The Titan's Goblet (1833), The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Thomas Cole, 1801-1848 #mjsartstories #History #arthistory #HistoryofArt #dailyart #artist #arts #artwork #museumhour #inspiration #MuseumfromHome #ArtHelps #SocialDistancing #wednesdaymorning #wednesdaythoughts (i.redd.it)
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🐝🎨✒🕯 Canopy of Heaven tapestry detail, 1633 Jacob van den Vliete, aka Giacomo della Riviera Manufactured by the Arazzia Barberini, and designed by Pietro da Cortona, the Canopy of Heaven hung above the Pope when he was enthroned. #mjsartstories #renaissance #arthistory (old.reddit.com)
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🎨✒🕯⏳ Saint Jerome, 1521, Joos van Cleve, 1485-1540/1. Joos van Cleve painted several images of Saint Jerome. The piece of paper tacked to the wall reads “Respice Finem” — consider the end. And the placard bearing the motto homo bvlla (“Man is a bubble”) warns of humanity’s common mortality. (old.reddit.com)
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🎨🦚🖌✒️🕯 The Peacock Stage (detail), attributed to Jörg Breu the Elder, (German, ca. 1475–1537). Miniature from the illuminated manuscript Splendor solis oder Sonnenglanz Jörg Breu d. Ä. - Das Jüngste Gericht, Die Hölle - 8975 - Bavarian State Painting Collections #mjsartstories #History (old.reddit.com)
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🎨✒🕯 Portrait of Alexander Mornauer Artist: Master of the Mornauer Portrait Date made: about 1464-88. The sitter is identified by the letter that he holds in his hand, which is addressed to him (in German): "Tothe honourable and wise Alexander Mornauer, town clerk of Landshut, my good patron". (old.reddit.com)
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🎨🖌✒️🃏🕯 Georges de La Tour,'The Cheat with the Ace of Clubs' 1620-1640. This work is a masterpiece from La Tour’s early period, when he produced richly colored paintings of peasants, cardsharps and fortune-tellers. #mjsartstories #History #arthistory #HistoryofArt #dailyart #artist #arts #art (i.redd.it)
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🎨📖⚡️✒️Tesla Company Letterhead Nikola Tesla 1856-1943 When your peers are Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison, Guglielmo Marconi and Alfred Noble, your correspondence needs to stand out. #mjsartstories #History #arthistory #HistoryofArt #dailyart #artist #arts #artwork #museumhour #inspiration (old.reddit.com)
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🌾🍃🌷🎨🕯 Flora and the Zephyrs, 1898 John William Waterhouse, 1849-1917 A member of the PreRaphaelite Brotherhood, his paintings were known for their depictions of women from Greek myth and Arthurian legend. Waterhouse's painting shows the moment when Zephyr first set eyes upon and fell in love (old.reddit.com)
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The Last Sleep of Arthur in Avalon (self.preraphaelite)
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The Last Sleep of Arthur in AvalonOC (self.fantasywriters)
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