this blog is for the arts

[carminagf]

Romeo and Juliet (detail). 1884. Frank Dicksee

[just-art5]

Charles Baugniet - The Letter

[hildegardavon]

Giovanni Lanfranco, 1582-1647

Cleopatra (Morte di Cleopatra), 17th century

Private Collection   (Galleria Il Quadrifoglio)

[fleurdulys]

The Terrace - James Carroll Beckwith

19th century

[the-paintrist]

James Carroll Beckwith (September 23, 1852 – October 24, 1917) was an American landscape, portrait and genre painter whose Naturalist style led to his recognition in the late nineteenth and very early twentieth century as a respected figure in American art.

[paintingsdaily]

J.W Godward 

[hellfreeway]

“A Pageant of Childhood” by Thomas Cooper Gotch, 1899 (detail)

[americanart]

The Dolls Edwin Howland Blashfield (1848 - 1936)

[by-grace-of-god]

One of my favourite paintings.

Blessing of the Wheat Fields by Jules Breton

[life-imitates-art-far-more]

William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905) “Flagellation of Our Lord Jesus Christ” (1880) Oil on canvas Academicism Located in the La Rochelle Cathedral, La Rochelle, France

[learnarthistory]

Danae by Gustav Klimt (1908) #art nouveau (modern) #art https://t.co/Y9MESM09aF http://ift.tt/2gXK3I2

[suonko]

The Cameo Brooch by George Lawrence Bulleid

[silenceformysoul]

[huariqueje]

[sakrogoat]

Joseph Kirkpatrick - Ophelia

[classic-art]

An Allegory of Justice Combatting Injustice

Jean Marc Nattier, c. 1737

[classic-art]

2016 Top Ten

Number 8

[womenandbooks]

[simena]

Rowenna Anderson