historical art

historian shares art that they find and think is cool. heavily impacted by whatever i'm studying at the moment. *art does not belong to me*

[7pleiades7]

Sleeping Beauty (Dornröschen) (1864) by Bertha Froriep (German, 1833 – 1920), signed and dated Froriep 1864, oil on canvas, 71.5 x 62 cm 28.1 x 24.4 in), Private Collection

[aqua-regia009]

Actaeon, 1884 - oil on canvas — Briton Riviere (British, 1840-1920)

[fordarkmornings]

Franz Xaver Winterhalter  -  Florinda,  1853  (detail) 

German, 1805-1873 

Oil on canvas

[cy-lindric]

Merry Christmas sleepyheads !

[ashshem]

What if we were seeking the christ child together... And there was only one bed 😳

[tkkatherineblog]

[red-lipstick]

[karlek]

Soo Sunny Park (b. Seoul, Korea) - Unwoven Light at Rice University’s Rice Gallery in Houston, Texas. Composed of 37 individual sculptural units, the installation uses iridescent plexi-glass embedded in pieces of a chain link fence to cast shimmering, colorful reflections across the spacious gallery. 

[backstoryradio]

Lantern slides showing movie theater etiquette and announcements, circa 1912.

 Excellent podcast etiquette for today as well, IOHO. Please, applaud with hands only as you listen to our latest. 

All images via Library of Congress.

[fordarkmornings]

Sommerdag, 1888. 

Harald Slott-Møller (Danish, 1864-1937)

Oil on canvas

[lefildelhorizon]

Berthe Morisot, Roses trémières, 1884

[dogposts]

An archivist found a long forgotten 8mm film reel in an old metal box, marked "Philipines 1942". Thinking it was lost WWII footage, he sent it in to be restored/digitized. When he got the footage back, he found puppies instead (via)

[antonio-m]

John Koch (1909-1978) The Sculptor, 1964.

[pie-pellicane]

Yesss your tags are so good, I love that the object of desire is greying and that they’re clearly friends

[vonsalomon]

George Hillyard Swinstead, Angel's Message

[nerdicornthetrekkie]

The Doctor only experiences gender against their will. The Master is simultaneously a girlboss and a manwhore. Hope this helps

[ejacutastic]

lawyer walks into the court room with their briefcase but it's this

[greencheekconure27]

I see there's been misunderstanding.That's the lawyers assistant.The actual lawyer is the one being carried in the briefcase.

[tributary]

a common mistake your honor

[curiositycounts]

Vintage color wheels and color cards from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. Swoon! (via) 

[whitepeopletwitter]

[killappeal]

So pharaoh nectanebo ii knew what women want

[langernameohnebedeutung]

Le Destin, Henry Siddons Mowbray (1896)