Art History Doesn't Always Suck

Put that on your diptych and suck it.

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11 Classic Works of Art Re-Imagined With People Of Color

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Hmmm

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holy frack

i love it

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Apologies, Everyone

Sorry!

Looks like I've been accidentally posting stuff to this blog that should be going to my personal blog.

Whoops!

Again, my apologies.

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June 7th, 1942: Edward Hopper completes his best known painting, the seminal Nighthawks. When asked by a Chicago Tribute reporter about the philosophical meaning behind the diner having no clearly visible exits Hopper responded, “Shit. Fuck. I did it again. Goddamnit. Fuck. Not again. I did it again. Shit." and slammed his hat on his leg.

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how does this only have 150 notes

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Pan - 100 BCE

I knew satyrs were sexual, but really? I didn't want to look directly into a giant deer-man nutsack as I walked into this exhibit.

seriously.

Giant. Deer-man. Nutsack.

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Venus de Milo

Okay, I gotta throw in the Venus de Milo. It's not funny, but I mean

come on

Venus de Milo 

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Quatre Heures, au Salon - Francois Biard (1882)

Or as I like to call it, "The First Fart"

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This here is a bust of Napoleon Bonaparte's head.

It looks small, so here's my father who is 6'2" standing next to it.

Ignore my dad's weird face...

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Atelier de Jean Goujon - 1560-64

yeah I'm not sure what's going on here, besides this being a like, 9 foot tall relief of a grown man breast-feeding...

it's weird, though.

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And no matter where you go, Baby Jesus is still fuckin creepy.

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Saint Marie Madeleine - by Gregor Erhart

reminds me a whole heckuva lot of Botticelli's Primavera...

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It's our good friend Saint Wolfgang! You may remember him from this choice piece

c. 1430

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6th Century Bust from Constantinople

Supposedly the Empress Ariadne

Her weird bug eyes creep me out

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Here are the first round of pictures from the Louvre! We have an untitled statue of Diana, Roman goddess of the Hunt, and some sort of ancient box that is supposed to be Very Important.

I dunno.

Real stuff on it's way.

WOO.

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Back in the country and busily cataloguing photos! They'll be up soon, along with my commentary- wanted or not.

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Hey folks! Guess where I am! That's right, I have found myself in France. And what's in France? MUSEUMS. And that means art! So when I get home in 2 weeks you guys will get to see what this looks like in person, as well as more of my terrible commentary. Until then, folks!

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Okay, so Olympia, by Manet is one of my favorite paintings ever. For a lot of reasons.

Does this look familiar? It should.

ringing any bells now?

That’s Titian’s Venus of Urbino, hailed as a great masterpiece of the times.

Manet seriously just sat...

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Whoops! Looks like I got some details wrong. Thanks for pointing that out!

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The Harp - Augusta Savage

Since I can't find any more of the Harlem Renaissance, here's more Augusta Savage.