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“Moonlit Night”, (1864),

By Ferdinand Knab

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Jean-Louis André Théodore Géricault, Self-Portrait, 1819

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Posted @withregram • @artoutlaws Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 1669): Philosopher in Meditation, 1632, oil on oak panel, 28 x 34 cm, Musée du Louvre, Paris . . “Philosopher in Meditation” by Rembrandt depicts three figures in a partially vaulted interior that is dominated by a wooden spiral staircase. The architecture includes stone, brick and wood, with arched elements (window, vault, doors) that create an impression of monumentality. The most conspicuous figure is an old man seated at a table in front of a window, his head bowed and his hands folded in his lap. An old woman on the right is tending a fire in an open hearth. There is also a third figure of a woman standing in the stairs facing the viewer, but she is virtually invisible in the painting’s dark hue created by the aging of the varnish. While the traditional title, 'Philosopher in Meditation' has to a large extent been responsible for the painting's popularity, it is iconographically untenable. The painting shows none of the conspicuous attributes of scholarship or philosophy - books, globe, scientific instruments, etc. - and the presence of at least one other figure involved in domestic tasks does not fit in with the solitude associated with study and meditation. A plausible interpretation of the scene is Tobit and Anna waiting for the return of their only son, Tobias, a story derived from the Book of Tobit, one of Rembrandt's favorite Old Testament sources.. This is supported by an 18th-century source identifying a Rembrandt painting of exactly the same format representing a "Composition with Tobit and a winding stair." Rembrandt had already painted this scene in another version in 1630. . . . . #rembrandtvanrijn #renemagritte #johnconstable #johnatkinsongrimshaw #edvardmunch #paulklee #henrirousseau #giorgione #jacqueslouisdavid #pietmondrian #caspardavidfriedrich #camillepissarro #gustavecourbet #theodoregericault #marcelduchamp #pieterbruegel #artemisiagentileschi #titian #hieronymusbosch #wassilykandinsky #diegorivera #grantwood #elgreco #markrothko #janvaneyck #georgiaokeeffe #renemagritte #franciscogoya #georgesseurat #diegovelazquez #edwardhopper (at The Foreign Correspondents' Club, Hong Kong) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQEC--eD3P6/?utm_medium=tumblr

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2nd July 1816, the French frigate "La Méduse", under the incompetent captaincy of the Viscount of Chaumareys, runs aground at the Bank of Arguin off the coast of present-day Mauritania. The forced execution of 400 passengers becomes a panic, with 151 men forced to take refuge on an improvised raft. The raft drifts in the open sea for the next 13 days amidst horrific scenes of riots, murder, drowning by storms, madness, suicide, starvation and eventual cannibalism. After 13 days the raft is discovered with 15 people barely alive. News of the tragedy became widespread with the horrific tales becoming sensationalised through the accounts of the rafts survivors. The scene was immortalised by the French Romantic painter Théodore Géricault in his ‘The Raft of the Medusa’, completed in 1819. 2nd July 1839. Mende Slaves led by Sengbe Pieh aboard the Spanish schooner ‘La Amistad’ revolt and secure their freedom, after jokingly being told by the ship’s cook that they were to be "killed, salted, and cooked". Pieh was the first to unshackle himself and led the rest of the slaves to take the ship, killing both the captain and the cook. Sailing to the east coast of the United States, they were seized by the US ship ‘Washington’. Imprisoned in New Haven Connecticut, their case became a key legal debate in the early fight for abolition. In 1841, the international case known as ‘United States v. The Amistad’, ruled in their favour, and they were freed. You are cordially invited to follow @ofgrave.concern for more dark tales from history, and associated historically inspired art. #darkhistory #theraftofthemedusa #lameduse #navalhistory #theodoregericault #théodoregéricault #macabre #macabrehistory #cannibalism #darkstories #shipwreck #laamistad #slavery #sengbepieh #abolition #abolitionist #19thcentury #19thcenturyhistory #seahistory #sailinghistory #slaveship #gothictales #historicalstory #historicaltales #historystory https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ1MkpnF5MM/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Art during coronavirus

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-Theodore Gericault, Le Radeau de la Méduse

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Tranquility Base. . . . . .. #eugenedelacroix #delacroix #collection #met #metropolitanmuseumofart #fridaynightlights #fridaynight #exhibit #museedulouvre #uppereastside #fifthavenue #french#romantic #lithography #rubens#theodoregericault #lord #byron #rembrandt #instagood #instagram #instapic #instaart #instamood (at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/BorlZmOA8NZ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=jtn2xf4v25v8