Ponderful

“In such ugly times, the only true protest is beauty."
- Phil Ochs

artispretentious:

Gérard de Lairesse, Hagar in the Desert, 1675-80.  Oil on canvas, 74 x 60 cm.  The Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Tagged #Gérard de Lairesse  #Hagar in the Desert  #17th century  #art  #painting  #art history  #oil on canvas  #religious art  #angel  #angels  

Posted on 20 May, 2013
Reblogged from tierradentro  Source artispretentious

mudwerks:

(via LARGE SIZE PAINTINGS: Arthur HUGHES Midsummer Eve)

Tagged #Arthur HUGHES  #Midsummer Eve  #art  #painting  #art history  #fairy  #fairies  #fantasy  

Posted on 20 May, 2013
Reblogged from enchantingimagery  Source largesizepaintings.blogspot.com

jaded-mandarin:

Murillo. Detail from Magdalena Penitente.

Tagged #Murillo  #Magdalena Penitente  #art  #painting  #art history  #detail  #Mary Magdalene  #religious art  #biblical art  

Posted on 18 May, 2013
Reblogged from rhaegartargaryen  Source jaded-mandarin

jculbert:

Paul Serusier - Fisherman on the Laita

Paul Sérusier (1864-1927) was a French painter who was a pioneer of abstract art and an inspiration for the avant-garde Nabi movement, Synthetism and Cloisonnism.

Fisherman on the Laita, 1890. Oil on panel. 65.1 cm (25.63 in.), x 50.5 cm (19.88 in.). Private collection.

Tagged #Paul Serusier  #Fisherman on the Laita  #19th century  #art  #painting  #art history  #water  

Posted on 14 May, 2013
Reblogged from jculbert  Source bezvedomie

Andrew Wyeth 

Tagged #Andrew Wyeth  #art  #painting  #art history  #dappled light  #nude art  #art nude  

Posted on 14 May, 2013
Reblogged from canvasobsession  

sisterwolf:

Franz Dvorak, 1911

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Tagged #Franz Dvorak  #1911  #20th century  #art  #painting  #art history  #prayer  #angel  #angels  

Posted on 14 May, 2013
Reblogged from rolandscapes  Source sisterwolf

nataliakoptseva:

Nicolas Poussin - The Annunciation

Detail

Tagged #Nicolas Poussin  #The Annunciation  #Detail  #art  #painting  #art history  #religious art  #biblical art  

Posted on 14 May, 2013
Reblogged from geocortex  Source nataliakoptseva

windypoplarsroom:

Nils Kreuger

Tagged #Nils Kreuger  #art  #painting  #art history  #landscape art  

Posted on 14 May, 2013
Reblogged from antelucanhourglass  Source windypoplarsroom

c0ssette:

Auguste Raynaud (1850-1937) La Nuit,detail.

Tagged #Auguste Raynaud  #La Nuit  #detail  #art  #painting  #art history  #mythology  #art nude  #nude art  #wow this is my ten thousandth post  

Posted on 13 May, 2013
Reblogged from c0ssette  

colourthysoul:

George Romney - Lady Hamilton as The Magdalene (1792)

Tagged #George Romney  #Lady Hamilton as The Magdalene  #Mary Magdalene  #18th century  #art  #painting  #art history  #religious art  

Posted on 11 May, 2013
Reblogged from colourthysoul  

nataliakoptseva:

Paul Delaroche - The Execution of Lady Jane Grey

Detail

Tagged #Paul Delaroche  #he Execution of Lady Jane Grey  #Detail  #art  #painting  #art history  #death  #dark  #blindfold  

Posted on 11 May, 2013
Reblogged from geocortex  Source nataliakoptseva

c0ssette:

The Water Girl (Young Girl Going to the Spring) detail,1885.William-Adolphe Bouguereau.

Tagged #The Water Girl  #Young Girl Going to the Spring  #The Water Girl (Young Girl Going to the Spring)  #detail  #art  #painting  #art history  #Bouguereau  #William-Adolphe Bouguereau  

Posted on 11 May, 2013
Reblogged from phossyjaw  Source c0ssette

colourthysoul:

Antonio Muñoz Degrain - Nymphs bathing (by 1924)

Tagged #Antonio Muñoz Degrain  #Nymphs bathing  #art  #painting  #art history  #mythology  #nymph  #nymphs  #water  

Posted on 11 May, 2013
Reblogged from rolandscapes  Source colourthysoul

Apollo and Daphne, by Théodore Chassériau (1819-1856)

Tagged #Apollo and Daphne  #Theodore Chasseriau  #art  #painting  #art history  #mythology  

Posted on 9 May, 2013
Reblogged from sinensia  

G. Grenville Manton, Jesus, My Lord, My God, My All

Tagged #G. Grenville Manton  #Jesus My Lord My God My All  #art  #painting  #art history  #religious art  #christian art  #kneeling  #prayer  

Posted on 9 May, 2013
Reblogged from caravaggista  Source catholicninja



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