L'amour inondera mes matins

[flemishgarden]

Frans Ykens - Still life with shrimp, ramps, flowers and a glass vase

17th century

oil on panel

private collection

[jaded-mandarin]

Cornelis de Heem. Detail from Still-life with a Bouquet of Flowers, Cherries and a Clock, 17th Century.

[renaissance-art]

Tintoretto c. 1555

Saint George and the Dragon

[artmagnifique]

Two Panels with striding lions, ca. 604–562 B.C., Babylonian, Mesopotamia, Babylon (modern Hillah), ceramic glaze.

[jaded-mandarin]

Gabriel Metsu. Detail from Portrait of a Lady, 1667.

[renaissance-art]

Virgin with Child Enthroned (detail) c. 1200-1225

[detailsofpaintings]

Carlo Dolci, Salome with the Head of St. John the Baptist (detail)

1665-70

[europeanarchitecture]

Leuven Town Hall - architect Sulpitius Van Vorst and Matheus de Layens,  Leuven, Belgium by VISITFLANDERS

[renaissance-art]

Garofalo c. 1528

Annunciation 

[rubenista]

Detail of Princess Henrietta Maria of France, Queen consort of England by Anthony Van Dyck, 1636-1638

[renaissance-art]

Symbols in Renaissance Art

Lilies: Found almost exclusively in annunciation scenes, the lily symbolizes Mary’s purity. In some accounts the golden anthers in the center of the flower represent the “radiance of her soul”. 

[natasianart]

A Renowned, But Forgotten, 17th-Century Japanese Artist Is Once Again Making Waves

Long neglected, the 17th-century Japanese artist Tawaraya Sōtatsu influenced Western art 400 years later

See the new rotation of ‪‎Sōtatsu: Making Waves, on view through January 31. As @smithsonianmag reports, our exhibition coincides with the 400th anniversary of the Rinpa style of painting. 

[paintingses]

Coronation of the Virgin (details) from the Scenes of the Life of the Virgin Mary by Filippo Lippi (1406-1469)

tempera and metal foil on panel, 1466-69

[the-paintrist]

Fra’ Filippo Lippi, O.Carm. (c. 1406 – 8 October 1469), also called Lippo Lippi, was an Italian painter of the Quattrocento (15th century).

[arthistorycq]

Filippo Lippi was flippin filippo awesome

[flemishgarden]

Pieter Breugel the Elder - The Fight Between Carnival and Lent

1559

oil on panel

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

[flemishgarden]

Hendrik Kobell - Shipwreck

1775

oil on canvas

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

[sunsets-nd-barbysucks-deactivat]

Decorative details of Nijo-jo Part II por Kevin Via Flickr: On Explore - Thanks so much Everyone! Highest position: 106 on Tuesday, February 4, 2014

[thekimonogallery]

Wedding Uchikake.  Late Meiji period (1890-1910), Japan.  The Kimono Gallery. A large wedding silk over-kimono (called ‘uchikake’) featuring many Edo period scenes embroidered onto a dark blue satin-silk ground. The many scenes were created by gold-colored metallic couching embroidery as well as simple embroidery highlights. The red inner lining is a rinzu (damask); padded hem (the custom with all uchikake).