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Hello fwllow art lovers!

Today I visited the Palazzo Pitti in Florence and I saw this painting.

I was wondering who the guy below Zeus is. Since he is older than him I guess he can be Kronos but I couldnt find any confirmation.

Can you guess who he and the rest of thw characters are?

Thanks!

I feel like no matter how much I look through uni websites and look at each individually, I still miss out on some. In addition to that I'm looking to register for some public online courses to improve my art history credits since my undergrad degree was mostly consisted of studio arts classes. I studied at an Iranian university which is less recognized by the western educational system, through these courses I hope to enhance my knowledge, add to my CV eligibility and connect with other art history majors and faculty.

A few years ago I read a book about modern art. It was published in the late 50s or early 60s.

The author said something along the lines that Paul Cezanne introduced the philosophy of modern art in the late nineteenth century buy "objectifying the motif" and I'm not quite sure what that means. Any explanation would be appreciated.

Anyone have suggestions on the best Klimt biography? I know how biased bios can be and am trying to find the most highly regarded as true to his life. Thanks!

Can someone lay some insight on James Jean art? Will his work always appreciate in value amd will he be a known artist? Given an opportunity to buy his work, would you buy it?

Hi! Any book recommendations for a biography and/or coffee table style book depicting the works of Jacques Louis David?

Thanks in advance!

I remember hearing about an "artist" over a decade ago now that would paint a canvas a solid color and then put a piece of their actual poop on the canvas. I can't remember what their rationale/ artistic intent was behind it. I just remember the absurdity of it existing.

Hi there! I hope this is the right place to ask, since r/museum is mostly for posting paintings, from what I see.

I've visited several art museums in Europe in the last years, but I can't recall ever seeing an Edward Hopper painting in an exhibition (permanent or temporary).

Does anyone know a museum in Europe where his paintings can be found (ideally in a permanent exhibition)? Are there any?

I’m looking for information on J. Clark who was an oil painter, mostly of ships, around 1880. He appears to have been British, though some of the little I can find on him says American. I’ll attach an example of his work. Please let me know of any resources where I may find his biography.

Here is a cartoon based on Van Gogh's quote. https://youtu.be/23Q4PiYgUZs

Is his art not just pure ideology? Putting the biggest symbols of consumption in the gallery during the time when advertising and branding was coming to its zenith? Reification? Those who love and buy it engaged in the deepest of fetishistic disavowals? Seems like Warhol was conscious of this. He may have been an asshole about it but clearly he purposefully engaged in the purest form of ideological transformation of the entire art scene. Is that not enough to make the art important? Of an era?

Hello fellows! I am doing reasearch about fashion photography and I need some kind of online archive/resources so I can see the editorials featured in american magazines.

So far I found some from the beginning of the 20th century on Internet Archive but too few on the second half of the century.

Any help is greatly appreciated! And until then I leave you with this teddy version of Harper's Bazaar I found. :D

https://preview.redd.it/bso8ugst6crc1.png?width=407&format=png&auto=webp&s=c3f29dd4b6be1942ba76a32cd0889dd9dbdaa6ca

Hello fellows! I am doing research about fashion photography and need some kind of archive or online resources where I can see a bunch of fashion magazines so I can see the editorials they did.

So far I found on Internet Archive a few Vogues and Bazaars but mainly from the beginning of the 20th century and too few from the second half of the century.

Would be great if they would be american magazines. I greatly appreciate any help!!

Until then I leave you with this teddy version of Harper's Bazaar I found :D

I am creating a series of blog posts about the history and chemistry of various pigments, so I want it to be factual and nice to read. I would appreciate it if people could look at it and check my work or tell me how to improve it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Also, check it out to see if you learn something new or interesting to recontextualize your favorite works from history!

https://historyandchemistryofpigment.blogspot.com/

Because of her use of pastels and more placid compositions. Generally, there was and still is a stigma against Beauty in the art world and serious work was expected to be more jarring and unsettling like Jackson Pollock. Frankenthaller has suggested there was a stigma against things perceived as feminine in art, thus her work being derided as “too pretty.” Conversely, many art theorists/critics have claimed beauty only serves to comfort the public and reinforce the status quo and that radical art must confront and unsettle the viewer. Opinions on this?

Tried r/AskHistorians and got nothing even though they apparently have Art Historians...

1843 specifically, as it's the year after the Pottery Riots. Which may have cut worker numbers and/or made the factories more cautious, perhaps?

What would a small-to-medium not-famous-name pottery factory in, say, Longton, be making at this time? I'm having trouble figuring this out because when you look up these famous designs/methods, stuff that the big names like Wedgewood and Spode had invented like creamware and jasperware had apparently gone out of production entirely, and other things like majolica and Parian ware just hadn't been developed yet, if only by a few years with that last one.

Were they still using tin-glaze and either painting or transferring, and would that be the only thing they were making? Where does bone china come into it? Or would these not-famouses have invented their own stuff which is so few in number that they haven't earned their own Wiki page? Would they have developed their own version of say, jasperware (I frickin' love jasperware.) in red or green, called it something else and just kept going with it until it wasn't selling it all?

The Potteries' own website has and index of major styles and some of these hint they might have still been made - and others don't have enough detail at all. I'm in the UK, and I imagine the local museums would have books, but getting to Stoke-on-Trent will take me three hours at best and it's not greatly feasible for the foreseeable.

I've been reading and searching for the differences between the two, but so much seems to overlap. I know that the Arts and Crafts movement succeeded the Aesthetic movement, but what are some distinct differences between the two? They seem to be inspired by the same things and people and many of the articles I've read say that they're distinct but then go on to describe them in almost the same way. Thanks!

Cimbue was an Italian artist who created this Crucifix scene in the upper church of San Francesco (St Francis) chapel in Assisi, Italy between 1277 and 1280.

In this Fresco Cimbue used white pigments containing lead, which over time oxidized - leaving the figures and their clothes to turn black in an almost photo-negative look.

Figured it was a good Good Friday post. It’s beautiful and haunting in person.

I can't find much information on this. But from what I've read and seen, I know that a big giveaway for origin of a painting is the stretcher. Basically, the rule of thumb seems to be: Europe used the H stretcher, and USA used mitered corners.

My main question is, is there a specific point in time when Europe began to adopt mitered corners? Or, at least started to use them in some areas?

Does anyone have a good source of information on stretcher history?

For instance, I have a painting that I'm pretty sure has been restretched and maybe strip lined onto a new stretcher. It has a European town name stenciled onto the wooden stretcher, the wood appears to be pre-1950 (and canvas held by even older nails), but it has mitered corners.

Is it possible that this was actually restretched in Europe pre-1950?

Appreciate any information!

I think this might be the right place to ask, I’m afraid I can’t find much online, probably cause I’m searching wrong Is the last supper by Leonardo unfinished? I noticed the top part above the sforza crests( the ceiling) was clearly started on and not completed but me googling has brought up too many stories about the last supper and I’m desperately curious for a semi definite answer I know someone knows something about it Was it just abandoned cause the paint was dripping?? If so it would be interesting to see if someone out there has attempted a completed sketch of what it would look like , Can someone link me something please