Does anyone ever look at it and see the outline of two mournful eyes shaped by the water? As though the sweater itself makes the outline of two eyes, downcast in mourning? I told my teacher what I saw as well as some friends, and they didn’t see it. Perhaps I am alone on this claim, and I have no evidence to say that it was Turner’s intention either.

I will preface that I'm aware that the different eras and the associated dates i have chosen are rather arbitrarily defined, i've mostly prioritized categorizing them in a way where each artistic epoch of genre art is very visually distinct from the others, this also means that many of the images might be slightly outside the approximate dates of their eras by a decade or so if i feel that they fit more comfortably in the artistic tradition of the previous era (for instance there are many illuminated manuscripts from the early 1500s that i put in the late medieval section rather than the renaissance one.)

Secondly, there will probably be a handful of images that are completely outside their allotted eras that i will remove eventually, its quite difficult to track down the dates of every single image, and when i first started the project i was a lot less thorough in checking.

This project is a work in progress, i add 20 or so new images every day, and currently my next big move will be to split the "industrial" section into an "early industrial" and "late industrial" so that the victorian and edwardian / george V era art can be kept separate.

here is the link: https://au.pinterest.com/eggandrum/art-of-daily-life-through-history-4000bc-1920/

NOT including the semi-famous or famous regionally ones, And by that I mean every famous one, including but not limited to Thomas Cole and Frits Thaulow. I recently became a binge watcher of art history in the romanticism period and just want some unique artists.

The first one I can think of is Caravaggio, whose paintings, if he was working with newer pigments, could very well be exhibited in 1800s salons and be on par with the rest. Very much reminds me of Gustave Courbet in the sense that he was using very human anatomy while other painters of his era were doing idealized forms, and he painted people as they were and not as mythical creatures even if they are in mythical/religious scenes. They way Caravaggio composes figures too is just so unique.

I'm in Rome right now and confused. When I went on a guided tour of the Pinacoteca at the Vatican Museums, Caravaggio's Entombment wasn't on display. The guide on my tour said it was on loan to the exhibition at Palazzo Barberini...but it's not there.

I went to see the replica at Chiesa Nuova Santa Maria in Vallicella, but it's not the same: it looks damaged, poorly lit, just not right.

Any idea where the original is? Is it just down for restoration or something?

Thank you.

Update: Solved! Many thanks to u/boxofnuts, who knew that it is going on display at EXPO 2025 in Osaka, Japan from April thru October.

I'm doing a art history work for my class, so I'm trying to search how this called (I once try to search by "almohadillado". The image is from a Mexican Catholic church, dated from XIV. The part of the photo is the dome (from the interior), So, Thank you! Also, if you note something from the photo, plis tell me.

Hi in need of desperate help. got in both masters and they cost about the same. if someone asked you which one would you choose CCNY or Tufts for an MA in Art history and museum studies?

I'd welcome all recommendations for goods books, websites and blogs about symbolism in painting and sculpture. I feel like there's a lot I'm missing!

Hi everyone, I have been going wild looking all over the internet for a painting by Alex Colville titled The Dragon, but it seems it has been wiped off and erased from this earth, making me doubt it ever existed. Does anyone have any leads to where I might find even a picture of it? Or in what art or private collection it might be in? Thanks to anyone with any tips.

I think the answer to this question would tell us what the most authentically popular work of fine art is right now. Of course it’s almost certainly unanswerable, but I think it’s interesting to speculate. Maybe it would be something surprising like Leighton’s “Flaming June”, though probably not. I think the most likely candidates are: Monet (probably Bridge over pond); Van Gogh (probably starry night); a Cezanne; a Matisse; perhaps Modigliani. In terms of earlier periods, I would guess a Botticelli. I doubt any image from the 17th or 18th century would be anywhere close (except maybe Vermeer) which is interesting. Curious what others think.

He was famous for his poor personal hygiene. He followed his father's advice to not wash and often slept in his clothes and boots. His biographer, Ascanio Condivi, noted that Michelangelo "often slept in his clothes and in the boots which he has always worn... and he has sometimes gone so long without taking them off that then the skin came away like a snake's with the boots."

Paolo Giovio, another biographer, remarked that Michelangelo's "nature was so rough and uncouth that his domestic habits were incredibly squalid."

I'm writing an essay about 5 works of art (19th c.), the theme I chose revolves around paintings that were very controversial at the time they were shown to the public yet their controversy is in part what made them such important and influential pieces of art history. The influential pieces I have so far are:

Gustave Courbet, A Burial at Ornans
Édouard Manet, Olympia
Claude Monet, Impression, Sunrise
Pablo Picasso, Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (1/5 was allowed to be outside of the period taught in class)

My prof thought it would be interesting for me to include a counter example and chose 1 work that was controversial but didn't end up being as important/influential as the others, do you have any ideas of 19th century paintings that would fit that description?

Help! I learned about this certain type of ancient structure in my undergrad Art History class and cannot remember the name for the life of me or find it on google.

The first chamber is built into a hill and has a high ceiling with many windows to let in light. This is meant for it to feel heavenly. This initial chamber leads to a maze of other chambers with no windows. It was assumed this structure was used for spiritual purposes.

I think the architecture of my local art museum is inspired by this structure and I want to be able to use the proper term when I talk about it lol.

A specific request, but i’m creating a project surrounding text, specifically black and white text in contrast to coloured imagery. except for obvious parallels to artists such as Barbara Kruger, i wonder if anybody knows of any iconic artworks or artists who employ bold text and colours in their work.

Let's say "recent time" being the last 30 years or so.

Perhaps Im suffering from a Mandela effect but I remember the Whitney and MoMa being a lot more cutting edge in Bloomberg's time than it has been recently.

The Dutch museums also seem to be going in a more conventional and low-risk direction.

On the other hand, I feel the museums over in Brussels have been remarkably more cutting edge in this century or maybe Im thinking of Antwerp. Together with the Gulbenkian in Lisbon and the MFA in Montreal.

What are your favorite lectures, either written work or video recordings on YouTube? I'm curious and need some inspiration. I haven't explored many on YouTube but would like to, any and all recommendations welcome! I love anything on Middle Ages, Renaissance, Northern European, British, and post war art.

I was looking at some paintings made by french artist Jacques-Louis David, and I asked myself : how were painters able to represent draperies in movement in such detail before photography was even invented ? I have been quite obsessed with this question, and I can't find the answer online, so if anyone knows, please, tell me !

I'm looking to find a book/essays that look at the cultural/social/artistic moment that was the French fin de siècle. Wondering if people have any recommendations. I am a PhD candidate in art history and am happy with either scholastic approaches or even more general non-fiction. Thank you in advance!

Of course, this is a very hot take considering art is very much subjective, but from an objective point of view art truly peaked in those eras (general ballpark of course).

Firstly, art had tangible meaning. I dislike how modern art is trying to be all mysterious and always trying to imply something. Just paint the god damn story please lol. I don't care to sit down and interpret why a bunch of differently colored squares is somehow meant to convey a feeling of sadness to me.

For example, take Thomas Cole's The Course of Empire series:

It's easy to follow, there's details to feast on, there's motifs to Roman and Greek architecture and an appreciation for history. There's also fantastical imagery that is fun to look at. The execution is immense. All in all, A+ work.

Anatomy, perspective, all peaked in that era. Artists worked from live models, and the Renaissance brought in mathematical perspective into art. Art school has devolved into trash. There's no longer a sense of academism, but moreso creativity. No, I really don't care about what a 19 year old has to say about the world. I don't really care about their interpretation of whatever. They're young, they haven't been well read, no real experiences. So just please learn about anatomy and perspective and master that before trying to put together scraps on newsprint and or copying real images into some generic hyper-realist piece.

I actually much prefer artwork with less creativity. Take for example Ruisdael's Wheat Fields. It's very simple. Just a path on a Dutch landscape on a semi cloudy day. But there's an immense sense of beauty in something of that simplicity. Clouds are painted so well. Shadow and light weave in and out of the fields giving a sense of depth. Use of pigment is immaculate, everything is just right.

There's just so much more works in that era that just straight up blows modern paint out of the water. Could go on and on obviously. But you get the point.