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Mime and the Wanderer.
Arthur Rackham, from "Siegfried & the Twilight of the Gods" by Richard Wagner, London, New York: 1924 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/mime-wanderer/

Old Book Illustrations

Mime and the Wanderer | Old Book Illustrations

A man wrapped in a cloak, his eyes obscured by the brim of his hat, stands leaning on a spear with his head tilted to the side as a fretful dwarf speaks to him

A bearded man wrapped in a cloak, his eyes obscured by the brim of a large hat, stands upright while leaning on a spear, his head slightly tilted to the side as a fretful dwarf speaks to him.

Harvard Art Roulette

@HarvardArtRoulette@zirk.us · 1 hour ago

Letter M
Urs Graf (c. 1485 - 1527/28), Swiss, born Solothurn canton, Switzerland
16th century
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/258580
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Letter M | Harvard Art Museums

Prints

Smithsonian Roulette

@SmithsonianRoulette@zirk.us · 2 hours ago

title: Temple of Jupiter, Azani, Phrygia
artist: Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, born Manlius Square, NY 1814-died Toledo, OH 1889
source: Smithsonian American Art Museum
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https://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=32877

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Temple of Jupiter, Azani, Phrygia

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Darren du Nord

@darren@c.im · 2 months ago

El Sueño (La Cama)— The Dream (The Bed)— Frida Kahlo. 1940.

Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings. 19/20

#blueskyartchallenge #fediartchallenge #art #paintings #FridaKahlo

Titled El Sueño (La Cama)—Spanish for The Dream (The Bed)—the 1940 oil painting depicts Kahlo asleep in a large four-poster bed, enveloped in green vines. A large skeleton wrapped in explosives and holding a bouquet of flowers lies on the bed’s canopy above her.

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Joy

@joyousjoyness@mastodon.social · 3 hours ago

My needle felted Red Panda! When they're threatened, they rise up and try to look scary. Yep. super scary!

#RedPanda #NeedleFelting #felting #art #CuteAnimal #sciart

Four different views of a needle felted sculpture of a Red Panda making a scary expression. It is standing with its paws up and has a scary face.

Joy

@joyousjoyness@mastodon.social · 3 hours ago

My needle felted Red Panda! When they're threatened, they rise up and try to look scary. Yep. super scary!

#RedPanda #NeedleFelting #felting #art #CuteAnimal #sciart

Smithsonian Roulette

@SmithsonianRoulette@zirk.us · 5 hours ago

title: Frieze, from "Chasses et Feuillages"
source: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
notes: Research in Progress
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https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/38922

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Print, Frieze, from "Chasses et Feuillages"

Harvard Art Roulette

@HarvardArtRoulette@zirk.us · 5 hours ago

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (notes on "Artempo" and "Geleucht," right page)
Otto Piene (1928 - 2014), German, born Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany
Colroed marker and black pen on paper
2007
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/372399
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Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (notes on "Artempo" and "Geleucht," right page) | Harvard Art Museums

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Old Book Illustrations

@oldbookillustrations@mastodon.social · 6 hours ago

Aerial rotating house.
From "Le vingtième siècle" written & illustrated by Albert Robida, Paris: 1883 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/rotating-house/

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Aerial Rotating House | Old Book Illustrations

A house with an oriel window and a checkered tile pattern stands on a high, circular rotating platform, operated by a man managing wheels and gears below

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eekaettken

@eekaettken@chaos.social · 7 hours ago

Pages for a booklet I'm working on.

Day 649
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Charcoal/ dark crayon and red crayon on paper

Dark background. A shoe with red stains on the top picture walking away, dragged behind a baseball bat with red stains, leaving a red trail behind. Second picture only the baseball bat with a red trail, last one only the trail. — Charcoal/ dark crayon and red crayon on paper Dark background. A shoe with red stains on the top picture walking away, dragged behind a baseball bat with red stains, leaving a red trail behind. Second picture only the baseball bat with a red trail, last one only the trail.

Charcoal/ dark crayon and red crayon on paper

Different pairs of shoes & legs walking, dark background. All shoes have red stains on them. Last one is carrying a baseball bat with red stains, leaving a red trail behind. — Charcoal/ dark crayon and red crayon on paper Different pairs of shoes & legs walking, dark background. All shoes have red stains on them. Last one is carrying a baseball bat with red stains, leaving a red trail behind.

eekaettken

@eekaettken@chaos.social · 7 hours ago

Pages for a booklet I'm working on.

Day 649
#Sketch #SketchBook #MastoArt #Art #Crayon #Charcoal #Draw #NoNazis #KleineKunstklasse #DailyArt #TraditionalArt #DailySketch

Smithsonian Roulette

@SmithsonianRoulette@zirk.us · 8 hours ago

title: Charles Godfrey Gunther
artist: Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894
source: National Portrait Gallery
notes: The Frederick Hill Meserve Collection comprises more than five thousand […]
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https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.81.M3018.1

Charles Godfrey Gunther | National Portrait Gallery

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Luiz Santos

@luizsantosmusic@mastodon.social · 8 hours ago

John Coltrane on stage photographed by Jean-Pierre Leloir.
Antibes, France, July 26, 1965.
#jazz #art #jazzlegends #jazzhistory

Luiz Santos

@luizsantosmusic@mastodon.social · 8 hours ago

John Coltrane on stage photographed by Jean-Pierre Leloir.
Antibes, France, July 26, 1965.
#jazz #art #jazzlegends #jazzhistory

Harvard Art Roulette

@HarvardArtRoulette@zirk.us · 9 hours ago

Coin of Elis or Olympia
Bronze
250-191 BCE
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/168096
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Coin of Elis or Olympia | Harvard Art Museums

Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo to r. Reverse: Zeus striding r. with thunderbolt in r. hand and eagle in l. F-A / H-M[E] across field, partially off flan. Incuse circle.

Old Book Illustrations

@oldbookillustrations@mastodon.social · 11 hours ago

Clara the beautiful tragedian.
From "Le vingtième siècle" written & illustrated by Albert Robida, Paris: 1883 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/clara-tragedian/

Old Book Illustrations

Clara the Tragedian | Old Book Illustrations

A sturdy woman stands on a small table in a circus ring, a firing cannon resting on her shoulders, while two clowns perform a comic act in the background

Smithsonian Roulette

@SmithsonianRoulette@zirk.us · 11 hours ago

title: Charles and Lavinia Stratton
artist: Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894
source: National Portrait Gallery
notes: The Frederick Hill Meserve Collection comprises more than five thousand […]
#Art #Design #Museum #Gallery #MastodonArt #MastoArt #Culture #Random
https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.81.M3163.2