try not to cry in public

varya | 18 | russia

[artist-becker]

Reclining Mother and Child, 1906, Paula Modersohn-Becker

Medium: coal

[igormag]

Alexej von Jawlensky (1864-1941), Bunter berg im tal bei Oberstdorf / Coloured mountain in the valley near Oberstdorf, 1912. oil on board, 33 x 45 cm

[personalgremlin]

this makes me want to cry

[euryalus-deactivated20220430]

This is true, they painted everywhere, and most of the example of outdoors rock art is found in other continents aside from Europe. Some examples:

The Zuojiang Huashan Rock Art Cultural Landscape, in Guangxi, southern China.

The Helan Kou Valley carvings, north of China.

Kakadu National Park, Australia.

Saimaluu Tash, Kyrgyzstan.

Gobustan, Azerbaijan.

Horseshoe Canyon (Utah)

[paradiseismade]

What the caves are trying to tell us

Whatever they once said to their authors, they scream their message of no message across the millennia to us now.

The quote is from “What the caves are trying to tell us” by Sam Kriss. It’s a gorgeously written article and I highly recommend reading it.

[riuuu]

[thesilicontribesman]

'Valley of Stone' Sculpture, Stacksteads, Rossendale, Lancashire.

[graham-sutherland]

Crucifixion, 1946, Graham Sutherland

[princeonprozac]

[artist-balthus]

Drawing Room, 1943, Balthus

[gothish]

[artist-kirchner]

Dancing Couple, 1933, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

[artist-kirchner]

Cattles in the Spring, 1933, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

[vuoui]

Ana Mendieta (1948-1985)

The Silueta Series (1973–1980) involved Mendieta creating female silhouettes in nature—in mud, sand, and grass—with natural materials ranging from leaves and twigs to blood, and making body prints or painting her outline or silhouette onto a wall

[shesnake]

Cléo de 5 à 7 (Cléo from 5 to 7) (1962) dir. Agnès Varda

[wike-wabbits]

Heart in Hand Hooked Rug Untied States Mid-twentieth century

[psikonauti]

Dorothy Lathrop

[artist-modigliani]

Caryatid, 1912, Amedeo Modigliani

Medium: oil,canvas

[danskjavlarna]

From Twilight Land by Howard Pyle, 1922.

It’s been said angels wear a multitude of disguises. Here’s a heavenly collection of angels revealing themselves through time.

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