art & history nerd

not qualified, just nerdy 🏳️‍🌈

[classicalcanvas]

Moonlight (1834) by Thomas Cole

[dailyclassicart]

Olof Arborelius – "Lake View at Engelsberg, Västmanland" (1893)

[pairs-studio]

[thunderstruck9]

Salman Toor (Pakistani, 1983), The Reader, 2022. Oil on linen, 18 x 24 in.

[icecreamwithjackdaniels]

Carl Rasmussen (Danish, 1841–1893), "A Summer Night near Greenland around the Year 1000" (detail), 1875

[classicalcanvas]

Kaaterskill Falls (1826) by Thomas Cole

[thriftyhistorynerd]

The Thinker in the Gates of Hell

(1880-1917) Auguste Rodin depicts Dante's Inferno

I am not feeling much like myself, and I've been spending a lot of time thinking over my own hell lately. Of course, the thinking itself feels like hell as well. I'm having a hard time figuring out my place in society and making my own niche in life. It is difficult.

[dailyclassicart]

Thomas Cole - "The Titan's Goblet" (1833)

[arinewman7]

The Boat of Charon

José Benlliure y Gil

oil on canvas, 1919

[dailyclassicart]

Theodor Groll - "Washington Street, Indianapolis at Dusk"

[dorksdiary]

Woman At a Mirror, Johann Culverhouse

Sure it might feel like my life is crumbling around me,

but if I light a candle I feel a little bit better.

I used to feel like I couldn't light a candle unless everything was clean and aesthetic, but now I light one in the middle of a disaster and it makes it feel more manageable.

[thriftyhistorynerd]

Pissing Death

Max Klinger (1880)

[thriftyhistorynerd]

Christ in Olympus

Max Klinger (1897)

[classicalcanvas]

Doorway in Meissen by Caspar David Friedrich

[eirene]

Thistle, 1886 Fidelia Bridges

[thriftyhistorynerd]

The Blue Hour

Max Klinger (1890)

[dailyclassicart]

Albert Bierstadt - "A Deer at Sunset" (1887)

[thriftyhistorynerd]

View Near Hudson from "The Hudson River Portfolio" (1822)

Artist: William Guy Wall (1792-1864) Printmaker: John Hill (1770-1850) Publisher: Henry J. Megarey (active: 1818-1845)