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I currently have an assignment wherein I have to write about depictions of morgues and mortuaries/funeral homes in art history. However I'm having a hard time finding artworks and information regarding this. I found one example, through google La Morgue by Charles Meryon, but I need more. The closest I can find are memento mori and funerary art, but they are not depictiions of morgues or mortuaries in themselves. Can you help me? What terms should I use while searching? Where should I search?

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Mother and Child by Wifred lam 1957 Just hoping someone can send me a link or steer me towards the die where I can find information about it. It’s alright if not I’m just stuck or just blind trying to find the story of this man’s work 😭 Anyways have a blessed day I probably not doing this post properly if so my apologies

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I’m a graduate student and I need to put together an artist’s catalog for my thesis. Three of his paintings appear on Artnet but I can’t afford the subscription to see the auction house’s name and do further research. Does anyone have access to this website by any chance? Link to one of the works: https://www.artnet.fr/artistes/henry-joseph-breuer/untitled-IZup3TfmpAzehrNrD2uuyQ2

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Hello! I was accepted to the Williams College Art History MA and am leaning towards attending in the fall. I wanted to know if other people have thoughts or experiences with the program? The MA at Williams is fully funded, which is a huge plus. Is it a disadvantage to be in a rural area? What do most people go on to do afterwards? What is the overall quality of the program? Many thanks in advance.

I’m a second-year undergrad looking for journals to submit to, but most only take papers from MAs or PhDs. Are there any that would accept undergraduate research?

I’m not an artist, but sometimes I try to draw out of boredom, and I find that I unconsciously draw vertical & horizontal lines. Does this mean that I belong to Neoplasticism? I only knew this type of art for a short time, and I didn’t know that such a style existed.

The Art Historian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bucgZc0FsBk

It took teachers and professors years to get me to write in books/underline, but it helps me process and retain information. This is common in many humanities fields.

But now that I'm studying art history, I have the weird problem that many of the books are printed on glossy paper that really doesn't accommodate that. Are you guys using lots of sticky notes? Writing primarily in a notebook? Using an online notetaking solution? Shifting to e-books where it doesn't matter?

Using pencil/pen/highlighter anyways and just living with the consequences?

Any thoughts?

Using simple film cameras like Holgas and Dianas is fun, but does anyone know of any well-known photographers that use them?

The closest I can think of is Ann Hamilton who used her mouth as a pinhole camera and Abelardo Morell who has done a lot of work with camera obscuras, but the spirit is a bit different.

I just saw the news of the fire currently raging in the Copenhagen old stock exchange building. Very sad. Striking and moving photographs of museum workers moving out artworks.

I’ve never been. Any updates on works affected /rescued?

hello historians!

i need someone to interview for my short documentary on DeStijl.

this is for a school assignment so it will be very relaxed and wont be published anywhere(atleats not without permission)

You dont need any particular credentials l like relevant education or professionbut if you do, please mention it.

all i require is someone knowledgable about the design history of DeStijl and and able to do a video call interview before friday

the call wont be very long as the documentary itself most likely wont be any longer than 6 mins

dm me or comment on this post if youre interested :]

Over the centuries, many incredible cathedrals have been built. For me, they're some of the greatest buildings in history. I'm wondering, what is your favourite cathedral, and why?

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Dear art history enthusiasts and connoisseurs,

For an assignment for my "Art & Culture Philosophy" class (not for credit), we had to choose ±10 artworks (which we like, find interesting, etc.) to create our own exposition. I initially had chosen works I remembered seeing (and liking) in museums. However, there is not a lot of art I really really like, and I also think my taste is quite diverse in terms of art movements/time period. This made it hard to find a common theme amongst the pieces I had chosen. But in the end, I decided to go with the specific "motion" that was found in some of them.

Since this is not specifically related to an art movement, style, time period, artist, technique, etc., it's not something that can be easily found by searching by key words. So far, I mostly found paintings that have similar colours and styles, but have the wrong type of 'movement'. Since this is not really what I'm looking for, I would like to ask you for your knowledge and expertise; are there any sculptures, paintings, drawings, installations, anything with a similar (e)motion that you would suggest?

It doesn't have to be recent or famous. It can be anything that would be considered art. Preferably it wouldn't even have any link with the already chosen artworks in the picture, at first sight ;-)

I have collections of Russian and Central Europe Avant-Garde essays and documents, and a book on photography by Cartier-Bresson, and I would love more. Specifically looking for writings on practice and the art itself, as the ones I have and know of are often related to theory and philosophy.

Hallo Ihr Lieben🙋‍♂️

Ich bin aus der Schweiz und studiere an der ZHAW School of Management and Law. Im Rahmen meiner Bachelorarbeit untersuche ich die Kreativität in der Malerei und führe eine Umfrage durch.

Die Umfrage dauert ca. 8 bis 12 Minuten. Bei der Umfrage geht es hauptsächlich darum, die Kreativität von Gemälden zu bewerten und ein paar anschliessende Fragen dazu zu beantworten:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeF1-wt6Su1jbF7QbbtrX_XcZEWyX5Beheb_-DZmiq9bA0kbw/viewform?usp=sf_link

Da mir noch eine grosse Anzahl an Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer fehlen, würde ich mich über Deine Teilnahme freuen. Das Teilen und Weiterschicken der Umfrage ist natürlich auch gestattet😁

Herzlichen Dank im Voraus für Deine kostbare Zeit und wertvolle Unterstützung!🙏