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Giovanni Francesco Romanelli (called Raffaellino or Il Viterbese; Viterbo, 1610 - 1662); Galatea, n/d; oil on canvas, 298 x 198 cm
artaddictsanonymous: Diego Velázquez, Water Carrier of Seville, c. 1619
neurosciencestuff: Existence of new neuron repair pathway discovered Most of your neurons can’t be replaced. Other parts of your body – such as skin and bone – can be replaced by the body growing new cells, but when you injure your neurons, you
Ilya Repin (Chuguyev 1844 - Kuokkala, now Repino, 1930); Portrait of Vera Repina (the artist’s wife), 1892; oil on canvas, 65 x 111 cm; Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
Jeffrey Smart (Adelaide, 1921 - Montevarchi, Arezzo, 2013); Ballgame, Athens (1981)
museumuesum: U.S. Navy Photographer(s) 1941-1945
blastedheath: Albert Marquet (French, 1875-1947), Vue d’Agay, les roches rouges, 1905. Oil on canvas, 87.8 x 71.9 cm.
Eva Hesse (Düsseldorf 1936 – New York City 1970); Untitled, 1960
artmastered: Nicolas Poussin, Et in Arcadia ego, 1637-38, oil on canvas, 121 x 185 cm, Musée du Louvre, Paris A group of shepherds dressed in classical attire surround a large stone tomb. Two of these figures point to a memorial inscription on the
artmastered: Georges de la Tour, Quarrelling Musicians (The Musicians’ Brawl), 1625-30, oil on canvas, 94 x 140 cm, Private Collection
George Romney (Dalton in Furness 1734 - Kendal 1802); Jane Dawkes Robinson, c. 1778; oil on canvas; Indianapolis Museum of Art
Emil Nolde (Nolde, near Tondern, 1867 - Seebüll, Neukirchen, 1956); Canal - Copenhagen, 1902; oil on panel, 83 x 65,5 cm; Nolde Foundation Seebüll - Neukirchen
Franz Marc (Munich 1880 - Verdun 1916); Forest interior with deers, 1909; oil on canvas, 84 x 102 cm; Sprengel Museum, Hanover
Gerard ter Borch (or Terborch; Zwolle 1617 - Deventer 1681); Procession with Flagellants, c. 1636/40; oil on panel; Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Raffaello Sanzio (Urbino 1483 - Roma 1520); Estasi di Santa Cecilia (The Ecstasy of Saint Cecilia), 1514; oil on panel transferred to canvas, 149 x 236 cm; Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna
Nikolai Pimonenko (also spelled Mykola Pymonenko; Kiev 1862 - 1912); Ukrainian night, 1905; oil on canvas, 160 x 90 cm; The Alexander A. Deineka picture gallery of Kursk
blastedheath: Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973), Nature morte au filet de pêche [Still life with fishing net], Juan-les-Pins, summer 1925. Oil on canvas, 100.3 x 82.1 cm.
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (Montauban 1780 - Paris 1867); Self portrait at the age of 78, 1858; oil on canvas, 51 x 62 cm; Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
museumuesum: Peter Macdiarmid One hundred years after the beginning of WWI photographer Peter Macdiarmid revisited some of the key locations of the conflict. He overlaid his pictures with shots taken during the war years.
Renato Guttuso (Bagheria, Palermo, 1911 - Roma 1987); Fuga dall'Etna (Flight from Etna), 1940; Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Roma
blastedheath: Leander Engström (Swedish, 1886-1927), Höstlandskap [Autumn landscape], 1908. Oil on canvas, 93 x 70 cm.
Charles Walter Stetson (Tiverton, Rhode Island, 1858 - Roma 1911); An Easter offering, 1896; oil on canvas, 128 x 102 cm; Spencer Museum of Art, Kansas
poboh: Night on the south shore, Nikolay Nikanorovich Dubovskoy. Russian (1859 - 1918)
thisblueboy: Jacques-Louis David (Paris 1748-1825 Brussels), Portrait of a Young Woman in White, ca.1798, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
Christen Købke (Copenhagen, 1810 - 1848); The garden steps leading to the artist’s studio near Blegdammen, 1845; oil on paper laid down on canvas, 33 x 22,5 cm; Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen
Paul Bril (Antwerp 1554 - Roma 1626); Navire en carénage, c. 1610-15; oil on canvas, 199 x 129 cm; private collection
firsttimeuser: Abid Mian Lal Mian Syed. Vision from the Inner Eye
blastedheath: Ermanno Politi (Italian, 1910-1993), Forme in movimento, 1969. Mixed media on canvas, 70 x 54 cm.
neurosciencestuff: Scientists Provide New Grasp of Soft Touch A study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) has helped solve a long-standing mystery about the sense of touch. The “gentle touch” sensations that convey the stroke
Eduardo Afonso Viana (Lisbon, 1881 - 1967); Pousada de Ciganos, 1923; oil on cardboard, 115 x 85 cm; Museu do Chiado, Lisbon
Paul Cézanne (Aix-en-Provence, 1839 - 1906); Pastoral (Idyll), 1870; oil on canvas, 81 x 65 cm; Musée d'Orsay, Paris
bofransson: Barge on the Canal Pierre Bonnard - circa 1899
Francisco de Zurbarán (Fuente de Cantos, Extremadura, 1598 - Madrid 1664); The defense of Cadiz against the English, 1634; oil on canvas, 323 x 302 cm; Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid
hierarchical-aestheticism: Marianne von Werefkin, Nuit Fantastique, c. 1910
vcrfl: Gerrit Dou: Girl Chopping Onions, 1646.
Hendrick Goltzius (Venlo 1558 - Haarlem 1617); Jupiter and Antiope, 1612; oil on canvas, 178 x 122 cm
José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior (Itu, Sao Paulo, 1850 - Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, 1899); The model’s rest, 1882; oil on canvas, 131 x 98 cm; Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, Rio de Janeiro
Gerrit van Honthorst (Utrecht, 1592 - 1656); The merry company, 1623; oil on canvas, 157 x 125 cm; Staatsgalerie, Schleissheim
poboh: Lake Nemi, Sunset, ca 1790, Joseph Wright of Derby. English, (1734 - 1797)
amare-habeo: Wladimir Lukianowitsch von Zabotin (1884-1967) Girl in the Mirror (Mädchen im Spiegel), 1922/27
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Károly Ferenczy (Vienna 1862 - Budapest 1917); The twins Béli and Noémi, 1908; oil on canvas
Antonello da Messina (Antonello di Giovanni de Antonio called Antonello da Messina; Messina, Sicily, c. 1430 - 1479); Ritratto d'uomo (portrait of a man) or Ritratto Trivulzio, 1476; oil on wood, 29,5 x 37,4 cm; Museo civico d'arte antica, Torino
bofransson: La bibliothèque 1921 Félix Vallotton
Hans von Aachen (Cologne 1552 - Prague 1615); The rape of Proserpina, 1587; oil on canvas, 150 x 110 cm; Brukenthal National Museum, Sibiu (Romania)
deadpaint: John Constable, The Haywain (Landscape;Noon). (1821)
thorsteinulf: Émile Bernard - Landscape, Saint-Briac (1887-89)
michellemlcr: Bridge Over the Oise to Vadencourt, 1912, Auguste Herbin
jewsee-medicalstudent: The blood-air barrier. This is a colorized scanning electron micrograph showing the erythrocytes (red blood cells) within the capillary network of an alveola. The blood–air barrier (alveolar–capillary barrier or membrane) exists
Gustave van de Woestyne (also spelled Gustaaf van de Woestijne; Ghent 1881 - Ukkel 1947); Fuga, 1925; oil on canvas, 80,5 x 80; Museum voor schone Kunsten, Ghent
Francisco Gimeno y Arasa (Tortosa 1858 - Barcelona 1927); Sleeping woman, 1899; oil on canvas, 60 x 45 cm; Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona
poboh: Alnwick Castle from Brizlee, Northumberland, ca 1800, Thomas Girtin. English (1775 - 1802) - Watercolor and pencil on paper -
Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari called Veronese; 1528 Verona - 1588 Venezia); La cena nella casa di Levi (the feast in the house of Levi), 1573; oil on canvas, 1280 x 555 cm; Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venezia
Paulus Moreelse (Utrecht, 1571 - 1638); Portrait of an unknown woman aged 26, oil on canvas, 1632; cm 104 x 111; National Trust Collections, London
thorsteinulf: Darío de Regoyos - Rivera del Manzaneres (c.1909)
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Giovanni Cariani (Giovanni Busi called il Cariani; Fuipiano al Bembo, Bergamo 1485 - Venezia 1547); Resting maiden with a white dog in a landscape, c. 1510; oil on panel, 94 x 74 cm; Gemäldegalerie der Staatlichen Museen, Berlin
erudite-eye: André Kertész. Bowl with Sugar Cubes, 1928.
kafkasapartment: Woman at the Piano, 1914. Albert Gleizes. Oil on canvas
neurosciencestuff: Nanopores underlie our ability to tune in to a single voice Inner-ear membrane uses tiny pores to mechanically separate sounds, researchers find. Even in a crowded room full of background noise, the human ear is remarkably adept at
![blastedheath: Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973), Nature morte au filet de pêche [Still life with fishing net], Juan-les-Pins, summer 1925. Oil on canvas, 100.3 x 82.1 cm.](https://69.media.tumblr.com/f5b64f1be70075a243e2658078f0f718/tumblr_n3xybnudMP1rv7wcro1_250.jpg)
![blastedheath: Leander Engström (Swedish, 1886-1927), Höstlandskap [Autumn landscape], 1908. Oil on canvas, 93 x 70 cm.](https://40.media.tumblr.com/eaed090de3531044e56ea8fbb70c7785/tumblr_n3sleuQmAt1rv7wcro1_250.jpg)
