Art History Hour

Hello lovelies, my name is Darian. I am currently preparing for an advanced degree in art history, and I decided to turn this Tumblr into a resource for myself. Here I'll be compiling (and thoroughly tagging) all the art history knowledge I've acquired.

[hildegardavon]

Ritz mark JS (Joh. Scherber), Ansbach Porcelain Factory

Venus with Cupid, ca.1760/65, porcelain, 27x14.2x11 cm

Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Inv. 4393

[joshoconnaissance]

Konstantin Makovsky, The Russian Bride's Attire (detail), 1889

[oncanvas]

Woman with a Cat (The Dangerous Caress), François Boucher, circa 1731-35

Oil on canvas 32 x 26 in. (81.3 x 66 cm) Legion of Honor Museum, San Francisco, CA, USA

[loumargi]

FRANÇOIS BOUCHER-The-Enchanted-Home-A-Pastoral-Landscape-surmounted-by-Cupid-

[bebs-art-gallery]

Midsummer Nights Dream, New York City Ballet Production

[voyage-of-venus]

Merry Christmas, my loves ‧₊˚🎄✩

[artschoolglasses]

Candelabrum, Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory, 1765

[madamelesfressange]

Sanssouci Palace, Potsdam Germany

[innocentscemetery]

🌸 Detail: Portrait of a girl in a Russian headdress by Pietro Rotari (1750s)

[rococo-revisited]

Perfume vase (one of a pair)

Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory 

British, ca. 1761

[the-evil-clergyman]

Naiad by Charles-André van Loo (18th Century)

[frostedmagnolias]

Pair of Shoes

1750s

silk trimmed with silver braid and silver lace, leather

maker unknown, England

Victoria and Albert Museum

[rococo-revisited]

The Picnic in the Park by Christophe Huet, c. 1750

[rococo-revisited]

Transparent Golden Oval Baroque Frame

Via (X)

[7pleiades7]

Allegory of Vigilance (c. 1772), (detail) by Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French, 1732-1806), oil on canvas, 68.9 x 54.9 cm, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

[voyage-of-venus]

FOLLOWER OF CHRISTOPHE HUET, TURQUERIES

One of a set of four, all oil on canvas

[voyage-of-venus]

Left: François Boucher, Aurora and Cephalus, c. 1769

Right: François Boucher, Venus on the Waves, c. 1769