the Interest Exhibit

Welcome to the Interest Exhibit, a blog exhibiting visual culture of all mediums, time periods, and peoples.

[ducissatenebrarum]

Oscar Parviainen (1880-1938), The End, 1910 

[acrosscenturiesandgenerations]

▪︎June roses.

Date: 1898

Artist: Margaret MacDonald-Mackintosh (1864-1933)

Medium: Pencil and watercolor on paper.

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The “Rubens Vase” (Byzantine Empire). Carved in high relief from a single piece of agate, this extraordinary vase was most likely created in an imperial workshop for a Byzantine emperor.

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from wikipedia

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Castas by Miguel Cabrera (1695-1768)

The Casta paintings (17th-18th c.) of the Spanish Colonial period consisted of 12-16 miscegenous triads, showing the mixing and changing of races (or castas). Casta was believed to predict behavior & temperament and was used to justify social standing. All combinations of race were named. (x)

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Roberto Matta, Years of Fear, Oil on canvas, 1941

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Jackson Pollock, Untitled, Ink on paper, c. 1950

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Kurt Schwitters (b. 1887, Prussia (Germany); d. 1948, UK)

Merzz. 53. Red Bonbon. Paper collage, thread, and glue on cardboard 1920

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Hall of the Two Sisters, looking to the Court of the Lions, Alhambra (fortified royal citadel of the Nasrid dynasty), Granada, Spain, 14th Century

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Mary Curtis Richardson (American, 1848-1931)

Girl Reading Oil On Canvas (14-1/8 in. x 10 in.) ca. 1900

[terminusantequem]

Jean Fouquet (French, 1420-c.1481), La Madonna del latte in trono col Bambino, 1450-55. Oil on canvas, 91,8 × 83,3 cm

[centuriespast]

EL GRECO Annunciation 1568 Tempera on panel, 24 x 18 cm Galleria Estense, Modena

[artschoolglasses]

The Borgia Apartments

The Vatican Museums, Vatican City

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The Court, Honore Daumier

Medium: oil,canvas

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Honore Daumier (French, 1808-1879)

[cymlea]

Tobias van Schneider - 2019

Aqua Tower,Lakeshore East_

Illinois,Chicago,USA_

[susanharrold]

Scrap Pile#2              Mixed -Media College           2017                5″x7″

Collage created out of left-over papers from larger pieces. Heat-set onto paper.

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Jannes de Vries (Dutch, 1901-1986), Cornfields, 1970. Oil on canvas, 60 x 80 cm.

[trulyvincent]

René Magritte

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René Magritte (Belgian, 1898-1967)