haute conviction

curating and developing poignant art

[mabellonghetti]

Olivia Hussey photographed by Terence Spencer in London, c. 1969.

[robert-hadley]

A Roman stucco relief panel, 2nd half of 1st century A.D.

Source: metmuseum.org

[storyofmorewhoa]

Pygmalion and Galatea (1763) by Étienne Maurice Falconet Paul and Virginia (1844) by Alessandro Puttinati Worship of the Female Form (early 20th century) by Alméry Lobel-Riche Kneeling man embracing a standing woman (1908) by Gustav Vigeland In Paradise (1918) by Max Svabinsky Thief of the Moon (1924) by Norman Lindsay

[newloverofbeauty]

Willem Dafoe by By Naomi Kaltman  (1991)

[teddypng]

Joan Baez photographed by Reg Innell, 1968

[random-brushstrokes]

Henry Ossawa Tanner - Mary (ca. 1914)

[gacougnol]

Kiss Andrea

[halfabird]

Anonyme, Vierge à l'Enfant, Nostre Dame de Grâce, v. 1451-1475, Musée des Augustins, Toulouse

[cadaverkeys]

Henry Ossawa Tanner's depiction of the Annunciation will always be my absolute favourite but I really do think there is something so ethereal and endearing about his study before the official artwork was completed.

The way Mary sits with almost no visible features but you can still tell that her hands are clasped in prayer- the angel Gabriel manifesting as a single stroke of light as the paint and room seems to contort around him. Easily one of the all timers.

[cadaverkeys]

the completed piece for those of u who have never seen it. so bitchin.

[la-novellista]

Art. Bryan Larsen, "A New Eden", Cover art for Quent Cordair's Idolatry book series Part 2

[uncleclaudius]

The gorgeous Bird Mosaic from the so-called House of the Birds in Italica, Spain, features 35 different species of birds.

[thatsbutterbaby]

Vessel sherd. Mitanni ca. 15th–14th century BCE/ Mesopotamia, Tell al-Rimah .

[leatherandmossprints]

‘Sketch for Eros and Psyche’ by John Singer Sargent, c. 1917-21.

[garadinervi]

Alighiero Boetti, Immagine somiglianza, (blue biro pen on paper), 1975 [ML Fine Art – Matteo Lampertico, Milano. © Alighiero Boetti / Archivio Alighiero Boetti, Roma]

[movieposteroftheday]

Russian poster for TOPIEL / THE ABYSS (Wladyslaw Lenczewski, Poland, 1917)

Artist: Mikhail Kalmanson

Poster source: Russian Film Posters 1900-1930

For more pre-revolutionary Russian posters read Movie Poster of the Week at mubi.com.

[kiki-de-la-petite-flaque]

Joni Mitchell playing an Appalachian dulcimer in May 1972

[snailmailthings]

A BLURRED LOVE

Into One Another III, To PPP,  Berlinde De Bruyckere (2010) / Hysterics of Love, Eric Fischl (1997) / We Are All Flesh, Berlinde De Bruyckere (2009)