Dead Art Blog

[evilios]

Dish with seated Athena/Minerva

This dish or, perhaps, drinking cup, is part of so-called Hildesheim Silver Treasure and depicts a seated figure of a Goddess, probably Athena or Minerva. She's wearing a triple-crested helmet and leaning onto a shield. This artifact was most likely produced in Italy between 1st century BCE and 1st century AD. Currently at the Altes Museum in Berlin, Germany.

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[lonequixote]

Claude Monet

Water Lilies (1904)

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[hadrian6]

Allegory of the Foolishness of the World. 17th.century. Cornelis Ketel Dutch 1548-1616. oil on panel. http://hadrian6.tumblr.com

[laclefdescoeurs]

The Madonna of the Cherries, Quentin Metsys

[ancientcharm]

Pompeii, main entrance to the Basilica.

Photo: Miguel Angel L Melgarejo

[ancientcharm]

Miguel Ángel López Melgarejo devoted himself for years to the archaeological site of Pompeii, and he took many amazing photos like this one. He recently passed away. Rest in peace Miguel Ángel, thank you for your beautiful pictures and your love for archaeology and Pompeii.

[boudoirlempicka-deactivated2024]

Jan van Scorel: “Cleopatra”

[lonequixote]

Claude Monet

Wisteria (detail)

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[memories-of-ancients]

Gilded bronze statue of Hercules, Roman, 2nd century AD

from The Capitoline Museum, Rome

[lonequixote]

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 

At the Moulin Rouge (detail)

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[nobrashfestivity]

Unknown, Dutch Artist, Rosa Comet, 1587

[ancientcharm]

Pompeii. House of Menander, peristyle and the fresco that gave the house its name. 

Photography by Silvia Vacca

[lionofchaeronea]

Still Life with Bowl of Citrons, Giovanna Garzoni, 1640s

[nobrashfestivity]

Donato Creti  Astronomical Paintings,  oil paintings by under the instruction of Eustachio Manfredi, 1711, Vatican Museums

Observing the Moon

Observing the Sun

Observing Mercury

Observing Mars

Observing a Comet

Observing Saturn

Observing Venus

Observing Jupiter  

[hildegardavon]

Domenikos Theotokopoulos, “El Greco”, 1541-1614

Penitent Magdalena, 1576/80, oil on canvas, 57x44 cm

Museu de Montserrat, Barcelona Inv. N.R. 200.353

[hildegardavon]

Florentine School, 17th Century

The Libyan Sibyl, n/d, oil on canvas, 129x100.5 cm

Private Collection

[smithsonianlibrariesarchives]

Some example steps from the production of a twenty color print from Shinbi Shoin's Processes of wood-cut printing explained (1916).

Full text, including all twenty steps, available here.

[the-evil-clergyman]

Crouching Venus (Roman 1st Century)