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philamuseum: This panel shows the Virgin Mary lowering her belt to Thomas from Heaven to convince him that she has been lifted there after her death. Discover why this story was chosen for the altarpiece, during our Spotlight Gallery Conversations this
thunderstruck9: Keith Vaughan (English, 1912-1977), Still life with pears, 1951. Oil on canvas, 40.9 x 50.9 cm.
artmastered: Adolphe-Félix Cals, Fisherman, 1874, oil on canvas, 25 x 31 cm, Musée d’Orsay, Paris. Source Cals is a lesser-known exponent of the realism movement in 19th-century France. This piece was painted after the artist permanently moved from
colin-vian: Max Ernst e Dorothea Tanning a Sedona, Arizona, 1948
elegantiaearbiter: The Lomellini Family, by Antoon van Dyck, Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh.
thisblueboy: Johannes Vermeer, Diana and her Companions, 1655 - 1656, Gallery of The Hague
blastedheath: Serge Poliakoff (Russian-French, 1900-1969), Composition abstraite, 1964. Oil on canvas, 100 x 81 cm.
drakontomalloi: Edgar Degas - David and Goliath. 1864
huariqueje: Café in Paris - Alfred Henry Maurer, c. 1901 Neo-Impressionism Art Movement
ozu-teapot: Barton Fink | Joel Coen / Ethan Coen | 1991
speciesbarocus: Caravaggio - Portrait of Fra Antonio Martelli (c. 1607). [x]
peira: Paul Gauguin: Haymaking (1889)
artmagnifique: M.C. ESCHER. Reptiles Colour, 1943.
Antonello da Messina. St. Jerome in his Study. c.1475. detail by arthistory390 on Flickr.
poboh: A Man Alone, 1951, Toni Schneiders. Germany (1920 - 2006)
Antonello da Messina. St. Jerome in his Study. c.1475 by arthistory390 on Flickr.
Henry Moore (Castleford 1898 - Much Hadam 1986); Reclining Figure, 1951, plaster. Henry Moore Sculpture Center, Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto)
blastedheath: Tan Ping (Chinese, b. 1960), Untitled, 2014. Acrylic on canvas, 200 x 300 cm.
Santi di Tito (Borgo San Sepolcro 1536 - Firenze 1603); La visione di San Tommaso d'Aquino (the vision of St. Thomas Aquinas), 1593; oil on table, 233 x 362 cm; Chiesa di San Marco, Firenze
neurosciencestuff: (Image caption: Oligodendrocyte progenitor cells in the brain (OPC, green) influence synaptic signaling between neurones (red) integrated in the neuronal network. Credit: Institute of Molecular Cell Biology) Neurons listen to glial
artmastered: Diego Velázquez, Prince Baltasar Carlos with a Dwarf, 1631, oil on canvas, 128 x 102 cm, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Source In European courts, dwarfs were often made to entertain young children. Philip IV of Spain was particularly renowned
kecobe: John Constable (British; 1776–1837)Brighton Beach, with Colliers Oil on paper July 1824 Victoria & Albert Museum, London
kecobe: Gustave Le Gray (French; 1820–1882)The Mediterranean with Mount Agde Albumen print from multiple wet-collodion negatives 1856–59 Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio
italianartsociety: Carlo Maratti (also known as Maratta) died on 15 December 1713 in Rome. Recognized as the leading painter of late Baroque Rome, Maratta continued worked in the classicizing vein known as the Grand Manner. Like Annibale Carracci, Andrea
ozu-teapot: I Clowns (The Clowns) | Federico Fellini | 1970
René Magritte (Lessines 1898 - Brussels 1967); Le tombeau des lutteurs (the tomb of the wrestlers), 1960; oil on canvas, 89 x 116 cm; collection privée, Bologna
blastedheath: Renato Guttuso (Italian, 1912–1987), L’occupazione delle terre [The occupation of the lands], 1947. Oil on canvas, 99.5 x 150.7 cm.
amare-habeo: Gino Severini (Italian, 1883 - 1966) The Painter’s Family, N/D
poboh: Paris. Transfiguration, ca 1951, Albert Monier. (1915 - 1998)
polskunstgalerie: Hans Holbein d. J. Porträt des Robert Cheseman. 1533, Tempera auf Holz, 59 × 62,5 cm. Den Haag, Königliche Gemäldegalerie Mauritshuis. Deutschland und Großbritannien. Renaissance. KO 03055
bulbs-for-pigs: Mattia Preti (Italian, 1613-1699), Concert, ca. 1630. Oil on canvas, Hermitage Museum (Saint Petersburg, Russia)
ucsdhealthsciences: JUST THE FAQs: Why Do Macrophages Do What They Do? A new study led by Christopher K. Glass, MD, PhD, UC San Diego School of Medicine professor, answers longstanding questions about what makes a macrophage the sort of macrophage it
Claude Monet - View of the Sea at Sunset 4d [ca 1882] pastel on paper 15.3 x 40 cm Boston MFA by petrus.agricola on Flickr.
blastedheath: Franz Xaver Fuhr (German, 1898-1973), Stadt im Licht [City in the light], c.1964-68. Oil on fibreboard, 80 x 70 cm.
eileenede: Cold Morning in the Suburbs of Turin by Riccardo Moncalvo. 1955
tytusjaneta: Alfred Ehrhardt (1901 - 1984)Prag. Auf der neuen Burgstiege, 1941. Serie: Böhmen und Mähren via
amare-habeo: Walter Wellenstein (German, 1898 – 1970) Southern Carnival (Südlicher Karneval), 1946
thisblueboy: Theodor van Thulden (Dutch, 1606-1669), Discovering the Purple, Prado Museum
Luc Delahaye, U.S. Bombing on Taliban Positions, 2001, C-print, 238.6 x 112.2 cm, Courtesy Luc Delahaye & Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris/Bruxelles. Don McCullin, Shell Shocked US Marine, Vietnam, Hue, 1968, printed 2013, © Don McCullin.
William Hogarth (London, 1697 - 1764); Marriage à la mode: the marriage settlement, ca. 1743; oil on canvas, 91 x 70 cm; National Gallery, London
The Nihilistic Cinephile
italianartsociety: Giovanni Bellini died on 26 November 1516 in Venice. Together with his brother Gentile and brother-in-law Andrea Mantegna, Giovanni dominated northern Italian painting at the turn of the sixteenth century. Trained by his father Jacopo,
Balthus (Balthasar Kłossowski de Rola; Paris 1908 - Rossinière, Switzerland, 2001); Grand paysage aux arbres (le champ triangulaire), 1955; oil on canvas, 162 x 114 cm; private collection
Artemisia Gentileschi (Roma 1593 - Napoli 1656); Susanna e i vecchioni (Susanna and the elders), 1622; oil on canvas, 123 x 161.3 cm; Burghley House, Stamford
Isaac Levitan (Kybarthai, Lithuania, 1860 - Moscow 1900); High waters, 1885; oil on panel. State Museum of Belarus, Minsk
blastedheath: Léon Spilliaert (Belgian, 1881-1946), Nature morte aux poires [Still life with pears], 1933. Watercolour and gouache on paper, 34 x 41.8 cm.
neurosciencestuff: (Image caption: The first images of the vertical occipital fasciculus, with varying names and abbreviations. Seeing Wernicke’s 1881 drawing from a monkey brain was the “aha” moment that helped the researchers piece the story
classic-art: Portrait of Henri Cordier Gustave Caillebotte, 1883
Pieter Paul Rubens (Siegen 1577 - Antwerp 1640); Wild-Boar Hunt, 1618-20; oil on canvas, 168 x 137 cm; Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden
urgetocreate: Douglas Fryer, Garden at Twilight, 2012
blastedheath: William Degouve de Nuncques (Belgian, 1867-1935), Paysage bruxellois [Brussels landscape], 1890. Oil on canvas, 48 x 60 cm.
Lajos Deák Ébner (Pest 1850 - Budapest 1934); Harvesters on their way home, 1881; oil on canvas, 131 x 94.5 cm; National Museum of Hungary, Budapest
Frederick Childe Hassam (Dorchester 1859 - East Hampton 1935); Fiacre - Rue Bonaparte, 1888; oil on canvas, 77.5 x 104 cm
bonjourtableau: Chamber of Art and Curiosities, 1636, Frans Francken II, Kunsthistorisches Museum
transistoradio: Isaac Levitan (1860-1900), Whistle Stop (c.1885). Via WikiArt.
blastedheath: Alexander Kanoldt (German, 1881-1939), Stilleben II, 1916. Oil on canvas, 53 x 44 cm.
Sandro Botticelli (Firenze, 1445 - 1510); The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti (from Giovanni Boccacio’s Decameron), 4th and final episode (c. 1483); tempera on panel, 142 x 83 cm; Palazzo Pucci (private collection), Firenze
peira: Hughie Lee-Smith: Rooftops (1961)
amare-habeo: Mauro Corda (French, born 1960) - Nude swaying hips (Nu déhanché), N/D
arsvitaest: Herbert List, At the Mediterranean Sea, Liguria, 1936