Bears in Art History

Scruffy men, great beards and staches found in works of art

[nesskain]

[guidofiatoart]

Commission made for @hunterharden and shadow29621. What a beautiful couple! ^_^ <3

[rickinmar]

the ideal. Tom of Finland. early sixties.

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Caravaggio, 1571-1610

Simone Peterzano, 1589

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Euthymides

Three Revelers, ca. 510 BCE, Athenian red-figure amphora

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Art by Bill Ward

[kohlhase]

[tutoyerlesanges]

http://tutoyerlesanges.tumblr.com/archive

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Ilya Ivanovich Mashkov

Self-portrait and a portrait of Peter Konchalovsky, 1910, oil on canvas

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[hyperallergic]

There’s a curious Jewish legend about Alexander the Great. The story goes that after taking Gaza, the infamous Greek conquerer met with the Jewish High Priest, sacrificed to the god of the Jews, and allowed them to live peacefully according to their ancestral customs. Whether or not it really happened, it appeared in historian Josephus’s first-century account of the Jews and has also been repeated in Rabbinic literature.

Mosaic Possibly Depicting Alexander the Great Found in Ancient Synagogue

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Peter Paul Rubens

The Drunken Hercules, c.1611

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Albert Gleizes

Man on a Balcony (Portrait of Dr. Theo Morinaud), 1912

[artedgar]

#Model #inspiration: Xavi y Emilio #illustration by #artedgar www.artedgar.tumblr.com www.fb.com/artedgar.drawings www.instagram.com/artedgar www.artedgar.com

[hello-draw]

(via TumbleOn)

[brianmaier]

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Amazing Work of @josesilvaart (part 1) original shot by @macksturgis

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Amazing Work of @josesilvaart (part 2) original shot by @macksturgis

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Kenzie LaMar

Strife, digital painting

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William Holbrook Beard

The Bear Dance, c.1870