4/29/2013

this much closer to living in a tree

Frank Relle landscapes

4/28/2013

Not now, pig nun. Not now…

Hieronymus Bosch, detail from The Garden of Earthy Delights triptych, 1510.
Or, detail from my sweet new Bosch book.

4/26/2013

4/25/2013

Giovanni Boldini, Girl with Black Cat, 1885

& a sexy tale of a Boldini's affair

4/23/2013

4/21/2013

Future goal

Romaine Brooks, Una, Lady Troubridge, 1924

My fifth favorite hobby is dressing up as works of art.
This portrait is on my to do list. I've *always* wanted to wear a monocle and be surrounded by Dachshunds.

4/05/2013

A Diego butt

Diego Rivera, but I don't know the name (I think it's a fresco).

But really, look at those buns!

4/04/2013

Aye, I have long known that the big fish eat the small

Pieter van der Heyden after Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Big Fish Eat Little Fish, 1557

3/31/2013

Best of Easter

Albrecht Dürer, The Dead Christ with the Crown of Thorns, 1503

Today is Easter so here's some Jesus.

I chose these not as religious pieces of art, rather images that depict Jesus as a human.

A dying and dead human with gruesome details. Enjoy!

Antonello da Messina, The Antwerp Crucifixion, 1454–5

Annibale Carracci, Salma di Cristo (Body of Christ), 1583–1585

Peter Paul Rubens, Deposition, 1602

Caravaggio, The Incredulity of Saint Thomas, 1602

Konstantin Vasilyev, Ascension, 1964

detail from Mathis Gothart Grünewald, Isenheim Altarpiece,1512–16

I can't find the name, but I saw this in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Brussels.
Jesus's tomb was stinky.

3/27/2013

PEEPS!

Annual Peep diorama contest hosted by the Washington Post! See all of the entires here.

And, naturally, this one made me giddy:


Georges-Pierre Seurat, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, 1884-6.

3/26/2013

That's Wyeth's son, Jamie. They were out on a walk together when Jamie dropped one of his toy soldiers. Upon the hunt for the missing toy, Jamie ran off. The toy hunt changed to finding Jamie, and when he did Jamie was just sitting in the dry grass, lost in his dreams. (I cannot confirm whether or not the toy soldier was recovered.)

Lulu, lulu, Lulu Lu.

That's Lu. Perched atop Hippie Hill. Lost in his dreams.

3/25/2013

Monday morning inspiration

Pierre Bonnard, Circus Rider, 1894

Stay focused on what you do, and continue doing what you love, Circus Rider.

3/24/2013

Today in art history: how the sun feels on a bright afternoon in a tall city

Gerrit Adriaenszoon Berckheyde, The West Front and North Transept of the Groote Kerk at Haarlem seen from Colonnade of the Town Hall, 1674, Haarlem, Netherlands.