The Art History Girl

likeafieldmouse: For the Love of David

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 20:45:57 -0400

For the Love of David

macalypse: Franz von StuckThe Kiss of the Sphinx, 1895, oil on...

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 20:40:14 -0400

Franz von Stuck
The Kiss of the Sphinx, 1895, oil on canvas
Szépmüészeti Mùzeum, Budapest, Hungary

The marble image came alive,
Began to moan and plead -
She drank my burning kisses up
With ravenous thirst and greed.

She drank the breath from out my breast,
She fed lust without pause;
She pressed me tight, and tore and rent
My body with her claws.

— Heinrich Heine

This painting, like Sin, caused a sensation in Munich. Reproductions of it were removed from the windows of art galleries on the orders of the police. The painting is a universal symbol of the passion that leads to downfall.

read more about the piece here

labellefilleart: The Sea Hath its Pearls, William Henry...

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 20:39:53 -0400

labellefilleart:

The Sea Hath its Pearls, William Henry Margetson

towerofsleep: Willem van Haecht, The Cabinet of Cornelis Van...

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 20:39:35 -0400

towerofsleep:

Willem van Haecht, The Cabinet of Cornelis Van der Geest, 1628

Currently working on a paper about early-17th-century Flemish paintings of painting collections. Early modern tumblr, kind of.

maralie: John William Godward, Far Away Thoughts, 1892, oil on...

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 20:38:47 -0400

maralie:

John William Godward, Far Away Thoughts, 1892, oil on canvas.

fly-honey-warehouse: Classicism upgraded. Top: Titian,...

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 20:36:45 -0400

fly-honey-warehouse:

Classicism upgraded.

Top: Titian, “Pastoral Concert” (1509)
Middle: Manet, “Le déjeuner sur l’herbe (Luncheon on the Grass)” (1862-63)
Bottom: Jacquet, “Le déjeuner sur l’herbe” (1964-65)

c0ssette: Hypatia by Charles William Mitchell (1885)

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 20:35:36 -0400

c0ssette:

Hypatia by Charles William Mitchell (1885)

magnificentruin: unknown, via Richard Prince

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 20:34:29 -0400

magnificentruin:

unknown, via Richard Prince

sulphuriclike: Henri de Toulouse Lautrec_Rousse / La...

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 20:33:38 -0400

sulphuriclike:

Henri de Toulouse Lautrec_Rousse / La toilette_1889

gaksdesigns: Pencil Sculptures by Jennifer Maestre

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 20:30:59 -0400

gaksdesigns:

Pencil Sculptures by Jennifer Maestre

darksilenceinsuburbia: Ezshwan Winding. Unstoppble Movement,...

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 20:30:09 -0400

darksilenceinsuburbia:

Ezshwan Winding. Unstoppble Movement, 2011. Encaustic wax.

likeafieldmouse: Joseph L. Griffiths - Drawing Machine 1: To...

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 20:29:52 -0400

likeafieldmouse:

Joseph L. Griffiths - Drawing Machine 1: To Your Heart’s Content (2009) - Interactive mixed media with bicycle

varietas: Eva Besnyö: Self Portrait, Amsterdam, 1952

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 10:14:00 -0400

varietas:

Eva Besnyö: Self Portrait, Amsterdam, 1952

museumuesum: William Powhida What Has The Art World Taught Me?,...

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 10:12:00 -0400

museumuesum:

William Powhida

What Has The Art World Taught Me?, 2012

graphite colored pencil and watercolor on paper; 30” x 22

arpeggia: likeafieldmouse: Daniel Everett - Conversations with...

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 10:12:00 -0400

arpeggia:

likeafieldmouse:

Daniel Everett - Conversations with a Computer (2008)

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mydarkenedeyes: Edwin Monsalve

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 10:11:14 -0400

mydarkenedeyes:

Edwin Monsalve

arpeggia: Marc Andre Robinson - Right of Return (by Themselves...

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 10:11:00 -0400

arpeggia:

Marc Andre Robinson - Right of Return (by Themselves and of Themselves), 2008-2010, found wood (chairs, iron) | More posts

fyeaharthistorianhedgehog: Basically, in my Non-Western Art...

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 10:05:13 -0400

fyeaharthistorianhedgehog:

Basically, in my Non-Western Art class…

arpeggia: Marina Abramović - Art Must be Beautiful, Artist Must...

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 09:59:35 -0400

arpeggia:

Marina Abramović - Art Must be Beautiful, Artist Must be Beautiful, 1975

See more of Marina Abramović posts here.

Yaaay Feminist Art! I just recently read about this performance piece Ambrovic is dealing with the duality that women artists must make beautiful art and that women artists must also be beautiful. She performed it for an hour and by the end she had bruises on her face and her hair was a mess. Peggy Phelan talks about this piece in the Wack! Art And The Feminist Revolution exhibition catalogue and states “That the imperative to be beautiful often creates astonishing ugliness” (354).

mydarkenedeyes: Drawings by Martin Lynch-Smith.

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 09:53:10 -0400

mydarkenedeyes:

Drawings by Martin Lynch-Smith.