the arts are just as welcome.
- Posts must be fine arts and not furry drawings and fan art.
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